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NEWS ABOUT: boy

boy stories: 17 news summaries

 Plastics 'Feminizing' Baby Boys 

In utero exposure linked to different behaviors

Nov 16, 09 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Pregnant women's exposure to plastics is "feminizing" the baby boys they give birth to, researchers have found. Heightened in utero exposure to plastics is linked to reduced interest by boys in "rough and tumble" play and also to more typically masculine toys, like trucks, trains and guns, found... More »

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toys • in utero • GE Plastics • phthalates • girls • boy • babies • masculine

(AP) - A 6-year-old boy is missing after he supposedly floated away in his father's homemade balloon over the skies of Denver. The craft came down about 3:30pm, after two hours in the air, but the youngster wasn't inside. His fate remains unclear, and it's possible that he fell out during... More »

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hot air balloon • boy • balloon • helium balloons • Falcon Heene • balloon boy hoax • balloon boy throws up • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy today show

ANALYSIS

 How China's 
 Boy Boom 
 Hurt US 
 Economy 

Preference for boys may lead to 'savings glut'

Jun 19, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lots of theories have been floated about the how the US housing and credit bubbles came to be, but this one gets points for originality: New research suggests that China's overabundance of males played a role, reports the Wall Street Journal. It begins with this: Because of the high male-to-female... More »

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China • Ben Bernanke • parents • baby • savings • boy • son

(AP) - A 3-year-old boy abducted from his family home in San Bernardino nearly 2 weeks ago by two armed men was reunited with his mother today after police found him wandering a Mexican border town's streets, sheriff's officials said. The reunion took place in the California border city of Calexico, a... More »

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California • Mexico • abduction • boy

 Boys Outnumber Girls 
 in China by 32M 

Sex ratio poses looming security concerns

Apr 11, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - China's one-child policy has left the nation with 32 million more boys than girls under the age of 20, a new study says. The greatest imbalance is among kids ages 1 to 4, which likely means bigger problems down the road, the New York Times reports. Researchers said China could... More »

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China • baby • gender gap • sex ratio • one-child policy • boy

(Newser) - Inmates in a Maryland road crew helped care for a toddler who wandered down a freeway yesterday when his family forgot about him, the Frederick News-Post reports. A trucking company owner first spotted the 2 1/2-year-old boy running on the center lines of Route 550 as gravel trucks drove by.... More »

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toddler • missing child • boy • child • Howard Stern Grid

Finger Length Holds Key to Running Skill

Measure digits to predict aggression, math scores, arthritis

Mar 13, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Boys with ring fingers longer than their middle fingers may be speedier than peers with more symmetrical hands, a study of Qatari adolescents suggests. The speed difference is associated with exposure to testosterone in the womb, LiveScience reports. Finger length can also predict men’s aggression and SAT math scores,... More »

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gender • testosterone • speed • running • scientific study • boy • fingers

 Jacko Has Boyish Taste in Art 

Neverland property loaded with sculptures of boys

Mar 13, 09 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson is fighting to keep his possessions off the auction block, and now we know why. TMZ has a list of everything on his Neverland ranch property, and it includes lots of creepy-sounding art. Among the pieces: "boy with accordion," "boy sitting on bricks," "... More »

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art • auction • sculpture • Michael Jackson • boy • Neverland Ranch

Ariz. Mom Wants Her Killer Boy Back in School

Nine-year-old pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his dad and a friend

Mar 4, 09 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The mother of a 9-year-old Arizona boy accused of shooting to death his father and a family friend says her son should not have been allowed to plead guilty without her consent—and she wants him back in school, reports ABC News. The child avoided a murder trial by pleading... More »

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Arizona • murder • probation • killings • shooting • boy • patricide • killer boy

Town Struggles With Prosecution of 'Killer Boy'

Boy accused of shooting dad's pregnant lover 'swimming' in adult prison duds

Feb 23, 09 4:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Pennsylvania authorities are struggling with how to handle the case of an 11-year-old boy arrested in the murder of his father's pregnant girlfriend. State law allows children over ten to be tried as adults. But the prison warden already wants Jordan Brown moved to a juvenile facility, reports the Pittsburgh ... More »

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crime • murder • Pennsylvania • shooting • juvenile • girlfriend • juvenile crime • boy • killer boy

Aussie Boy's Body
Found in Croc

Boy vanished while playing with dog and brother in mangrove swamp

Feb 18, 09 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The remains of a 5-year-old boy who vanished while playing near a flooded Australian river have been found inside a crocodile, reports AP. The stomach contents of a 14-foot croc captured in the Daintree River confirmed the giant reptile consumed the boy, who disappeared while playing with his dog and... More »

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Australia • flood • crocodile • boy

 Kid Matador 
 Kills Record 
 6 Bulls 

Bloody spectacle gets last-minute go-ahead despite controversy

Jan 25, 09 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - An 11-year-old Mexican bullfighter has broken a world record by killing six young bulls in a single bloody spectacle, reports the BBC. "I'm happy to have achieved this great victory," boasted the boy as he left the ring in Merida yesterday. The controversial bullfight exhibition won a last-minute... More »

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Mexico • children • animal cruelty • bullfighting • matador • Child Protective Services • boy

 Boy, 8, 
 Mulling Deal 
 in Dad's Death  

Deal linked to 3 mental evaluations of boy who killed dad

Nov 30, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - An 8-year-old Arizona boy who is accused of shooting his father and a tenant to death is considering a plea deal in the double killing, reports the Arizona Republic. "We would have to decide if that's something in our client's best interest, and it's too early to be able... More »

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Arizona • murder • killings • boy

OPINION

Gals Need Great
Coming-of-Age Flick, Too


Nov 22, 08 7:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Women have no equivalent to Stand By Me to help them relive their lost tweener years, Hortense writes on Jezebel. The blogger admits to "a jealousy that creeps in whenever I watch Stand By Me. The relationships shared between the boys seem so real, so true.” The next-best... More »

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film • women • girls • teenager • boy • coming of age • Stand By Me • Now and Then

 Can't Talk to Girls? 
 9-Year-Old Has Advice 

Soon-to-be-published Greven offers helpful hints on handling the opposite sex

Oct 15, 08 7:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 9-year-old Colorado boy garnered national attention—and a two-book publishing deal—after penning answers to that age-old mystery: how to talk to girls. Alec Greven offers some helpful hints on the opposite sex via the Christian Science Monitor.
  • Forget the “pretty girl”—one who favors fancy
... More »

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girls • elementary school • book • self help • boy • authors

 Driver Has Son
 With British
 Mystery Dad

Actress gives birth to
9 lb., 12 oz. Henry in
Los Angeles

Sep 8, 08 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Minnie Driver gave birth to 9 lb., 12 oz. Henry Story Driver in Los Angeles on Friday but still has not revealed the identity of the father, Us reports. Driver says only that he is "sort of in the same business" and that they have no plans to marry.... More »

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Hollywood • birth • actor • Minnie Driver • boy

 Hairy Fad: Boys Dig Long Locks 

Celebs, boys-next-door alike let their hair grow

Jun 30, 08 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what could be a frightening nod to the '80s, more and more boys are growing their hair out. And while most deny pop culture inspired the barber boycott, long locks can be spotted on everyone from the Jonas Brothers to celebrity tots. Despite sometimes being mistaken for girls, notes... More »

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fashion • Disney Channel • hair • style • Nickelodeon • boy

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