jeanne
What Will Tainted Peanut Butter Really Do?
According to the CDC, "most persons infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days, and most persons recover without treatment."
jeanne
Dad Shackles Overweight Daughter to Bed to Stop Her Eating
It started with chains and locks on the cabinet doors of the family home to keep his daughter away from the food. When Robert Blue found his fifteen-year-old was getting past them, police say he decided to chain the girl to her bed and beat her with a stick.
jeanne
Let's Do the Twist, Baby
Someone sent me the following video of a baby doing the Twist to make me laugh (they succeeded), but I was just in awe. Obviously the music was added later, but you have to watch this baby go.
jeanne
Sex Offender Wins Raffle That Benefit Rape Victims
I'm not sure whether to cheer this story or go take a long, hot shower. So let me dig in. A man convicted on three separate incidents of sex abuse of a minor - two in 1993 and a third in 2000 - has won the lottery. According to Alaskan law, games of chance have to benefit a charity, including this one - the first-ever statewide lotto. In this case, the non-profit chosen was Standing Together Against Rape (STAR), a charity for sex abuse victims. Fitting, isn't it?
jeanne
Newborn Babies: Cute Little Aliens
Face it - newborns look like aliens. Before you get your maternity panties in a bunch, keep reading. No one ever said aliens weren't cute! From the tongue stuck out to the pursed lips, they're the ultimate in ugly cute (and I mean that with pure love - my kid was ugly cute too) - check out the rest at Strollerderby!
jeanne
Newborn Baby Pics: Cute Little Aliens
Face it - newborns look like aliens. Before you get your maternity panties in a bunch, keep reading. No one ever said aliens weren't cute!
jeanne
Kid to Obamas: Take My Puppy
Now that the Obamas have narrowed their dog search to two breeds, there's a fourth grader in Pennsylvania who's crossing his fingers that he's got the answer to all their four-legged questions. Zack Shiley's dogs produced a litter born on November 26, but only one survived. That's the puppy - a labradoodle - that Shiley wants President Barack Obama to bring home to the White House for daughters Sasha and Malia.
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Hospital Hangs On to Children's Bodies for Two Years
It's almost the exact opposite of the stillborn baby thrown in a New Jersey hospital's trash - and just as horrifying. When a British mother suffered her second miscarriage, she went to the hospital to see if she could arrange a funeral for little Jonah.
jeanne
Tag, You're It - Now Win It
Meet Grafeeti - the company putting shoes and bags in the hands of the kids who know what they like and are determined to share it with the world. Available in the kids' section of Kitson, Grafeeti's bags and sneakers (available in pink or grey) sport a dry-erase board and come packed with dry-erase markers.
jeanne
What's Wrong With "Women and Children First?"
It's no surprise the heroism of Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger has quickly turned to criticism of the age-old (at least one hundred and fifty-some year-old) standard of evacuating people in case of tragedy: "women and children first."
jeanne
Florida Mulls "Deadbeat Dad" T-Shirts
Just in case they're not shamed enough to be out doing community service, a Florida legislator thinks deadbeat parents should have to do it wearing clothes that tell the world they don't support their kids. The bill introduced by Democratic State Sen. Mike Fasano would require deadbeat parents to spend a week on a work detail, sporting a shirt or pair of overalls that shares their crime with the whole world.
jeanne
School Has Autistic Child Arrested
Charges of battery against an eight-year-old with Asperger's syndrome have been dropped, and her parents are now pursuing legal action against the Idaho school district that called law enforcement. What's wrong with this picture?
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Parents Who Waited Decade to Report Son Missing Now Murder Suspects
Prosecutors in the case of missing Adam Herrman have announced his parents are suspects facing possible murder charges. Really, is anyone surprised here? These are the parents who waited a decade after their son went missing to report his disappearance to police.
jeanne
Mom Says Hospital Fouled Childbirth - Twice
What would you do if you thought your OB/GYN caused your baby irreperable harm during delivery? Would you go back? A mom from Queens returned to the hospital where she'd delivered her first son to deliver her second - and once again, she says the doctors "yanked" on her child, causing a debilitating nerve injury that may lead to permanent paralysis.
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Kid Sells Mom's Diamond Ring to Buy Comic Books
A Chinese kid whose parents wouldn't buy him comic books decided he'd do it himself. But he didn't have any money. He did, however, have Mom's diamond ring.
jeanne
Parents Criticize Schools for Celebrating Inauguration
Across the country, schools will be tuning in Tuesday to let kids watch the forty-fourth president of the United States take his oath of office. But some parents will be keeping their kids home. So they can celebrate together? Nope, these parents are calling foul on the schools for promoting a "biased, politically motivated hoopla."
jeanne
Kid Gets Tongue Stuck On a Metal Pole
Somewhere in Indiana, a family is rethinking the annual viewing of A Christmas Story. A fourth grader at an elementary school in Indiana told emergency workers a friend dared him to stick his tongue to the metal pole. Surprise, suprise, in the middle of January, it was ten degrees in Indiana, and you can guess where this is going.
jeanne
Caffeine Tied to Hallucinations
The study at Durham University determined a high caffeine user (classified as more than seven cups of coffee a day) was three times more likely to have heard a person speak when there was nobody there. It was a small study, using just two hundred students, but the subjects reported seeing and hearing people who weren't there and sensing the presence of people who were dead (no mention of any resemblance to Bruce Willis).
jeanne
Zimbabwe Releases Jailed Toddler
In a crackdown on dissenters against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, a two-year-old landed in the pokey for weeks where members of the opposition party say he was tortured along with his parents and other dissenters.
jeanne
They Say: Internet's Not Really That Bad for Kids
Turns out the number one danger to our kids isn't the Internet. It's themselves.
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