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Octuplet Mom Launches Site to Reel in Cash

'Proud mom of 14' provides updates on newborns

(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has launched a website to collect donations, making good on her claim to have an alternative way to provide for her kids. The site features photos of the "proud mother of 14" with her eight newest arrivals, an address to send gifts, and a link...

'High' Boy Newest YouTube Star

Clip of woozy 7-year-old viewed over 6 million times

(Newser) - A YouTube video of a little kid's post-dentist trip has become a viral hit, reports the Daily Telegraph. Spaced-out 7-year-old David, belted into the backseat of a car after having a tooth removed, asks “Is this real life?” and "Is this going to be forever?" The video has...

Peanuts Known Tainted Supplied to School Program

Agency meant to ensure food safety bought contaminated nuts

(Newser) - The peanut firm behind the recent salmonella outbreak sold 32 truckloads of peanuts and peanut butter to a federal lunch program for poor children even after internal tests revealed that they were contaminated with the bacteria, the Washington Post reports. Schools in California, Minnesota, and Idaho received the food in...

To Help Your Kids, Help Yourselves
 To Help Your 
 Kids, Help 
 Yourselves 
OPINION
Feb 5, 2009 1:20 PM CST

To Help Your Kids, Help Yourselves

Don't forget your relationship as you raise the children

(Newser) - Decades of research show that having kids puts strain on a marriage—but it needn’t be that way if parents remember that what’s best for them is often best for their kids as well, writes Stephanie Coontz in the New York Times. "Keeping a marriage vibrant...

Poor Kids Missing Out on Multivitamins

Well-heeled kids take them, poor need them

(Newser) - Vitamin supplements can combat kids' dietary deficiencies, but tend to be taken by those who least need them, reports Time. A five-year study found that a third of US children take supplements—but those kids are much more likely to be white, with higher incomes, healthier diets, and better health...

Brit: My Kids Coming on Tour
 Brit: My Kids Coming on Tour 
Feb 3, 2009 12:00 PM CST

Brit: My Kids Coming on Tour

Shows not in jeopardy over custody dispute, Spears blog says

(Newser) - Britney Spears dismissed rumors that ex-husband Kevin Federline is keeping their two boys from joining her 2-month Circus tour, her blog says. In fact, Sean Preston, age 3, and Jayden James, 2, will be with her at every stop, People notes, beginning March 3. The pop star promises a three-ring...

Two Kids Should Be the Limit: Eco Expert

UK green adviser says overpopulation is 'ghost at the table'

(Newser) - If you have more than a pair of kids, you’re damaging the planet, says an environmental adviser to the British government. He says contraception and abortion are key to fighting overpopulation that adds to global warming, the Times of London reports. “I am unapologetic about asking people to...

'Obsessed' Octuplet Mom Wanted 'One More Girl'

Grandmom: 'Obviously she overdid herself'

(Newser) - The California mother of octuplets “is obsessed with children” and wanted “just one more girl” even though she already had six kids, her mother told the Los Angeles Times. The 33-year-old divorcee “is very good with children, but obviously she overdid herself,” said her mother, who...

Belgian Daycare Attack Suspect Linked to 2nd Killing

(Newser) - Police in Belgium have linked Kim De Gelder, the man charged with killing two children and a woman at a daycare last week, with an earlier murder, Reuters reports. DNA evidence suggests that De Gelder stabbed an elderly woman to death in a nearby town a week before he turned...

Kid Matador Kills Record 6 Bulls

Bloody spectacle gets last-minute go-ahead despite controversy

(Newser) - An 11-year-old Mexican bullfighter has broken a world record by killing six young bulls in a single bloody spectacle, reports the BBC. "I'm happy to have achieved this great victory," boasted the boy as he left the ring in Merida yesterday. The controversial bullfight exhibition won a last-minute...

