Water From Rachel

For her 9th birthday, Rachel Beckwith asked friends and family to donate $9 to charity: water so kids in Africa would have clean water to drink. She fell short of her $300 goal, but vowed to do better the next year. A month later, Rachel was killed in a car crash. Word spread. This week, one year later, her mom Samantha Paul visited Ethiopia, where sixty thousand people have clean water thanks to $1.2 million donated in Rachel’s name. Video: Kleenex advised.

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The Fear of God, Or Not

Walmart - whose inventive anti-union efforts include a private jet to fly union avoidance teams anywhere it detects a threat - is facing entirely plausible claims it's embarked on a new campaign to stamp out union activity after firing five employees involved in organizing efforts. Meanwhile, anger against them grows, from a rally in L.A. to an online forum airing testimony against them.

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RomneyShambles: Mitt Retroactively Cancels Trip to London, But It's Too Late

Some clueless rich white guy named Mitt made the questionable decision to leave the country. Hilarity ensued. It even got its own Twitter hashtag. Some entries: Mitt Romney makes George Bush look like Aristotle. Next up: Driving around London with the queen's corgis on the roof. Dear Great Britain: Yeah. We know. Sorry. Welcome to our world. Signed, America.

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