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NEWS ABOUT: child

child stories: 18 news summaries

 Moms Can Pass Cancer 
 to Kids In Utero 

Mutation makes cancer cells 'invisible' to fetus' immune system

Oct 13, 09 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mothers pass myriad things to their unborn babies via the placenta, and scientists have found that cancer is among them. Researchers studied the case of a mother who died of leukemia soon after she gave birth, and whose child was diagnosed with cancer months later. Though the baby’s cancer... More »

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cancer • medical research • mutation • in utero • womb • leukemia • placenta • fetus • child • mother

13-Year-Old Runs Over,
Kills Father

Bronx man, 45, was teaching boy to drive Porsche SUV

Aug 19, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 13-year-old Bronx boy accidentally killed his father last night while trying to park the family’s Porsche SUV, the New York Post reports. The family had just eaten at a restaurant, and waiters heard the boy ask if he could move the car. John Cedeno, 45, stood beside the... More »

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car accident • accident • Bronx • accidental death • Porsche • child • John Cedeno

(Newser) - Almost 250 children in Peru under the age of 5 have died during one of the coldest winters in years, reports the BBC. Scientists blame climate change for the early arrival of severe temperatures, which began as early as March. Kids exposed to the cold have contracted hypothermia and respiratory... More »

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children • Peru • death • winter • harsh winter • child

(Newser) - Queen Latifah has revealed she was sexually abused as a child by a male charged with her care. "He violated me," the actress singer said in an interview in Essence magazine. "I never told anybody; I just buried it as deeply as I could and kept people... More »

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child abuse • sexual abuse • Queen Latifah • child

(Newser) - Heartsick parents jumped to their death from cliffs in Britain with the body of their son who had died from an illness, reports the Times of London. The trio were found in East Sussex at the foot of Beachy Head, a notorious spot for suicides. The body of the couple's... More »

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suicide • parenting • death • Britain • child • Beachy Head • dead child



 5-Year-Old 
 Russian Girl 
 Raised by 
 Cats, Dogs 

Russian, 5, was locked in unheated flat with animals

May 27, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russian police have removed a feral girl from the home where she was raised by cats and dogs, the Times of London reports. Natasha, 5, who mimics the animals rather than speaking, has never been outside her family's unheated apartment. Her grandparents and father also lived there, but she had... More »

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Russia • crime • Siberia • child abuse • dog • child • cats • Mowgli Syndrome • feral child

 Cue the Kid: 
 Toddler Runs 
 Pool Table 

Keith stands on chair for slices, bank shots

May 26, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York toddler in diapers has become a YouTube hit as he runs a pool table with deftly delivered slices and bank shots, reports the AP.  Keith O'Dell, 2, is the youngest member of the American Pool Association and recently staged an exhibition in Vegas. He started knocking... More »

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parenting • New York • Las Vegas • toddler • diapers • child • pool • Jay-ZTV • prodigy • pool table • pool tournament

UK Dad Tries to Hire Prostitute for 14-Year-Old

Man snagged in police sting draws 10-month suspended sentence

May 15, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UK man who confessed to trying to pick up a prostitute for his teenage son has been sentenced to 10 months in prison but won't serve time, the Daily Mail reports. The 42-year-old visited Nottingham's red-light district last year on a quest to help his son, 14,  lose... More »

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prostitution • crime • jail • arrest • Britain • Nottingham • prostitute • undercover • virginity • hooker • teenager • child • sex sting

 Child in Texas Is 
 1st US Swine Flu Death 

Fatality is first outside Mexico since outbreak began

Apr 29, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 23-month-old child in Texas has become the first person in the US to die of swine flu, a government official said today. The death of the boy, who traveled from Mexico to seek medical treatment, is the first to take place outside Mexico, where the outbreak began, Reuters reports.... More »

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Texas • public health • outbreak • influenza • child • swine flu

 Missing 
 Girl's Body 
 Found in 
 Suitcase 

Trunk in irrigation pond on California dairy farm

Apr 7, 09 2:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The body of a missing 8-year-old Northern California girl has been found stuffed in a suitcase in an irrigation pond on a dairy farm, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Second-grader Sandra Cantu vanished after leaving home last month to visit a friend. FBI officials have joined an investigation by Tracy... More »

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crime • kidnapping • murder • abduction • missing child • child

(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

OPINION

Kid UK Parents Might Be Just Fine, Thanks

They need guidance, sure, but who cares if they go on the dole?

Feb 15, 09 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Don’t be so sure 13-year-old Alfie Patten and 15-year-old Chantelle Steadman will be bad parents for their newborn, Sarah Sands writes in the Independent. Sure, the young father “loves computer games and Manchester United,” but that “does not actually set Alfie apart from the adult male... More »

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social services • baby • Britain • teen pregnancy • child

(Newser) - A 9-year-old Singapore boy has created a drawing application for the iPhone that is popular around the world, the Electric New Paper reports. Lim Ding Wen reworked one of his existing 20 programs for the touchscreen gadget. “I wrote the program for my younger sisters, who like to draw,... More »

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computer programming • Singapore • game • iTunes Store • iPhone applications • child • drawing • Lim Ding Wen

Aussie Dad Hurls Girl
to Her Death

Man in custody battle tosses 4-year-old off bridge at rush hour

Jan 29, 09 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - An Australian man has been charged with fatally throwing his 4-year-old daughter off a bridge during Melbourne's rush hour, the BBC reports. Arthur Freeman, 35, tossed the girl 190 feet into a river this morning as hundreds of cars passed. Freeman, said to be suicidal, is believed to be in... More »

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Australia • murder • Melbourne • bridge • father • daughter • child

Judge Limits Distribution of Caylee Images

Accused mom Casey appears for motion on autopsy photos

Jan 8, 09 4:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Accused murderer Casey Anthony headed back to a Florida jail after her first public appearance since October at a court hearing today, the Orlando Sentinel reports. At the hearing, held to determine restrictions on photos and X-rays of the corpse of Anthony’s daughter Caylee Marie, a judge granted defense... More »

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crime • murder • court • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • hearings • child • court appearance

Cop Charged in Boy's Death at Mass. Gun Show

8-year-old accidentally shot himself with Uzi
as father looked on

Dec 5, 08 6:36 AM CST
(Newser) - A Massachusetts police chief was indicted after an 8-year-old accidentally killed himself at a gun show the officer helped sponsor, Reuters reports. The boy mistakenly shot himself in the head with an Uzi as his father looked on with a camera. The policeman was indicted for involuntary manslaughter and furnishing... More »

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Massachusetts • indictment • police chiefs • accidental death • guns • child • gun show

 Killer Boy 
 Reloaded 
 8 Times 

Investigators still stunned by 8-year-old's killing of his dad and neighbor

Nov 11, 08 2:40 AM CST
(Newser) - An 8-year-old killer methodically stopped and reloaded a .22 caliber rifle at least eight times as he repeatedly shot his own dad and a neighbor, the New York Times reports. Investigators have discovered no motive for the disturbing murders last week. The Arizona boy, who confessed to the shootings, appears... More »

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Arizona • murder • University of South Florida • child • patricide • Roy Melnick • Apache County Juvenile Detention Center

 8-Year-Old Accidentally
 Kills Self With Uzi 

8 year-old was firing an Uzi under professional instruction

Oct 27, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 8-year-old boy died yesterday after he accidentally shot himself with an Uzi at a Massachusetts gun expo, the Hartford Courant reports. “The force of the weapon made it travel up and back toward his head, where he suffered the injury,” police said. An investigation is under... More »

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Massachusetts • Connecticut • accidental death • shooting • guns • firing range • child • Christopher Bizilj

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