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NEWS ABOUT: crying

crying stories: 7 news summaries

Man Charged With Striking Stranger's Child

Annoyed by crying,
Ga. shopper pledged
to 'shut her up for you'

Sep 3, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Georgia man is being held on charges of felony cruelty to children after he slapped a stranger’s crying child in Wal-Mart, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Roger Stephens, 61, approached the mother and said, “If you don’t shut that baby up, I will shut her up... More »

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shopping • Georgia • children • child abuse • strangers • crying • Wal-Mart • criminal charges • Roger Stephens • slap

 Cats Do Use 
 Mind Control: 
 Study 

Cry used by hungry kitties shows knowledge of human hearing, psychology

Jul 13, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cats seeking food use a cry that humans find maximally urgent and annoying, LiveScience reports. Researchers played a range of cat calls for humans and found that one—a high-pitched cry embedded in a purr—to be the most difficult to ignore, whether the subject owned a cat or not.... More »

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food • infant • crying • academic research • cat • feline

'Lost' Child in Anti-Smoking Ad Really Cried

Filmmakers let kid lose sight of mom to make spot more effective

Apr 3, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new anti-smoking ad that shows a child crying after he loses his mother in a crowded train station portrays genuine distress, MSNBC reports. The 4-year-old—acting with his real mother—was allowed to lose sight of her for "a very brief moment," said an exec with the... More »

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child actors • tobacco • child abuse • advertisements • crying • anti-smoking • tears

(Newser) - Tears are more than just an indicator of sadness, Wired reports—they may be the indicator, as far as other people are concerned. People categorize identical images of a face totally differently if tears are present in one photo and digitally removed from the other, a new study found.... More »

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human behavior • crying • emotion • scientific study • sadness • digital imaging • tears

No Crying in
the Courtroom!

Murder case prosecutors seek ban on 'strategic bawling' by defense to sway jury

Jun 25, 08 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - State prosecutors in Ohio want to ban teary-eyed appeals to the jury in an upcoming capital murder case, Time reports. A motion seeking to prohibit blubbering defense attorneys accuses them of crying on cue and violating a 1999 Ohio Supreme Court ruling that it’s “improper to inflame a... More »

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capital punishment • lawyer • crying • prosecutors • trial lawyers

Hillary Tears Up Again

Genuine conviction or tactical display?

Feb 4, 08 12:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton choked up on the campaign trail again today, the Chicago Tribune reports, and dabbed at her left eye during a moving introduction by an old friend in New Haven. Her old boss was describing his pride that the bell-bottomed woman he knew was now a presidential candidate. "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New Haven • crying • emotion • Penn Rhodeen

Why Do We
Cry at Movies?

We could be purging toxins—or searching for meaning in our
fleeting existence

Nov 5, 07 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Why do we cry at movies? Washington Post film critic Desson Thomson, recalling his own waterworks watching emotional films, checked out some research to find out. Audiences weep out of empathy, according to one expert. Women definitely cry more than men (four times as much) and weeping releases internal toxins.... More »

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audiences • crying • movies

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