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Enquirer
Targets Palin's
In-Laws

Todd's brother charged in drunken hit-and-run incident

National Enquirer Sep 17, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer takes another swing at Sarah Palin's colorful family again this week—this time wielding not unnamed sources but Alaskan court documents. It seems that her brother-in-law James had a drunk-driving hit-and-run arrest in 1989, when he was 20. According to records, he hit a woman, breaking her pelvis, got out of his vehicle and moved her out of the way, and then drove away from the scene. He was fined $50. More »

More about:  Sarah Palin • Alaska • drugs • drunk driving • Todd Palin • child neglect • hit and run

Caylee's Mom Charged With Theft, Fraud

Faces 3rd arrest as protesters dog suspected killer

Florida Today Florida Today Sep 12, 08 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Casey Anthony, the mother of missing 3-year-old Caylee, was officially charged yesterday with grand theft, ID fraud and check forgery involving a friend, Florida Today reports. After being busted on child neglect—and the theft charges unconnected to her daughter’s disappearance—Anthony could now face a third arrest on new check fraud charges. More »

More about:  Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • child neglect • check fraud • grand theft

UK Weighs Taking Fat Kids From Parents

Dangerously chubby children may end up in social service system

Independent (UK) Independent (UK) Aug 16, 08 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Local government leaders in Britain warn that they may need to take drastic action to protect the health of dangerously overweight children—including taking them away from their parents, the Independent reports. They predict that a million British children will be clinically obese within four years, and that the social service system may have to take charge of caring for children in the worst cases. More »

More about:  Great Britain • children • United Kingdom • obesity • parenting • childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • child neglect

Girl's Death Moves Philly Mayor to
Tears, Fury

Suspends 7 in uproar over starved teen

Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer Aug 5, 08 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philly mayor Michael Nutter was visibly enraged today as he announced the suspension of seven city social workers who failed to prevent the starving death of a young girl, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Nutter was responding to a grand jury report that found the negligence of caseworkers abetted Danieal Kelly’s mother in neglecting the 14-year-old cerebral palsy patient as she wasted away to 42 pounds. More »

More about:  Philadelphia • starvation • child neglect • bureaucracy • Health and Human Services • Michael Nutter • city government

Dad Caged Daughters While He Worked

Girls, 2 and 5, found locked in wire cage
in father's truck

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Jul 4, 08 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Illinois father has confessed to keeping his two young daughters locked in a cage in his truck while he worked, the Chicago Tribune reports. The trash and scrap-metal collector told police that he kept the girls, ages 2 and 5, locked up because he couldn't find a babysitter—and he didn't want them to run away. He was arrested after a woman heard one of the children sobbing. More »

More about:  Chicago • child abuse • child neglect • foster homes • social services

Dungeon Daughter Will Probably Die

Police would consider murder charges against Fritzl

Daily Telegraph (UK) Daily Telegraph (UK) May 2, 08 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kerstin Fritzl, the eldest of Josef Fritzl’s “downstairs family,” has slipped into a coma from which she is unlikely to recover, the Daily Telegraph reports. “She is suffering from multiple organ failure,” said a hospital spokesman. “That means her chances of survival are very low.” Police say they will consider bringing murder charges against Fritzl if the girl dies. More »

More about:  child abuse • Josef Fritzl • Austria • Amstetten, Austria • child neglect • coma • Kerstin Fritzl

 1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated 

Study finds parents 'not being able to really care' for newborns

Associated Press Associated Press Apr 3, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 1 in 50 US children under age 1 is a victim of nonfatal neglect or abuse—particularly among the uninsured, a survey finds. One-third of the 91,000 victims were a week or younger when the maltreatment occurred. "It's not primarily kids being hit, but parents … not being able to really take care for their kids," one expert said. More »

More about:  parenting • child abuse • health insurance • abuse • drug addiction • infant • child neglect • medical costs • newborn • medical care • uninsured • new parents

Maddy Cops:
We Goofed

Early mistakes will make case against parents nearly impossible: source

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Sep 16, 07 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Portuguese police believe that early mistakes in the Madeleine McCann case have crippled their investigation, a source has told the Observer. Police are now unified in suspecting Maddy's parents in her disappearance, but it will be nearly impossible to bring charges against them due to lack of evidence . Part of the problem stems from cops initially focusing on a suspect who turned out to be a red herring. More »

More about:  Madeleine McCann • Portugal • Kate McCann • Gerry McCann • disappearance • homicide • child neglect

With Parent Away at War, Child Abuse Increases

Stressed women more likely to mistreat kids

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Aug 1, 07 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Incidents of child abuse and neglect rise significantly when the Army's deployment of one spouse to war leaves the other worried at home, a study finds. An Army-funded report found female spouses four times more likely than males to mistreat their children; the Army has beefed up family-support services to help deal with the issue. More »

More about:  US military • children • US Army • North Carolina • medical research • child abuse • family • parents • child neglect • military spouses • Army Medical Command

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