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By: Knight Pierce Hirst
 
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Mukul Asaduzzaman, a New York City cabbie, found a purse containing more than $21,000 in his cab on Christmas Eve 2009. After driving 50 miles to an address in the purse and finding no one home, he left his phone number and a note which said, "Don't worry Felicia...I'll keep it safe". The money belonged to 72-year-old Felicia Lettieri, an Italian tourist, and 6 relatives. Asaduzzaman refused a reward, saying when he was 5 years old his mother told him, "Be honest, work hard and you will raise your station". Obviously, he raised his station - he's looked up to.
Travis Pastrana is a 26-year-old motorsports competitor and stunt performer. On New Year's Eve 2009, as part of Red Bull's "New Year. No Limits" series, he launched his Subaru rally car off a California pier at 91 mph, soared 269 feet into the air and landed on an anchored barge. Although his car skidded sideways on accumulated dew and slammed into a safety wall at the end of the barge, Pastrana ran up the landing ramp and did a backflip into the water. Amazingly, all that was broken was the previous world record for rally car jumping of 171 feet.
Terri Carlson will marry for - health insurance. The 45-year-old divorcee from California has a genetic disorder. C4 Complement Deficiency prevents her immune system from adequately fighting infection. Although she has one year left under COBRA health coverage, she's been issued lifetime denials by every other health insurance carrier. Because she's stuck in the middle of Congress' 2010 health care reform debate, Carlson created her own Web site telling her story. Instead of pictures, she asks would-be husbands for health insurance information. Of the more than 100 proposals she's received, Carlson says the lower their co-pay, the sexier they are.
Andrea Parrish and Steve Geyer are a Spokane, Washington couple who are planning their wedding - a potluck, flowers and home-brewed beer - but even a simple wedding can be an economic challenge in 2010. To pay for their wedding the couple is collecting aluminum cans. With more than 18,000 already in their living room and more being donated by supporters every day, their goal is 400,000 cans. That would equal 5 tons of aluminum and be worth approximately $3,800 when recycled. Although the couple isn't able to set a wedding date yet, one has to admire their "can-do" attitude. |
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