An army spokesman says Ugandan forces have rescued 100 kidnapped children and young adults during an operation against a brutal Ugandan rebel group in neighboring Central African Republic. Lt. Col. Felix Kulaigye says Ugandan forces also captured a senior commander from the Lord’s Resistance Army. He says they also have killed four of the group’s [...]
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Ugandan Army Rescues 100 Kidnapped Children
Posted: 9th September 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy News, Politics0
Ludacris Gives Away 20 Cars to Job Seekers
Posted: 8th September 2009 by Veritas in Entertainment, Happy NewsTags: automobile, car, give away, ludacris, sales
Talk about a one-man stimulus package: Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris has given away 20 cars to people who wrote about their struggles to keep their jobs for a lack of wheels of their own.
As a doctor of philosophy Christine Smith is used to having to keep calm to solve complex dilemmas. But after finding herself trapped and sinking fast in quicksand while out walking her dog on a beach, panic set in and she began to fear the worst. The student services officer at the University of Cumbria [...]
Retired Man Spends $2 and Wins $260 Million in Powerball Lottery
Posted: 25th August 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy NewsVisit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy A retired South Carolina state employee who spent two bucks on the lottery was all smiles Tuesday as he claimed a $260 million Powerball jackpot. “For once in my life, I really experienced the old saying, pinch me to see if I’m still [...]
The Dog Who Believes He Is A Cat
Posted: 25th August 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy News, Mother Nature, Oddly EnoughChippy, a dog who developed an identity crisis after sharing a home with 40 cats, is being offered for adoption by the Cats Protection League as an ‘honorary’ feline. The Jack Russell never learned how to be a dog after spending his life around cats, the charity in Stroud, Gloucestershire believes. He sleeps beside his [...]
A Random Act of Kindness Worth $100,000 Dollars
Posted: 12th August 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy NewsA homeless, anonymous Holocaust survivor from New York who passed away recently at the age of 92 left $100,000 to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, even though she had no known connection to the institution. She left another $100,000 to her last employer.
Kansas Man Wins Big Lottery Again ’2nd Time in 2009′
Posted: 10th August 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy News, Oddly EnoughEdward Williams is the definition of lucky after winning the lottery for a second time in a year. Williams, 47, of Wichita won $75,000 in September playing a $10 scratch ticket. Then on Wednesday, he defied the odds again when matched all the numbers in the Super Kansas Cash drawing to win a jackpot worth [...]
World’s Oldest Dog Celebrates His 26th Birthday
Posted: 10th August 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy News, Mother NatureTags: birthday, dog
A terrier-cross in Louisiana celebrated his 26th birthday yesterday, making him a contender for the title of world’s oldest dog.
Mystery Hero Saves 4 Yr. Old Boy From Train
Posted: 6th August 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy News, Oddly EnoughTags: hero
A boy of four who fell under a Tube train was saved by a mystery man as fellow passengers stood ‘frozen in shock’.
Dog Reunited with Owner After 9 Year Walkabout
Posted: 31st July 2009 by Veritas in Happy News, Mother NatureTags: dog, lost dog, microchip, PET, socker, socks, sox, sydney
SYDNEY – A flea-bitten dog rescued from a squalid backyard is to be reunited with her owners 1,000 miles away — nine years after she disappeared.
Grandmother Survives 11 Days Lost In The Mountains
Posted: 9th July 2009 by Sus Scrofa in Happy News, Mother NatureTags: Grandmother, lost, mountain climbing
A grandmother survived 11 days at the bottom of a ravine after getting lost on a rambling holiday in the Spanish Pyrenees by sipping rain water and nibbling wild herbs. Despite an intensive search rescuers failed to find her until Tuesday afternoon when a red shirt she had left drying on a rock was spotted [...]