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  Happy Lehman Day?

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  Happy World Toilet Day

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  Happy Administrative Professionals' Day!

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  Happy National Doughnut Day!

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  Happy Fossil Fools Day

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  Happy Record Store Day

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  Day 3: Document Happiness #30DaysofGOOD

  Get your cameras ready. For November's challenge, we're asking you to document your life, from the highlight of your day to your coffee break.

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  Happy Belated World Ocean Day

  You might have heard this juxtaposition before: we know more about space than we do about the ocean. While it's tough to quantify that statement,...

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  Day 3 Slideshow: Document Happiness #30DaysofGOOD

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  Happy Days! The Economy Is Still Getting Worse

  This article explains the economic worsening with lots of complicated numbers. Basically, we made too much stuff, and no one is buying it, and...

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  Image of the Day: "Doubling Happiness" with a Swing Set Billboard

  Didier Faustino turns a billboard into a swing set.

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  Intermission: Tiny Horse Gets Prosthetic Leg, Is Super Happy

  Staff at his Texas rescue center home feared they would have to euthanize the miniature horse, and cried when they first saw him gallop.

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  Day 14: Switch up Happy Hour for a Physical Activity #30DaysofGOOD

  For October's challenge, we're asking you to get healthy, from your feet to your teeth to your brain.

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  Happy Labor Day: 10 Great Things Courtesy of Labor Unions

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  Intermission: A Photo a Day

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  Intermission: Snow Day

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  Happiness Calculator: How Happy Are Americans, Really?

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  Intermission: A Year's Worth of Makeup in a Day

  Belgian model Hannelore Knuts gets 365 layers of makeup applied during a single, nine-hour sitting.

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  Happy Meals Get a Little Less Happy

  Treehugger has a post weighing the decision in California's Santa Clara County to ban Happy Meal toys and similar kid-enticing promotions for...

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