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NYC cop buys boots for homeless man, photo goes viral

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A tourist's snapshot of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation. Jennifer Foster, a tourist from Florence, Ariz., took a cellphone picture of Officer Larry DePrimo giving the man the all-weather boots and socks on a frigid night in Times Square on Nov. 14.

 

After shocking incidents, Chinese struggle to instill kindness

In many provinces, laws are being revised to indemnify Good Samaritans against being sued if their efforts fail: a chief reason why Chinese say they are reluctant to try to help. How do you turn Bad Samaritans good?

 

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