Singer and son are doing well
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Ashlee Simpson-Wentz gave birth to a baby boy last night, People reports, and the family is healthy and happy. Pete Wentz once said “you've gotta have a baby with a name that could be a rock star or a senator,” so what did the couple ultimately choose? Bronx Mowgli. He might be the first of many, as Ashlee “would love to have a big family one day.”
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CNN Oct 30, 08 12:50 PM CDT
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A mini baby boom in the Netherlands has dark origins: The 44% jump in births in September came nine months after a 2-day blackout left most of the 24,000 residents of a small area in the eastern part of the country freezing. "They went to bed early to keep warm,” said a government spokeswoman. The Maasdriel area gained 18 newborn residents in September 2007, CNN reports. In September 2008: 26.
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Doctors may detect disease but struggle for details
Wall Street Journal Oct 25, 08 7:18 AM CDT
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Advances in prenatal screening have given parents-to-be a clearer window into the health of their unborn children—and the dramatic increase in information can lead to wrenching choices. Tests are now able to detect many genetic disorders—but they are not always reliable, or able to predict specific outcomes, the Wall Street Journal reports. That can lead to awful dilemmas for parents deciding whether to continue a pregnancy.
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Elvis' week-old grandkids get hip monikers
OK! Oct 13, 08 8:16 PM CDT
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Lisa Marie Presley and husband Michael Lockwood revealed their twins' hip names today: Elvis' grandkids will be called Harper and Finley. Presley popped out the pair through a C-section last week—but in an age when celebs are hot for fertility treatments, Presley's double feature was all natural, Ok! reports. She has twins on her mother's and, of course, father's side of the family.
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Cotton's footprint not that much better than disposables'
Boston Globe Sep 28, 08 4:08 PM CDT
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For green parents, the choice between disposables or cloth diapers may seem like a catch-22. Silvia Spring weighs the issue in the Boston Globe , but finds no easy answer. While disposables produce up to 70 times more waste than cloth, the latest study concluded that disposable diapers have the same environmental impact as reusable diapers when the effect of laundering cloth diapers is taken into account.
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She's a 'private person' who's 'not running for office,' lawyer says
Washington Post Aug 10, 08 6:45 AM CDT
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John Edwards’ former lover refuses to get a paternity test “now or in the future” for the baby Edwards denies he fathered, the Washington Post reports. Rielle Hunter’s lawyer said she is a “private person” who is “not running for public office” and “wishes to maintain her privacy and her daughter's privacy.” Hunter and former Edwards fundraiser Andrew Young have said that Young is the father.
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People Aug 8, 08 3:10 PM CDT
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Crooner Clay Aiken is now a dad. The former American Idol runner-up welcomed a baby boy this morning with music producer Jaymes Foster. "He's here!" Aiken wrote on his website. "My dear friend, Jaymes, and I are so excited to announce the birth of Parker Foster Aiken." Aiken and Jaymes are not in a romantic relationship, though they plan to raise their son together. She became pregnant via in vitro fertilization.
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Pa. mom allegedly murdered by woman obsessed with infants
Associated Press Jul 24, 08 8:00 AM CDT
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A baby who was cut from his mother's womb in a brutal murder has left a Pennsylvania hospital, reports the AP. Police say 18-year-old Kia Johnson was bound with duct tape and viciously attacked last week by 38-year-old Andrea Curry-Demus, who had a history of mental illness and obsession with infants after she herself suffered a miscarriage.
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She told cops she didn't want miscarriage to upset her mom
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jul 20, 08 12:32 PM CDT
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Pittsburgh investigators believe a newborn boy brought to a hospital by a woman claiming to be his mother actually was sliced from the uterus of a dead teenager found in the imposter's apartment. Police have identified the victim, who was18 years old and due at the end of the month, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune Review .
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Fertility is lower but larger population adds up to baby bumper crop
ABC News Jul 18, 08 4:46 AM CDT
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More Americans were born last year than in any other in history, reports ABC News. The 4,315,000 bundles of joy even top the Baby Boom at its peak. The expanding population is expected to put more pressure on scarce resources, but all those new taxpayers will help foot Medicare bills for the original Boomers, say experts.
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Actress says she'd never, but gossip mag says it turned down her demand for $3M
New York Post Jul 16, 08 11:30 AM CDT
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Nicole Kidman says she would never sell pictures of daughter Sunday Rose—but the price may not have been high enough. An editor at a celebrity glossy tells the New York Post the Aussie Oscar-winner “wanted $3 million and we weren't going to pay that.” A Kidman rep reiterates: "a number of publications called to offer money, but she never considered it."
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On expert advice, he tries everything from Baroque to 12-tone
Boston Globe Jul 14, 08 8:20 PM CDT
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A father brings home his newborn and ponders the CD rack: How best to develop the baby's brain? Mozart? Bach? Toddler tunes? With the stakes so high, Jeremy Eichler takes his dilemma to the experts, he writes in the Boston Globe . One tells him that infants benefit from tricky rhythms, so Eichler tosses on Bulgarian wedding music at home. The boy's face lights up. Is he onto something?
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OK! deal also includes baby's first Christmas
TMZ Jul 10, 08 10:35 AM CDT
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Matthew McConaughey landed a $3 million deal with OK ! magazine for the first photos of son Levi, TMZ reports, a deal which includes photos of the tyke’s first Christmas. But all were not happy with baby's first payday: "His publicist begged him not to work with [ OK !] because he's considered an A-lister," an insider told the New York Post .
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Celebrity baby name weirdness arms race escalates
MSNBC Jul 8, 08 12:18 PM CDT
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's newborn daughter’s name, Sunday Rose, may be part cross-promotion, part payback, reports MSNBC. The couple decided on the name after Urban wrote a song, "Sunday," about his daughter-to-be—but a source says the name could also be a shot at Tom Cruise's favored belief system.
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Model girlfriend gave birth last night to first child for herself, actor
People Jul 8, 08 11:27 AM CDT
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Matthew McConaughey's model girlfriend Camila Alves gave birth to a son last night, his rep tells People. No name has been reported for the 7-pound, 4-ounce boy. "Oh, it's going to be fun!" the actor's brother Rooster told the mag. "He'll make a really good dad because he's got a lot of patience. I'm excited for him. It's about time."
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