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(Newser) - The octuplets mom now has two fewer people in her life: The husband-and-wife publicity team who represented her has quit because of death threats, the Los Angeles Times reports. "They hope I die, they hope my business goes under, they want to rip her uterus out," said JoAnn... More »

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(Newser) - Nadya Suleman became a national sensation this week, receiving death threats and a getting the business end of critical interview with her own mother, but she says she’s doing just fine. "I'm OK, and the babies are good," she told Us Weekly reporters today outside her home.... More »

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(Newser) - The octuplets' mom swears she isn't trying to be like Angelina Jolie, either through plastic surgery or mothering. But an anonymous source tells the Chicago Sun-Times that Nadya Suleman has sent Jolie fawning letters over the past year concerning the actress's humanitarian work. Jolie is said to be "creeped... More »

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 Patients Push 
 Fertility Docs for 
 Extra Embryos 

Though hazardous, many parents take the risk to up their odds of having kids

Feb 12, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - While Nadya Suleman's octuplets remain the in vitro exception, about 30% of such procedures result in multiple births. One attempt can cost $12,000, so patients regularly implore docs to up their pregnancy chances by planting multiple embryos—even though medical guidelines push for the transfer of no more than... More »

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NBC Denies Channeling $1M to Octuplet Mom

NBC denies any money was exchanged

Feb 12, 09 10:19 AM CST
(Newser) - When octuplet mom Nadya Suleman's reps named the price for footage of the birth—$1.2 million—NBC was the only outlet to indicate interest. The network denies paying for her exclusive sit-down with Ann Curry, but an insider tells the New York Post NBC used an intermediary to deliver... More »

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 Octuplets' Mom 
 in Hiding After 
 Death Threats 

Flood of hostile messages overwhelm
frightened mother of 14

Feb 12, 09 4:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman and her six oldest children have moved from their California home to a secret location after receiving death threats, Reuters reports. Suleman's publicists said they and their client have been deluged with hostile messages following recent negative media coverage about the divorced mom's inability to financially... More »

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 Octuplet Mom 
 Launches Site 
 to Reel in Cash 

'Proud mom of 14' provides updates on newborns

Feb 11, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has launched a website to collect donations, making good on her claim to have an alternative way to provide for her kids. The site features photos of the "proud mother of 14" with her eight newest arrivals, an address to send gifts, and a link... More »

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(Newser) - Pouty lips, obsessed with motherhood, a tribe of children—octuplet mom Nadya Suleman resembles a certain world-famous actress but says, "I have never thought of Angelina Jolie except the last time I saw one of her movies," reports MSNBC. But a plastic surgeon says she may have had... More »

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Octuplets Will Likely Cost Taxpayers Millions

Broke family already
racking up $10K a day

Feb 11, 09 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman says she plans to raise her 14 kids without relying on welfare but the reality is that the bill to taxpayers will likely run into the millions, the Los Angeles Times reports. Suleman has no job, no income, owes $50,000 in student loans, and her octuplets have... More »

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 Mom: I'll Raise 14 Kids 
 on Student Loans 

Octuplets' mother has 'an alternative way'

Feb 10, 09 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has no income “at the moment” and will "temporarily" use student loans to raise her children, she said on the Today show. “I am providing for my children,” Suleman said. “I have my own way. It’s an alternative way, but... More »

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Controversial Clinic Treated Octuplets' Mom

'Struggling' mother
of 14 already
collecting food stamps

Feb 10, 09 3:26 AM CST
(Newser) - All 14 children of octuplets mom Nadja Suleman were conceived at the same controversial Beverly Hills fertility clinic, reports AP. California is probing the case for possible ethics violations. Doctors "did nothing wrong," Nadja Suleman insisted in a Today Show interview. She also said she does not plan... More »

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OPINION

Let's Go Easy on Octuplet Mom

She may be ridiculous, but her life will be
tough enough
without ridicule

Feb 9, 09 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - When the McCaughey septuplets were born in 1997, the president called to congratulate the parents, who scored a free car, a free house, and free Pampers for life. When Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets, she scored national revulsion, ridicule, and death threats. Nancy Gibbs tries to understand why in... More »

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 Octuplets' 
 Mom Offers 
 First Look 
 at Kids 

Suleman: 'This is my choice'

Feb 9, 09 11:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman gave the Today show the first look at her babies—while maintaining that she can handle raising 14 children, MSNBC reports. “This is my choice, to be a single parent,” said Suleman. “I will do the best I possibly can. And in my... More »

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 Octuplet Mom 
 'Not Capable': 
 Grandma 

Having 14 kids is 'unconscionable,' says Angela Suleman

Feb 9, 09 9:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The mother of the California woman who added octuplets to her brood of six tells Radar that her daughter’s “not capable of raising 14 children.” "She really really has no idea what she's doing to her children and to me. She already has six beautiful children.... More »

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Calif. Medical Board to Investigate Octuplet Births

Doc who performed in vitro fertilization procedures may have violated standards

Feb 6, 09 4:19 PM CST
(Newser) - California’s Medical Board is investigating whether there was a violation of medical standards by the doctor who helped Nadya Suleman become pregnant with octuplets, the Whittier Daily News reports. Suleman told NBC all 14 of her children were born through in vitro fertilization performed by one California specialist. “... More »

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Octuplets' Mom Collected $165K in Disability

Work injury aggravated
by her pregnancy

Feb 6, 09 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - A California agency paid Nadya Suleman over $165,000 in disability benefits for an on-the-job back injury, records obtained by AP reveal. Suleman was employed at a state mental health hospital from 1997 until December, although records show that her injuries—which were aggravated by pregnancy—left her unable to... More »

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(Newser) - In her first interview since giving birth to octuplets, Nadya Suleman says her motivation was simple: As an only child, she always wanted a big family. "That was always a dream of mine, to have a large family, a huge family, and—I just longed for certain connections and... More »

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(Newser) - The woman who recently gave birth to octuplets has been released from a Los Angeles-area hospital, the Times reports. Where Nadya Suleman will go, or whether any of her eight infants will accompany her, is uncertain. Doctors had suggested that she would be released while her children remained under supervision.... More »

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(Newser) - The mother who recently gave birth to octuplets did so determined to raise them as a single parent, Us magazine reports. "She did have boyfriends. She did have someone who really wanted to get married," said the mother of Nadya Suleman. But those relationships just didn't work out.... More »

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Octuplet Grandma: Her Need for Kids 'Not Normal'

Mom of 14 begged for siblings as only child

Feb 3, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - The path that led Nadya Suleman to become mother to a whopping 14 kids traces back to her upbringing as an only child, her own mother tells Us magazine. “She always blamed me for only having her. She was always upset I didn‘t have more,” Angela Suleman... More »

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