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It's Not Maddie Afterall
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on September 30, 2007
photo I was so hoping that the girl in the picture was Madeleine. Instead, it is a girl named Bushra, daughter of an olive farmer. Unfortunately, all possible sightings haven't lead to any break...
David Bowie Donates to the Jena Six Legal Defense Fund
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on September 27, 2007
Rocker David bowie recently donated $10,000 to the legal defense of six African-American teens found guilty of second-degree battery charges last June 28. Mychell Bell and five other teens were found...
Update: Could this girl be Maddie?
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on September 26, 2007
A Spanish couple took this picture of a woman with a blond girl on her back. The picture was taken in morocco in August where the couple were vacationing. They took it from a moving car as they were ...
Update: Suspect in Delaware State University Shooting Arrested
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on September 24, 2007
photo Eighteen year-old Loyer D. Braden was arrested and charged with attempted murder, assult, reckless endangerment and a gun charge for the shooting incident that happened in Delaware State Univer...
Virgin Mobile Australia Sued For Use of Photo
Filed in archive In the Spotlight , Picture Perfect on September 24, 2007
photo and source Australia's Virgin Mobile is being sued by the family of the Texan girl whose picture appeared on their ad campaign. Alison Chang, whose picture was downloaded from Flickr was ...
Delaware State University Shootings
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on September 22, 2007
photo A male suspect is being search by authorities after shooting a female student twice and a male student once near the Memorial Hall sports arena at the Delaware state university campus around 1 ...
Prevnar and The 19A Strain
Filed in archive In the Spotlight , In the Spotlight , Safety on September 19, 2007
photo Nine kids in New York are being treated for ear infections. Doctors reportedly found a "strain of strep bacteria not included in the pneumococcal vaccine" that may be the cause of ear...
Prevnar and The 19A Strain
Filed in archive In the Spotlight , In the Spotlight , Safety on September 19, 2007
photo Nine kids in New York are being treated for ear infections. Doctors reportedly found a "strain of strep bacteria not included in the pneumococcal vaccine" that may be the cause of ear...
Halle is Pregnant
Filed in archive In the Spotlight , In the Spotlight on September 7, 2007
photo Halle Berry is 3 months pregnant. She's still a long way from reaching full-term and I'm already going ga-ga about her and Gabriel Aubrey's soon-to-be son or daughter. Can you just ...
Halle is Pregnant
Filed in archive In the Spotlight , In the Spotlight on September 7, 2007
photo Halle Berry is 3 months pregnant. She's still a long way from reaching full-term and I'm already going ga-ga about her and Gabriel Aubrey's soon-to-be son or daughter. Can you just ...
Stories of Us
Filed in archive Education , In the Spotlight , Parent Watch on September 4, 2007
photo Stories of Us is a series of videos which shows a dramatization of issues concerning elementary and high school students. Students collaborated with Christopher Faull in making the videos. Th...
Canadian gives birth to healthy identical quadruplets
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on August 22, 2007
Lucky couple Karen and J.P. Jepp welcomed four healthy girls last August 12. What is amazing with these girls is that: 1. they are identical; 2. they were conceived without the aid of fertility drug...
Man aims to have 100 kids by 2015
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on August 21, 2007
photo The United Arab Emirates is known for it's oil and ultra modern high rise buildings. It is also the home of a man who aims to have 100 kids by 2015. At 60 and after 15 brides, Daad Mohamm...
Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer and other children's toys from Fischer-Price Recalled
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on August 4, 2007
Toymaker Fischer-Price has issued a recall order of its licensed character toys, namely Sesame Street, dora the explorer, and others due to excessive levels of lead. The surface paints on toys manufa...
Possible sighting of Madeleine McCann in Belgium
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on August 4, 2007
photo A supposed sighting of madeleine McCann in Tongeren, Belgium was reported to the police last weekend. A woman informed the police of this possible sighting, after seeing a couple, a Dutch-spe...
Woman charged of killing her infant
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 31, 2007
source Christy Freeman of Ocean City, Maryland and who was charged last week of murder and manslaughter, after killing her infant, might be facing additional charges, after police found three tiny bo...
Barron Hilton axes Paris' inheritance
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 31, 2007
photo Barron Hilton, patriarch of the Hilton clan and holder of a sizable stake in the Hilton Hotel chain, is reported to have axed his granddaughter's inheritance of $60M. Dismayed by Paris'...
Anne Swanson gets to keep her placenta
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 23, 2007
photo Judge Susan Johnson of the Clark County District Court ordered Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center to return Anne Swanson's placenta (uterine lining). Anne Swanson initially wanted to give...
Deadly swing accident
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 21, 2007
photo When I was a kid, I was one of the kids you'd normally find in the playground. Either playing on the monkey bars, swings, see-saw or the sand box. I never really thought of the dangers of ...
66 Arrested for Child Pornography
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 16, 2007
photo 66 people arrested and 48 million photographs and video images were confiscated by the Spanish police today. In coordination with Interpol and information provided by the German police, the 10...
Mom and Toddler kicked off from Continental ExpressJet FLight
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 16, 2007
Kate Penfield and her 19 month-old son Garren were kicked out from their Houston to Atlanta Continental ExpressJet flight last month after the flight attendant got upset when the toddler kept on repea...
Botched Columbine Copy-cats
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 15, 2007
photo Two Connetquot High School students were arrested yesterday for an alleged plot against their school that they planned to pull-off on the 9th anniversary of the columbine attacks. The thwarted...
Daring stunt kills teen
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 11, 2007
Two adventurous teens drove a car into a lake that led to the death of one of them. 18 year-old David Griego's body was recovered 9:30 a.m. Saturday, after he and 19-year old Darren Bucklen sped ...
1 year-old kidnapped by pre-teens
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 9, 2007
photo Two sisters aged 12 and 10 were arrested by Oklahoma police for the alleged abduction of 1 year-old Brandon. The two siblings arrested are accused of sneaking into the house of Sheila Wells, t...
My Brother My Hero
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on July 6, 2007
photo "I wanted to protect my brother", said Rayshun McDowell, 5 year-old boy from Kingstown, North Carolina. Rayshun battled a rabid fox and pinned it to the ground and held it for more ...
40 Year-old Coach Marries 16 Year-old Student
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on June 26, 2007
Described by her parents as a "Dream Kid", 16 year-old Windy Hagar married her 40 year-old track coach Brenton Wuchae last Monday. The promising athlete caught her coach's eye when she ...
700 Arrested for Pedophilia
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on June 19, 2007
source Internet chat room "Kids of our Lives" led to the rounding up of 700 suspected pedophiles worldwide and the rescuing of 31 children. Authorities used surveillance tactics for 10 mon...
When bad parents get pissed
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on June 14, 2007
photo A six year-old boy was rescued by police in Ringgold, Georgia where one of his ankles was bounded by a rope. He was crying and soaking in sweat as police found him in the car. The boy's ...
Sextuples born in 2 States
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on June 12, 2007
Two sets of sextuplets were born in Arizona and Minnesota last June 11 and 12. Brianna Morrison, 24 and jenny Masche, 32, mothers of the 2 sets of sextuplets gave birth to their children 10 hours apa...
Discovery Health's Baby Week
Filed in archive In the Spotlight on June 5, 2007
photo Baby Week, discovery health's annual tribute to babies and parents is set to kick off on Sunday, June 10 until Friday, June 15. So if you want to watch baby-themed stories, remarkable fam...
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