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Grandpa Hires Hitman So He Can Visit Granddaughter
How can you say no to a Grandpa who just wants to see his little granddaughter? When he's the type of guy who'd hire a hitman to rough you up for it, I'd say you have some pretty good grounds.
jeanne
Fire Starts While Toddler Has Mom Locked in the Basement
A New Hampshire mother went into her basement to do a load of laundry, and her two-year-old son somehow managed to lock the door with her still in the basement. Then she smelled smoke.
jeanne
Protect Children: Prohibit Divorce
Starting to sound familiar? Take out the word "divorce" and slip in "gay marriage." Yup, they stole the whole thing from the Prop 8 folks over at ProtectMarriage.com; you know, the folks who warned Californians that "schools will now be required to teach students that gay marriage is the same as traditional marriage, starting with kindergarteners."
jeanne
Why You Should Read the Directions
Reseachers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina announced this week that Vicks VapoRub applied under the nose of children two and under might actually be making it more difficult for them to breathe. Of course, Vicks is not promoted for kids under two, and the package clearly states it should not be put directly under the nose.
jeanne
Family Adopts Eight Siblings Separated by Foster Care
An Ohio family has added eight children to its brood completely by choice - they've adopted a set of eight siblings, who were previously split between three separate foster homes. Oh yeah, and they already have seven kids of their own living at home.
jeanne
Dad Sells Daughter for Beer; Calls Cops for Non-Payment
The California father has been charged for allegedly selling his fourteen-year-old daughter into a forced marriage with an eighteen-year-old. So how did police catch him?
jeanne
Baby Born Two Days After Mom's Death
Her mother was forty-one, a former skating champion, who always wanted to be a mother. When she collapsed from a brain hemmorhage at twenty-five weeks pregnant, she could have lost that chance. But doctors decided to keep her alive for two more days, to give her baby girl a chance at life.
jeanne
Mystery Solved: Dog Swallowed Fifteen Pacifiers
In case you ever wondered, no there really is nothing your baby won't share with the dog. Strained peas, Cheerios, dirty diapers . . . and apparently pacifiers too.
jeanne
Dad Finds Daughter Abducted During Bosnian War
It's been sixteen years since Muhamed Becirovic saw his family, abducted by Serbian soldiers at the start of the Bosnian war. But the Bosnian Muslim - now living in Germany - never gave up hope.
jeanne
Obama the Action Figure: Up for Grabs
I couldn't even get my hands on one of these this year, but Scholastic has set one aside for one lucky Inside Out winner, along with a pile of our political picks from the bookshelves.
jeanne
Duggar's Eldest Married: Babies On the Way?
He's the oldest of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar's eighteen kids, so I suppose it's no surprise the biggest question posed to Joshua Duggar after his recent nuptials is "when are the babies coming?"
jeanne
Entire School Board Recalled By Angry Students
A collection of angry students at one California high school organized a recall election that might well be the first ever in the state to unseat an entire school board.
jeanne
Smackdown: Aw, Just Let Her Have a Barbie
I used to be on the other side of this Smackdown. Bimbo Barbie wasn't prancing into my house, no way, no how. Then came Christmas. And Santa at the firehouse. And kindly volunteers in the ladies auxiliary who put a lot of time and effort into being good neighbors and buying goodies for all the little kiddies in my neighborhood. Damn them.
jeanne
Famed Child Killer Mary Bell is Now a Granny
Mary Bell was ten when she killed three-year-old Brian Howe and four-year-old Martin Brown in 1968 and convicted of manslaughter.
jeanne
Cops End Search for Baby Thrown in Hospital Trash
I'm still sputtering over this one. A baby is dead, and somehow his little body ended up not in the hospital's morgue but in their trash. Now he's gone, police have called off a search for his body, and his mother is convinced the hospital is covering something up.
jeanne
School to Parents: Donate Toilet Paper
You know things are bad when you don't have money for toilet paper. Not even the sandpaper variety common to public schools. That's just how bad things are for the Detroit school district; letters are being sent to parents asking them to pack their kids' backpacks with TP.
jeanne
Dad Jailed for Threatening Kid's Softball Ump
A dad from Illinois who threatened the umpire in his daughter's softball game with bodily harm followed up this boorish behavior (in front of the kids, I might add) by spitting saliva and a mouthful of sunflower seeds on a responding cop.
jeanne
UPDATE: Thrift Shops Won't Be Affected Under New Phthalate, Lead Ban
Thrift shops are safe! The Consumer Product Safety Commissione issued a clarification today stating, "The new safety law does not require resellers to test children�s products in inventory for compliance with the lead limit before they are sold."
jeanne
Babble Talk: Is Ditching the Baby Monitor Child Abuse?
Can not using a baby monitor to track your child's every whimper and wheeze really be considered child abuse? I mean, folks, we do have to sleep, shower . . . poop.
jeanne
FDA Asked to Approve Gardasil for Boys
Gardasil, the HPV prevention shot aimed girls nine to twenty-six, has been submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by maker Merck for consideration as a vaccine for boys.
jeanne
