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8-Year-Old Boys Save Drowning Man at Beach
Jake Satherley and Spencer Jeams noticed a man struggling in a rip tide off a Gold Coast’ beach recently. The 8-year-old friends (who both live on the Gold Coast) pulled the man onto their board.

Jake says as soon as they realized the man was in trouble, they acted. “We saw him put his hand up and saying ‘help, help’ so we went over to him and pulled him on our board,” he said.

Jake says he did not feel scared despite the dangerous surf conditions. Jake’s mother was sitting on the beach at the time and was unaware of the rescue occurring in the water.

Alcoa Gives Recycled Cans to Wedding Fund

Brides often collect something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Alcoa Inc. is giving an engaged couple something different — 150,000 aluminum cans.

Andrea Parrish and Peter Geyer are asking people to recycle aluminum cans and donate the cash to help pay for their wedding. Alcoa, won’t deliver the cans to Spokane…but they will make a donation equivalent to that area’s recycling rates (estimated at $1,710).

The couple’s wedding campaign fits well with Alcoa’s goal of reaching a 75 percent recycling rate by 2015. With the Alcoa donation, the bride and groom are about 65 percent toward their goal.

Longer Breast Feeding May Improve Kids’ Mental Health

Children who are breastfed longer than six months may be at lower risk of mental health problems. Breastfeeding may even help babies cope better with stress. Not only this, but breastfeeding fosters a stronger mother-child attachment and these benefits may last far longer than babyhood.

Mothers who breastfed for less than six months are often younger, less educated, poorer, and more stressed than the moms who breastfed for longer. These moms are also more likely to suffer from postpartum depression and their babies often have growth problems.

Children who were breastfed for shorter periods of time had worse behavior. For each additional month a child was breastfed, that child’s behavior improved. Breastfeeding for six months or longer is associated with improved mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.