3 Dead in Belgian Nursery School Attack

Attacker in face paint injures 20; children evacuated

(Newser) - An unknown man wielding a knife at a Belgian nursery school killed at least 2 children and one adult today, the BBC reports. A dozen or more were said to be injured in the attack northwest of Brussels. The attacker, wearing black-and-white face paint, fled by bicycle, says the Times...

NYC Van Crash Kills 2 Kids
 NYC Van Crash Kills 2 Kids 
Jan 22, 2009 1:57 PM CST

NYC Van Crash Kills 2 Kids

Vehicle spun out after making a U-turn, witnesses say

(Newser) - Two preschoolers were killed and 11 other people were injured when a van jumped a curb and ran into a crowd in Manhattan’s Chinatown today, Newsday reports. The gray van went out of control after making a U-turn, witnesses said. The dead children were identified as a 4-year-old girl...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Web Porn Law

Overturns Child Online Protection Act on 1st Amendment grounds

(Newser) - The US Supreme Court closed the door today on legislation designed to protect children from Internet pornography, the New York Times reports. The legislation, which was signed into law in 1998 but never took effect, was repeatedly struck down on First Amendment grounds. It set strict fines and jail time...

Rapper, 6, Touts Obama to Peeps
Rapper, 6, Touts
Obama to Peeps
Jan 19, 2009 2:49 AM CST

Rapper, 6, Touts Obama to Peeps

YouTube hit makes campaign volunteer shortie a star

(Newser) - Though the historical context of Barack Obama's victory may be lost on "Lil Yani," the president-elect has made the 6-year-old very proud—enough to produce a rap tribute that's fast becoming an online hit, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Like the other upbeat raps from the charismatic Californian,...

Obama Pens Hopeful Letter to Daughters

President-elect cites Sasha, Malia as inspiration, encourages them to aim high

(Newser) - Barack Obama sets out his hopes and dreams for his daughters, and everyone in America, in an open letter in Parade. “I want to tell you a little more about why I decided to take our family on this journey,” the president-elect writes of the jarring effects of...

Bummer Economy? Move Home!
 Bummer Economy? 
 Move Home! 
Jan 13, 2009 2:08 PM CST

Bummer Economy? Move Home!

More adult children are moving in with parents

(Newser) - A bleak job market and skyrocketing rents have college grads—even working adults—boomeranging back to their childhood homes, something that's fast losing its social stigma, the Boston Globe reports. About half of adults ages 18 and 24 live with their parents.

How to Fix the Education Divide
 How to Fix the Education Divide 
OPINION
Jan 12, 2009 12:43 PM CST

How to Fix the Education Divide

Racial gap is 'last great civil-rights battle': Klein and Sharpton

(Newser) - America is facing its “last great civil-rights battle”: the racial education gap, write Joel I Klein and Al Sharpton in a Wall Street Journal. “Today the average 12th-grade black or Hispanic student has the reading, writing, and math skills of an eighth-grade white student,” they note. But...

Crime-Plagued Mexico Pushes Toy Gun Ban

Politicians take aim at plastic weapons in war on violence

(Newser) - A bill proposed in Mexico takes aim at the production, sale and use of toy guns to reduce aggression among kids inundated by news of burgeoning drug-violence, the Guardian reports. Despite an earlier ban on realistic replicas, plastic weapons are still easy to find on the streets and used in...

Pentagon Wants 'Virtual Parents' for Military Kids

Program would sub artificial intelligence for moms, dads overseas

(Newser) - The US Department of Defense hopes to ward off trauma for children with deployed parents by replacing mommy or daddy with a computerized replica, Melissa Lafsky writes for Discover. The proposal, pitched on DoD’s “Small Business Innovation Web” site, describes a “highly interactive PC- or Web-based application...

German Cops Foil Eloping Couple Bound for Africa...

...Because they are 6 and 7 years old

(Newser) - Police in Germany spoiled the nuptial plans of a pair of childhood sweethearts, AFP reports. The 6-year-old boy and his girlfriend, 7, secretly plotted to elope to Africa together. They sneaked out of their houses at dawn on New Year’s Day with suitcases, food, swimming gear—and the girl's...

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