Two feel-good oddities are making the rounds: a daring high-wire stunt in northern France and a toilet-based fundraiser in Arkansas that neighbors seem to love.

• A tightrope walker crossed between the tallest coal-waste hills in France, hundreds of feet up, with no safety tether.
• She did the splits and hung upside down during the crossing, finishing in well under an hour.
• The stunt was meant as a tribute to a region built on coal mining, and she sang a local miners' song to the crowd afterward.
• In Harrisburg, Arkansas, bright orange toilets are showing up on front lawns as a fundraiser for the high school cheer team.
• Get one on your lawn and you pay $20 to have it hauled off, or $30 to send it to a neighbor of your choosing — money that buys uniforms and gear.

Outlook: The toilet fundraiser is spreading fast, with more "thrones" already in circulation after just a few days.