Web Site Reuniting Gloves Makes Matches

December 22, 2007 By JENNIFER C. YATES, Associated Press Writer Web Site Reuniting Gloves Makes Matches (AP)

Jennifer Gooch, a graduate student in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Art, poses for a portrait in her studio in Pittsburgh, Pa., in this Nov. 30, 2007. Just a month since Gooch started the www.onecoldhand.com web site, in an effort to reunited dropped gloves with their mates, she's reunited four gloves with their owners and is working on similar sites for cities around the globe, and is planning a book to showcase her found gloves. (AP Photo/Andrew Rush)

(AP) -- Jennifer Gooch's mission was to create a simple Web site where people could go to find their lost gloves. Even if no happy reunions ever took place, she was just content to spread a little goodwill.

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