Soup Cans by Flickr Contributor Renée Wirick While it may seem clever to hide valuables in kitschy contraptions like hollow bibles and fake soup cans, we imagine Theresa Hekel would highly recommend against it. Hekel accidently donated a fake soup can that was filled with family heirlooms and jewelry when cleaning out her pantry for a local charity. The can was a so-called safe or stash can, sold to consumers to safely hide valuables or......

A Tacoma barista has gone far beyond offering good customer service. The barista, Sandi Anderson, is donating one of her kidneys to long-time customer Annamarie Ausnes. Like hundreds of thousands of other Americans, Annamarie's kidneys are failing and none of her family members are a match for donation. In November, when she broke the bad news to her friendly Starbucks barista, Anderson decided to lend much more than a supportive shoulder to cry on.......