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Gwen Stefani on motherhood, nursing, touring with baby, and how it 'keeps getting better' |
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Parenting
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
Songstress Gwen Stefani, 37, made the Australian media rounds while promoting her Sweet Escape shows in the country last week. We have a full interview roundup -- Gwen discusses her motherhood fear, nursing, taking Kingston on tour, flights, Gavin Rossdale as a dad, why parenthood keeps getting better, Kingston's sense of humor, and more.
Full report: Celebrity Baby Blog |
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Proud father of ninth child at 90! |
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Parenting
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 05 August 2007 |
Is it proof that male menopause is a myth or is it the potency of camel's milk? On August 1, 2006, TOI first reported the incredible story of 88-year-old Barmer farmer Virmaram Jat fathering a bonny boy. Now, a 90-year-old has stolen a march on him by siring a baby girl — his ninth child to boot.
Full report: The Times of India |
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New laws to protect breastfeeding mums |
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Parenting
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 03 August 2007 |
MOTHERS will be able to breastfeed their children without fear of discrimination under new laws to be introduced by the State Government.
Attorney-General John Hatzistergos announced the laws today, saying he was concerned some mothers - especially those returning to work - stopped breastfeeding because they feared discrimination.
"Unfortunately there are still some people who retain an unsympathetic attitude towards breastfeeding in public, including the workplace," Mr Hatzistergos said.
"These new laws will provide breastfeeding mothers with the full protection of the law, ensuring that children in NSW are given the best possible start in life."
Full report: news.com.au |
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Fisher-Price to Recall Nearly 1M Toys |
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Home Organization and Safety
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 02 August 2007 |
Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys — including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters — because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.
The recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products.
The recall is the first for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. It is the largest for Mattel since 1998 when Fisher-Price had to yank about 10 million Power Wheels from toy stores.
Full report: SFGate.com
Related: List of Recalled Toys |
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Nicole Richie Confirms She's Pregnant |
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Trying to Conceive and Pregnancy
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 01 August 2007 |
After months of rumors, Nicole Richie confirmed Tuesday that she is pregnant.
"Yes I am. We are," Richie told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an interview to be aired this week. "I'm almost four months."
Richie's boyfriend, Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden, is the father.
Full report: FOXNews.com |
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One Laptop Per Child Becomes Reality |
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Misc
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 31 July 2007 |
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It began as a dream more than 40 years ago, and today Nicholas Negroponte's vision of providing affordable laptops to children all over the world is moving closer to reality. After years of research, prototypes and collaboration, the non-profit organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) begins mass production of a laptop that has the potential to provide children all over the globe with a critical tool to the world -- the Internet. The machines will allow impoverished children all over the world to have the chance to better their lives through a new platform of learning. Full report: ABC News
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A growing number of British women are falling pregnant after a one-night stand |
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Sex and Intimacy
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
This summer's blockbuster romcom charts the story of a girl who has a baby after a one-night stand – a scenario all too familiar to a growing number of British women.
According to pregnancy advisory serviceMarie Stopes International (MSI), in January this year 13 per cent more women sought abortions than the previous year. Although there is always an increase in January, following all those brief drunken encounters of the festive season, this upturn was sharp enough to cause concern.
In the UK, 81 per cent people of a reproductive age use some form of contraception, and a quarter of all women aged 16 to 49 use an oral one. That's an awful lot of people not wanting to conceive. But a quick, highly unofficial straw poll among friends reveals more than half a dozen surprise pregnancies after short relationships or one night stands – even using a contraceptive. Somehow, it seems the figures aren't adding up.
Full report: The Independent |
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Drug switch plunges boy into hell |
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Health and Fitness
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
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When Wade Somani was put on a new drug to calm his hyperactivity and aggression, he suffered hallucinations and completely lost control.
After two years on Ritalin, he was put on Rubifen in April under Government subsidy changes to save $1 million a year.
"He had terrible hallucinations. He had shaking spasms in his legs. He was throwing himself around the room, screaming and howling that he was in agony," his mother, Jude Betham of Pukekohe, recalled yesterday. "We were very frightened because we've never seen him like that before."
Full report: NZ Herald |
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Internet police avert girl’s suicide plans |
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Home Organization and Safety
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 26 July 2007 |
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An 11-year-old schoolgirl who told Internet chat-room visitors that she was planning to kill herself was traced by Attica electronic crime squad officers who informed her parents, it was revealed yesterday.
Working on tipoffs, police traced the messages to the girl’s home and informed her parents that the girl had expressed her intention to commit suicide, citing personal problems. The parents said they had not been aware that their daughter was unhappy.
Full report: ekathimerini.com
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MySpace finds 29,000 sex offenders on its site |
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Home Organization and Safety
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 25 July 2007 |
MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking website — more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, North Carolina officials said Tuesday.
North Carolina's Roy Cooper is one of several attorneys general who recently demanded the News Corp.-owned website provide data on how many registered sex offenders were using the site, along with information about where they live.
Full report: USA Today |
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Potter Magic: Book Breaks Sales Records |
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Misc
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 23 July 2007 |
 "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final volume of J.K. Rowling's all-conquering fantasy series, sold a mountainous 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the United States, according to Scholastic Inc.
No other book, not even any of the six previous Potters, has been so desired, so quickly. "Deathly Hallows" averaged more than 300,000 copies in sales per hour -- more than 5,000 a minute. The $34.99 book, even allowing for discounts, generated far more revenue than the opening weekend of the latest Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," which came out July 10.
Full report: Chicago Tribune |
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