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When Washington manicurist Lidia Schaefer returned to her native village in Ethiopia, she was troubled by what she saw: children walking three hours each way to attend classes held not in a school, but under a tree.
Lidia Schaefer sold her house and car and set aside tips and part of her salary to raise money for the school.

When she learned in 1998 that one of the girls she'd met -- Medhine -- had been attacked and killed by a hyena after falling behind other children during the long trek home from school, Schaefer knew she had to act. She began setting aside a third of her salary and all of her tips, and later sold her house and car, to raise enough money to build a school for the village.

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If people played more, the world would be a better place. That’s the view of Austin Hill and Alex Eberts, longtime friends and tech entrepreneurs. And that’s why they’ve created Akoha, a video game that encourages random acts of kindness by mixing online and real-world play.

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Thirteen-year-old Hakeem Bennett won a national essay contest for writing about his teacher as a real-life hero. That earned Hakeem a place in a book called "The Kid Who Saved Superman".

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Clyde Persley, who is married and has a 4-year-old daughter, turned in his winning ticket on Tuesday night and should get his first check for about $16 million in four to six weeks, said a California lottery spokeswoman.The 49-year-old Santa Cruz man operates candy-making machines for Santa Cruz Nutritionals, drives a limousine and picks up extra hours at a restaurant.