Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. People are spending 50 million fewer hours on Facebook a day. – Source
2. All 955 trapped South Africa gold miners resurface after 30-hour ordeal. – Source
3. Now that marijuana is legal, San Francisco is erasing everybody’s misdemeanor convictions. – Source
4. A young woman decided to help rehome an 11-year-old dog that reminded her of a puppy she had to give up when she was a kid. It turned out it was the same dog, and the microchip proved it. – Source
5. A blood test to detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease has been developed. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Chile creates five national parks over 10m acres in a historic act of conservation. – Source
7. The first class of women welders graduates from Indiana prison program. – Source
8. 108-year-old Canadian man says the trick to a long life is to pick a good wife: Esmond Allcock celebrated his 108th birthday on Jan. 26. – Source
9. This is the little girl who saved her dad’s life by calling 999 and giving chest compressions after he suddenly collapsed. – Source
10. Maryland Senate votes to end parental rights of rapists. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. The end of root canals, stem cell fillings trigger teeth to repair themselves, research study claims. – Source
12. Stan Lee out of the hospital and feeling great. – Source
13. A 13-year-old boy with terminal cancer donates the money supplied to him from the make-a-wish foundation to children in Haiti. – Source
14. Ohio Appeals Court says speed trap town must pay back $3 million in unconstitutional speed camera tickets. – Source
15. How Bill Gates aims to clean up the planet. – Source