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Toddler killed by hunter's stray bullet
A toddler in upstate New York was shot and killed when a hunter fired a rifle too close to her grandparents' mobile home where she was staying.
Texas teen killed by train
A 14-year-old in Long Lake, Texas was struck and killed by an oncoming train.
Boy miraculously survives rabies infection
A Brazilian teen who contracted a rabies infection from a vampire bat has recovered -- and is one of only 3 known people in the world to do so.
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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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My fellow Americans. Regardless of how you voted this past Tuesday, the timely exit of President Bush should be something we can all agree on.
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The Toddler’s Halloween Manifesto
My kids walked into the kitchen today holding hands.
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Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. As a child, I loved spending the night trying to snag as much candy as humanly possible.
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I was thirty-two when my wife gave birth to our first child. In the months before our daughter's arrival, I performed numerous calculations and scenarios in my head: I will be forty-eight when she receives her driver's license, fifty when she graduates high school, ninety-eight when she has sex for the first time, and so on.

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