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  • August 2008

    • Edwards' Ex-Lover Refuses Paternity Test

      Washington Post  |  Aug 10, 08 6:45 AM CDT

      Edwards' Ex-Lover Refuses Paternity Test

      (Newser) - 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. More »

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      John Edwards  • baby  • Rielle Hunter  • father  • paternity test

  • July 2008

    • Are We Happier Without Kids?

      Newsweek  |  Jul 5, 08 3:26 PM CDT

      Are We Happier Without Kids?

      (Newser) - Little bundles of joy may not be delivering as much pleasure to their moms and dads as they're reputed to, Newsweek reports. Parents are about 7% less happy than the childless, one study says, while another concludes that "no group of parents reported significantly greater emotional well-being than people who never had children."  Are today's parents too busy and bleary-eyed to feel the love, Newsweek asks, or have expectations changed? More »

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      children  • family  • mothers  • study  • happiness  • father  • survey

  • June 2008

    • Lindsay Has Secret Half-Sis, 13, Dad Says

      OK!  |  Jun 27, 08 8:30 PM CDT

      Lindsay Has Secret Half-Sis, 13, Dad Says

      (Newser) - Lindsay Lohan may have a secret sister, if her dad is dishing the truth. Michael Lohan told OK! today that he fathered a child with another gal while separated from ex-wife Dina 13 years ago. She’s “beginning to look a lot like Linds,” Papa Lohan wrote to the girl's mom. More »

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      Lindsay Lohan  • father  • paternity test  • Michael Lohan  • half-sister  • Dina Lohan

    • A Call for Dads to Step Up

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 14, 08 2:10 PM CDT

      A Call for Dads to Step Up

      (Newser) - As Father’s Day approaches, it’s important to recognize that alarming numbers of America’s youth don’t know their fathers, leaving them feeling like “throwaway people,” writes Juan Williams in the Wall Street Journal . The lack of a dad “to push them, discipline them,” can mean “they give up trying to succeed,” says an author who writes for teens. More »

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      parenting  • family  • father  • single parenting  • Father's Day  • child care

    • Skip the Ties and Tools: Dads Want Gadgets

      ABC News  |  Jun 14, 08 7:06 AM CDT

      Skip the Ties and Tools: Dads Want Gadgets

      (Newser) - Lose the power tools and the landscaping implements this Father's Day, ABC News suggests. The kind of cutting edge Dad really wants can't be found at the hardware store. Among them: For dads who want media at their fingertips, the enV2 by LG hosts music and video via V CAST and sports a QWERTY keyboard for only $129, with a phone contract. More »

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      gadget  • consumer electronics  • Netflix  • father  • Father's Day  • Vudu  • LG Electronics

    • Superhero Dads Protest on Lawmaker's Roof

      Associated Press  |  Jun 8, 08 4:38 PM CDT

      Superhero Dads Protest on Lawmaker's Roof

      (Newser) - Two dads in superhero getups climbed on a British lawmaker's roof today to demand their rights, the AP reports. A fathers' group staged the protest to promote paternal access rights, after talks with 10 Downing St. broke down. “We are now resuming a full-scale campaign of direct action,” said the founder of Fathers 4 Justice. "F4J is now the last line in the defense of fatherhood.” More »

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      protests  • civil rights  • father  • superhero  • costume  • Britian  • Harriet Harman  • British officials

  • April 2008

    • Obama Senior's Long-Lost Political Writing Surfaces

      Politico  |  Apr 15, 08 11:13 AM CDT

      Obama Senior's Long-Lost Political Writing Surfaces

      (Newser) - A mid-'60s treatise on Kenyan socialism has been causing a stir in the 2008 US presidential election, Politico reports, because of its author—Barack Obama Sr. Titled “Problems Facing Our Socialism,” conservative bloggers believe the paper reveals the elder Obama’s hidden communist leanings. But the scholarly paper is more a moderate, mocking critique of the “African Socialism” Kenya’s government was then advocating. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Kenya  • father  • socialism  • Dreams From My Father

    • Father, Daughter Have Love Child

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  Apr 9, 08 7:44 PM CDT

      Father, Daughter Have Love Child

      (Newser) - An Australian father and daughter, reunited after 30 years, have had a daughter together, reports the Sydney Morning Herald . "I knew it was illegal, of course I knew it was illegal, but you know, so what," said the baby daddy/granddaddy. He called the sexual relationship "absolutely fantastic." The two were charged with incest and banned from having sex, and are being monitored by police. More »

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      Australia  • incest  • father  • daughter

  • March 2008

    • Determine Your Daddy—at the Drugstore

      MSNBC  |  Mar 27, 08 8:26 PM CDT

      Determine Your Daddy—at the Drugstore

      (Newser) - The sometimes vexing task of determining a child's father can now be solved by plunking down $29.99 at the local drugstore. A Utah company has expanded sales of its do-it-yourself DNA kit to Rite Aids in 30 states after sales soared in sample markets, MSNBC reports. Identigene of Salt Lake City expects to sell 52,000 of them this year. More »

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      FDA  • DNA  • parents  • father  • paternity test

  • August 2007

    • Dads Move in on Baby Market

      New York Times  |  Aug 16, 07 8:26 PM CDT

      Dads Move in on Baby Market

      (Newser) - As fathers continue to take a more active role in raising their children, the market for baby gear has become less mom-centric, the New York Times reports. And it's not all fishing vests with hidden diaper changing pads. Recent dad-born inventions include computerized baby timers and a nipple adapter that fits on water bottles. More »

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      children  • marketing  • parents  • father  • gender roles  • raising children  • baby bottle  • inventions

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