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Another Bizarre Celebrity Baby Name
Is there some underground contest being held by celebrities to give their kid the weirdest name ever? If so, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and hubby Pete Wentz are definitely in the running.
Not everything "makes a great gift"
The day after Thanksgiving is better known by it's "street name:" Black Friday.
Forbes magazine + celebrity tots = the low road
Forbes just put out its second annual list of Hollywood's 10 Hottest Tots and staunchly defended themselves in the accompanying article, blaming their need to jump on the celebrity offspring obsessiveness bandwagon on - what else? - the economy.
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Authorities seize 21 children from Arkansas evangelists
Police have taken 21 children into protective custody who were associated with the Arkansas based Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.
Toddler falls into cooking pot
If this isn't a freak accident, we don't know what is.
8-year-old confesses to killing father, boarder
Police have released a video confession from an 8-year-old accused of shooting two people -- his father, and another man that was renting a room at their house.
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Latest Recalls »
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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Shave the Date: No Bush Left Behind
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.
Frankengina
When it comes to scary moments, motherhood can beat out any horror movie hands down.
The Toddler’s Halloween Manifesto
My kids walked into the kitchen today holding hands.
You Can Have Fun On Halloween Without A Haunted Garage
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. As a child, I loved spending the night trying to snag as much candy as humanly possible.
Perfect Birth
It was going to be the perfect birth. Under soft gentle lighting, bathed in quiet contemplation of the perfection of this tiny soul we were welcoming to the planet, my son Eric was going to make his appearance.

Imperfections

Further defining the "right to choose".


By Jessica Carlson
More and more it seems that there is a movement towards changing public policy to force women to breastfeed.

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