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TIME magazine photo of Boston Bombing tot goes viral

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

The cover of TIME magazine’s May 2013 digital edition, covering the Boston Marathon bombing, has drawn criticism and analysis from other media sources such as the Christian Science Monitor and the Huffington Post on Thursday. The cover shows a toddler boy, frightened, crying and bloody with the headline, “Tragedy in Boston.” The cover photo is for TIME’s May ... read more »

Body of newborn found in pile of laundry at Minn. hospital

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

The body of a newborn infant was allegedly discovered by a Minn. laundry service, who claimed the body fell out of a bed sheet on Tuesday morning as they prepared a load of laundry. The laundry service says they informed the hospital, who immediately sent medical personnel to retrieve the body. St. Paul police were called after ... read more »

Sandy Hook, Newtown families spectators at Boston Marathon bombing

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Among eyewitness spectators of the terrorist bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday, were several families of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre victims who were killed in a shooting massacre at their elementary school in Newtown, Conn., in December. The Boston Marathon, which started out with a 26 second moment of silence to honor the ... read more »

Teen dies after falling from 8th story apartment window

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

A 14-year-old girl in Upper Merion Township, Pa., fell to her death on Tuesday night when she reportedly fell out her apartment window. Investigators are not sure how the girl fell, but believe she purposely climbed out of the window, but fell by accident. The victim landed on a cement parking garage below her building. ... read more »

8-year-old continually suspended from school for smelling bad

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

A young Tenn., girl has missed an extraordinary amount of school this year because her elementary school principal keeps sending her home based on allegations that the girl is “emitting a foul odor.” Since the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, the second grader has been sent home a total of 24 times. The school claims they had no choice as ... read more »

Mom mistakes child as hers, slaps him

Friday, March 29th, 2013

A mother who was called to come in and meet with her son’s principal on Wednesday after her son got in trouble, walked into the school office and slapped another child after she mistook the boy for her son. Tyshekka Collier, 36, reportedly realized her mistake after she smacked the unidentified middle school child and then apologized. ... read more »

Mom accuses cop of breaking middle school daughter’s arm

Friday, March 29th, 2013

An Akron, Ohio, mother has filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, accusing local police of breaking her 13-year-old daughter’s arm. The lawsuit asks for a million dollars in punitive damages and $75,000 in compensatory damages. The lawsuit also alleged that the Akron Police Department tried to cover up the incident in a department wide conspiracy. The ... read more »

High school students join forces to stop bullying of special needs classmate

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

A special needs high school student at David Douglas High School in Portland, Oregon, had classmates come to her aid when a few fellow students put their foot down and reported the bully to the school. The victim, who classmates say is highly sensitive to sounds and is likely Autistic, was harassed by a bully outside her home. The bully then posted a ... read more »

Father accused of leaving 4-year-old home while he worked

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

A Port St. Lucie, Fla., man was arrested on Monday after a tipster notified the police that the man was leaving his 4-year-old daughter at home alone all day. Port St. Lucie police say Curtis Lee Larmore, 26, was allegedly leaving his preschool daughter home alone to fend for herself, Monday through Friday, between 11 ... read more »

Oregon middle school puts the kibosh on zombie survival class

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

A middle school in Hermiston, Ore., was put under the microscope on Monday after parents started questioning a Zombie Survival Skills class they were offering to students at Armand Larive Middle School. According to Fox 12, some parents complained about the class theme, suggesting that the subject matter was too violent for kids middle school ... read more »

Children accused of deliberately shooting baby in head, killing him

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Three young southeastern Georgia, perpetrators reportedly shot a mother who was outside her home with her baby in a stroller and then deliberately shot her 13-month-old son in the head. The suspects are believed to be between 10 and 15 years old, possibly as young as 9. The mother said the boys approached her outside her home ... read more »

Drunk teen gets stuck in high chair

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

A 19-year-old South East England, teen’s prank went horribly wrong when the inebriated female climbed into a baby high chair and got herself stuck. Amber Jackson said she was forced to call the fire department after efforts to get out of the high chair failed. Jackson said she crawled into the highchair so that her ... read more »

Mother who disappeared with young daughter faked abduction

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

A Missouri mother who supposedly went missing on Thursday with her 4-year-old daughter, Zoee Sandner, were found by police and now detectives are calling the whole thing a hoax. When Rachel Koechner, 28, went missing, her boyfriend and her mother contacted authorities. They were worried the mother and daughter had been abducted by the youngster’s ... read more »

Speeding father ignores cops chasing him as wife goes into labor (video)

Monday, March 18th, 2013

A father who was speeding in Iowa City, Iowa, last week had a good excuse to tell the cops who were chasing him, trying to get him to pull him over. Tyler Rathjen was rushing to the hospital because his wife, Ashely Rathjen, was starting to give birth to their son while en route to ... read more »

Gwyneth Paltrow says she almost died during recent miscarriage

Monday, March 18th, 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow, 40, revealed on Sunday that was pregnant with a third child, but had a dangerous miscarriage. Paltrow, who has two children, Apple, 9, and Moses, 6, with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says she’s now dreaming of expanding her family again and wrestles with  the reality of playing it safe or potentially putting her ... read more »