Request for new judge granted in Ariz. boy's case

A new judge will take over the case of a 9-year-old eastern Arizona boy who killed his father's roommate after a defense motion for new oversight was granted Wednesday.

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Court upholds seizure of kids from Alamo compound

The Arkansas Court of Appeals has ruled that state child welfare officials properly seized children from the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries after a police raid.

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Australia apologizes to Brit kids sent to colonies

When John Hennessey was 10 years old, he was sent from a war-weary Britain to an orphanage in Australia, where he was told food was plentiful and children rode kangaroos to school.

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Evangelist sentenced to 175 years for sex crimes

Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering.

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New judge sought for Ariz. boy charged in killing

Defense and prosecution lawyers in the case of a 9-year-old Arizona boy charged with killing his father and another man want a new judge appointed so a plea deal doesn't fall through.

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Chinua Achebe returns with a collection of essays

"The Education of a British-Protected Child" (Knopf, 208 pages, $24.95), by Chinua Achebe: Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's new book, his first in 20 years, is not especially new. And maybe that's part of the point.

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Correction: Child Shooting

In stories Aug. 30, Sept. 14 and Nov. 3 about a New Mexico boy accused in the shooting death of his father, The Associated Press, relying on information from Belen police, erroneously reported the victim was shot with a rifle. Police now say they believe the boy used a shotgun.

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Mom gets jail after teen rides in box atop van

A woman pleaded guilty and will spend five days in jail after letting her daughter ride in a cardboard box on top of their van. The judge ordered Jackie Knott to 90 days jail time, of which she will serve only five days.

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NM boy tells 911 operator he shot father in anger

"Just get a doctor over here!" the desperate 10-year-old boy begs a 911 operator. "Please hurry up. It looks like he's dying."

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Police: NJ mom stabbed son, self over custody fear

A New Jersey mother whose inability to understand English apparently misled her to believe that her children would be taken away stabbed her 8-year-old son with a steak knife, then tried to kill herself, police said.

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Couple pleads not guilty in child's death

A woman and her boyfriend pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and child abuse in the death of the woman's 3-year-old daughter, who was found in a trash bag.

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Retailers suspend business with Mich. fruit grower

Wal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.

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Cult member withdraws guilty plea in child's death

A former member of a defunct religious cult has backed out of a plea deal and will face trial on charges he and others starved a toddler to death.

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Argentine leader decrees subsidies for poor kids

President Cristina Fernandez decreed Thursday that Argentina will provide direct cash subsidies of about $47 a month per child to families whose parents are unemployed or work informally.

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In reality, some stage parents are very scary

Richard Heene was more than the alleged perpetuator of a hoax when he paraded his son Falcon on television after claiming the boy had floated off in a helium balloon. By pushing his child into the national spotlight, allegedly to benefit himself, the former reality television contestant joins a long line of “stage parents” so prevalent in the media lately.

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FBI, police rescue 52 kids in prostitution probes

FBI officials say they have rescued 52 children in a series of raids around the country aimed at under-age prostitution.

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42 arrested in China baby trafficking case

Chinese police have arrested 42 alleged members of a trafficking ring that sold dozens of infants stolen or bought from their rural parents, state media reported Friday.

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Screams on a plane: How to quell tantrums

Small children and airplane flights: The mere mention of those two concepts in the same sentence is enough to make many parents — and many airline passengers — cringe. It’s common for moms and dads of babies and toddlers to approach flights with extreme humility and trepidation. After all, so many things can go wrong while trapped way up there in the sky with absolutely no escape.

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Mom and dad make scary movies even scarier

Parents have been told over and over not to let kids watch TV alone. But now a new study shows that advice can backfire: Researchers found that children who watched television with their folks were almost four times as likely to be frightened by scary programs as those who viewed alone.

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Placement delays 9-year-old's homicide sentencing

A 9-year-old Arizona boy who pleaded guilty in the killing of his father's roommate likely won't be sentenced Thursday because no state or county agency is willing to pay for the costly psychiatric treatment required under terms of a plea agreement, attorneys said.

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Garbage trucks lead to discovery of dead Fla. girl

After 7-year-old Somer Thompson vanished on her way home from school, investigators tailed nine garbage trucks from her neighborhood to a Georgia landfill nearly 50 miles away, then picked through the trash as each rig spilled its load.

