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By David Smith
A few months ago,
Kenneth Smith was homeless and a stranger gave him an Outback Steakhouse gift card to buy dinner. While eating at a location in Fort Worth, Texas, he met the managing partner,
Laura Hodges. She helped him with future meals, then gave him a job bussing tables, and she helped him find a place to live.

The hardest (and easiest) California state park campgrounds to book right now
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San Clemente State Beach in Orange County, Calif.Courtesy of California State Parks, 2019
Even pre-pandemic, the demand for state park campsites outstripped supply. But this year, with travel still being actively discouraged by California’s Department of Public Health and the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the search for reservations in the most sought-after parks is more challenging than ever.
A recent search for sites in one of my favorite campgrounds, New Brighton State Beach near Capitola, south of Santa Cruz, returned almost no two-day reservations between now and September. Even planning six months ahead wasn't enough to secure a site.

2,108 air passengers return to Kazakhstan with PCR tests
5 March 2021 14:16
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NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – 2,108 air passengers have returned to Kazakhstan with negative PCR tests, Kazinform has learnt from the official Telegram channel of the Interdepartmental Commission fighting the spread of COVID-19.
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20 international flights from Germany, the UAE, Egypt, the Republic of Maldives, Spain, Hungary, Russia, Belarus, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan arrived in Kazakhstan on March 4. Of 2,621 passengers onboard of those flights, 2,108 had PCR test certificates, while 513 - had no PCR test certificates.
11 international flights with 1,412 passengers onboard landed at the airport in Almaty city – 1,100 passengers with PCR tests and 312 without PCR tests.

The Bajaj Pulsar 180 is back and features the engine and hardware from the Pulsar 180F. Click here for more details.

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The TVS Motor Company has launched its iQube electric scooter in New Delhi. TVS is looking to make gains in the capital city, in view of the Delhi government’s drive to drive EV sales.
Thus far, the iQube was only available in Bengaluru
The iQube has a top speed of 78kph and a 70km range
TVS will set up a charging ecosystem in Delhi
Interestingly, the launch of the eco-friendly scooter came on the same day when
The iQube was launched in Bangalore in January 2020, priced at Rs 1,15,000, on-road after FAME II subsidy. It is now available in select dealerships across the national capital, at an on-road price of Rs 1,08,012 (after FAME II & Delhi state subsidy).

By Meredith Michaels
Jan 6, 2020
Abby Simpson woke up one morning and decided she "wanted to do something good". Abby is a nine-year-old girl from Lakewood Ranch, FL. She took her own money and began making goodie bags that the sheriffs can give to kids during moments of crisis. She is up over 200 bags delivered to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office and doesn't plan on stopping.
Abby, you are awesome.... we are so proud of you and that's your good news, baby!
Your good news is proudly presented by:
 

Jan 6, 2020
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office found a goat walking the streets of Bradenton and are searching for the goats owner. So, we took it upon ourselves to help out! Listen to "Owner of a Lonely Goat" done live!
Lets find this goats forever home! The goat is currently roaming around the farm at the Manatee County Jail until his owners are located.
If this is your goat or you know whose goat it is, call 941-747-3011.

December 18 (BTA) - Ivan Geshev took the oath of office as Bulgaria's new Prosecutor General at the Grand Hall of Sofia's Palace of Justice on Wednesday. With his hand on the official copy of the Constitution kept at the National Assembly, Geshev swore to accurately apply the laws, discharge his duties guided by his conscience and inner convictions, be impartial, objective and fair, contribute to enhancing the prestige of the profession and respect official secrets. Having signed

The man is expected to survive.

Edward Snowden's attempt to find alien secrets, rats that were taught to drive cars , and a 'ghost baby' that turned out to be more funny than frightening were among the strange and unusual stories to cross our desk week.

The rock community lost another legend on Sunday (October 6) with the
Twitter statement that reads "We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully in hospital this morning. Thank you to everyone for your kind words over the past weeks." Baker was 80 years old.
Upon news of his death, tributes began streaming in. "Ginger Baker, great drummer, wild and lovely guy. We worked together on the 'Band on the Run' album in his ARC Studio, Lagos, Nigeria. Sad to hear that he died but the memories never will," Paul McCartney
"So much freedom in his playing. What a wildman. Rhythms we’ve hear all our lives he plucked them out of the sky. Rest In Peace Ginger Baker," Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist

Sharon blasted a pair of tabloids for reporting that Ozzy "will be dead by Christmas."

The entire school surprised 4th grade teacher Sarah Body by wearing pink. She’s fighting cancer but students, staff and parents prove that she’s not alone. She has two more rounds of chemotherapy to go and they wanted to be sure she was supported!

George Harrison. It would go on to go to number three. 
In 1990, Soundgarden, Iggy Pop, Ice T, Joan Baez and more performed at Northern California’s A Gathering of Tribes festival, which is considered the inspiration behind Lollapalooza.
The Cult’s
Ian Astbury organized the event.
In 1979, Led Zeppelin had the number one album in the country with their eighth effort,
In Through the Out Door.

By Meredith Michaels
Sep 25, 2019
At a high school in Sadler, Texas there are two seniors who have the title of homecoming queen this year. Trinity Arrington and Emily Petty were both nominated and when Trinity’s name was announced, she did something unexpected: she gave her crown to her friend Emily, who has special needs.
The girls became buddies when Trinity spent time in the special education classroom and she knew how much Emily has “always wanted to be a princess,” so she is sharing the title with her. They held hands and waved at the crowd together during homecoming and both had fun.