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Dad matches son’s cancer surgery scarWICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas dad’s touching gesture of getting a tattoo to match a scar his young son was left with following brain cancer surgery is winning kudos on the Internet.Josh Marshall tells ABC News his 8-year-old son Gabriel was left bald with a large horseshoe scar on the right side of his head after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor. Marshall says Gabriel was so self-conscious that “he felt like a monster.”Last August, Marshall got a tattoo to match, telling his son, “if people want to stare at you, then they can stare at both of us.”A photo of the pair took first place in the St. Baldrick’s Foundation’s #BestBaldDad competition on Father’s Day.Marshall says Gabriel is doing well and has another MRI scheduled next week.

Mrs. Claus among 72 new emojisMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A face representing “rolling on the floor laughing” and a hand taking a selfie are among 72 new emojis that will soon make their way to your smart phone.The California-based Unicode Consortium, which controls emoji standards, has released a list of the new characters. Other highlights include emojis representing a pregnant woman and Mrs. Claus.

Detroit schools bailout plan signedLANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s governor signed a $617 million bailout and restructuring plan for Detroit’s public schools on Tuesday, two years after the state committed money to help end the city’s bankruptcy.The debt-ridden Detroit Public Schools has been managed by the state for seven years, yet has continued to face plummeting enrollment, deficits and this year, teachers calling out sick in protests that closed numerous schools.Democrats, the teachers union and others opposed the plan, saying it won’t do enough for the district’s roughly 46,000 students and nearly 100 schools.By The Associated Press

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