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U.S. Army Ranger Cpl. Josh Hargis was badly wounded, laying in his hospital bed hooked up to a breathing tube when he was awarded a Purple Heart for his bravery on the battlefield.

Chris Cox of South Carolina decided to help out the furloughed park services employees at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and cut the grass, chainsawed a few things and just got the place cleaned up in preparation for the Million Vet March this weekend. He picked up trash and did whatever he needed to do to make the place presentable for the veterans' event.

Warning: you are about to overdose on adorable.

Amy Poehler is known for being extremely funny, because she IS extremely funny. She apparently can also be extremely inspiring.

Both my parents had already passed away before I was married. My Father did however live to walk my Sister down the isle. These girls got a chance of a lifetime when their dying Father surprised them at church one day.

Personally, I think this is pretty awesome. Dustin Moore's Grandmother Alice passed away last year, but thanks for Google Street View, she's alive and well.

8-year-old Ryan Suffern of Rocky Mount, NC recently wrote a touching letter to Santa Claus asking him for help for his twin sister Amber.

I admit, I cried. I cried before I even watched the video. I cried just reading the description. Maybe it's because I'm a Father. Maybe it's all the time I've spent at my oldest Son's Football games. Maybe it's just because this is one of the most touching videos I've ever seen.

The England family from China Grove, N.C got quite a surprise the other night while they dined at Stag n Doe Pizza House with their 8-year-old son, Riley, who has special needs.

Maybe you've read this story called "Grandpa's Hands" and maybe you haven't. If you have, you'll probably read it again, and if you haven't, then after you'll reading this you'll never look at your hands the same.

Jen Bulik, who recently was diagnosed with terminal cancer, got the wedding of her dreams this past weekend in San Jose, California — thanks in large part to the generosity of strangers.

Watch as these two twin babies play with rubber bands and find them the funniest thing they've ever seen! This, will make your day.

Photographer Kimberly Burke captured Bre and Josh Curtas from Lynchburg, Va., praying together before their wedding, the groom averting his eyes so as not to see his bride before the ceremony.

Lafayette ranked 1st for Recession-Busting mid-sized cities (2nd overall) and 8th for Prime Workforce in mid-sized cities.

A 7-year-old Wisconsin boy has come up with a rather delicious way to solve the gun control debate in this country. And it’s won the support of one very high-ranking politician.

Yesterday's horrible acts of terrorism at the Boston Marathon still has the whole world reeling. As we all try to make sense of a senseless situation, one thing we can do is look for the good in people. Below are examples of that good in people, reaching out in a horrible situation to help their fellow man...

The internet can be an awesome place, capable of awesome things. Take this story for example. Young Max lost his stuffed rabbit. Instagram helped reunite Max with his precious stuffed animal.

Monique Koll, with help boyfriend Nick Zaunbrecher at the Rock n' Roll half Marathon in New Orleans on Sunday. What's amazing is the fact she suffered a severe spinal cord injury 4 months ago when a motorist struck her while she was riding her bicycle Her boyfriend Nick pushed her in her wheelchair for 13 miles...

Forty-three-year-old Texas native Dawn Keim received her cochlear implant surgery courtesy of The Doctors. The procedure restored her hearing after 15 years of deafness, and the show captured the moment she finally heard her 8-year-old talk...

A Houston waiter, Michael Garcia, is being celebrated for standing up for a little boy with Down syndrome after another customer made a horrible remark about the child.