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She doesn’t want a post-nup, but her parents do

I am close to my cousin Ellie, who just got married. It is a first-time wedding for both her and her husband, who are in their early 50s.

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Study finds you’ve come too far on TV, baby

Within the first seven minutes of the pilot episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Moore’s character, Mary Richards, encounters the following questions in the course of her job interview at WJM-TV:

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Many moms assume burden of child-care costs

One of the biggest hurdles for working couples trying to balance work and family is finding good and affordable day care. But for some reason, many mothers think arranging and paying for child care is mainly their concern.

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Increasingly, wives earn more than husbands

The year that Beth Klingensmith realized she made more than her husband, she remembers joking with him about it, making light of a competition neither took seriously.

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Marc Yu has dreamed of playing at Carnegie Hall most of his life, he says. "My technique is much better than one year ago," the ten year old said. "And now both of my hands can reach an octave."

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A large extended family gathered in Waycross Saturday still not able to believe the tragedy they face.

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A girl of 12 kept a diary of the mental and physical torture she suffered at the hands of her mother, who believed in the 'African way', a court heard yesterday. The youngster wrote about the sadistic punishment rituals her mother, a former banker, subjected her to.

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GREENFIELD, Calif. -- A former Salinas softball manager accused of giving underage members of her Bobby Sox team alcohol during a 2007 party is in jail again.

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wo teenage girls have been found guilty of causing the death of a vicar's daughter who jumped from a window in south-east London. Kemi Ajose, 19, and Hatice Can, 15, were found guilty of the manslaughter of 19-year-old Rosimeiri Boxall.

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Now we tase 10 year old girls...where do we draw the line? A father tasered his child and was charged with child abuse. What is the difference?

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Police are looking for a man accused of taking a 3-year-old child from Florida Hospital Altamonte on Monday afternoon. Police are on the lookout for a blue Dodge van that Vincent Marchese, who allegedly took the child, was reportedly driving

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Moms, Do I Win?

My labor with my first son was quick.

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LEXINGTON, Mo. -- A sixth member of a family facing multiple child sex abuse charges in western Missouri has been arrested in Florida, KMBC reported.

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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. Josh Billings A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw

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An interesting article about your young child's quirks and behaviors- and how to deal with inappropriate behavior at home or in public.

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Throughout most of the 19th century, the minimum age of consent for sexual intercourse in most American states was 10 years.

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A mother has been charged with neglecting her 13-month-old son, whose body was found at a house in Greater Manchester earlier this week.

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Sarah Kruzan story; or tragedy if you will. What do you think?

This is the story of 16 year old Sarah Kruzan & I am interested to hear from "the World" all opinons, all comments whether negative or positive let your voice be heard! Click on the link below to watch her YouTube Video. ~LuvUMuch Necia

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Many children with autism not only struggle with social skills and communication, they also have great difficulty with handwriting, according to a new study in the journal Neurology.

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I received this post a few days ago in my e-mail box from my bestfriend, Jackie. After a few searches and more information I felt this story was trues and wanted to pass it on. Please help!

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A local mother is urging parents to keep a close watch on their children's medical treatment after she said her 5-year-old was accidentally given the wrong drug in an ambulance.

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The father of a young cancer patient who died after his mother allegedly withheld his medication has died after a Malden motorcycle crash.

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Mickey has become more of a corporate symbol than a beloved character for recent generations of young people, Disney is taking the risky step of re-imagining him for the future.

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The Tears Almost Flowed this Evening, I should Have let Them But My Little one was with Me.

I was driving back from the beach at about 5:30 this evening whenall of a sudden I felt a bit sadden, or was it happyness, yeah that's what it was.

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So, in the U.K., men, not just husbands, but doctors or any man, should be out of the delivery room.

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In an exclusive report, NewsChannel 7 is reporting that the babysitter for a missing Chipley baby may be a suspect in the disappearance.

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A four-year-old boy survived a whole night after his left arm was ripped off by a broken washing machine. The youngster and his brother (11) had snuck into the kitchen at night.

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A mother's plot to blame a stranger for killing her sons went awry when one of the boys survived and told police how Michelle Kehoe cut his throat, then moved on to his younger brother, an Iowa prosecutor said Thursday.

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