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They're just like us
Us Magazine has a particularly stupid - and poorly done  - section called Stars - they're just like us!  What's really annoying, besides the Duh! Factor - is how they style the section.
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Chicago police find 3 babies in apartment with rats, roaches and without electricity
FYI: The following is the kind of environment that is NOT conducive to raising healthy and happy babies.
Father kills his toddler son in order to avoid child support
How can you call a man a "father", who has such disregard for his baby, that he would rather murder him than pay child support.
12 year old boy shoots mother over chores
Giving new meaning to laziness, a chores-opposed kid shot his mother over his to-do list.
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Claire's children's necklaces recalled
Friends who get lead poisoning together, stay together.
Toy TV recalled for lead
It's funny! It's realistic! It's poisonous! The latest lead-tainted toy from the Far East is OKK Trading's Mini-Televisor toy TV.
Toy xylophone recalled for lead
We're starting to think that maybe you should stay away from dollar store toys all together.
Infant Mylicon recalled
Oh how we relied on Infant Mylicon for our ultra-gassy baby.
Strawberry Quik recalled
Nestlé USA is recalling the most unnatural -- yet tasty -- substance on Earth, Strawberry Quik.
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Why I Homeschool
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Seven years ago on Christmas Eve morn, Ella and I were busy packing for a visit to her parents' home when she excitedly said, "I think I'm late!" We had only started trying, so I was skeptical that we would conceive so quickly.
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"Fake Christmas Tree" (sung to the tune of O Tannenbaum) Fake Christmas Tree, Fake Christmas Tree! I bought you today at Target.
Christmas Cookies: Bite-sized Holiday Lessons By Amy Krouse Rosenthal; illustrated by Jane Dyer

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What is the alternative to gay adoption?


By Jessica Carlson
In case you've been living under a burp cloth or listening to "Kid Bop" instead of talk radio for the last few months, the state of Massachusetts has laws allowing gay couples to adopt without discrimination.

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