Category Archives: Children

Boy who was stuffed in oven: Don’t jail my dad

By doris | Published: August 5, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — A Staten Island boy, whose father burned his hands on the stove and then tossed him naked into an oven, begged a Staten Island judge on Friday to go easy on his father. The youngster’s emotional appeal worked. “He made a big mistake, but really somewhere in his [...]

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Dozens charged in international child porn ring bust

By doris | Published: August 3, 2011

Full Story at Dozens charged in child porn ring bust – US news – Crime & courts – msnbc.com WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities said Wednesday they have dismantled a worldwide child pornography ring that traded illicit images over the Internet using sophisticated encryption. Investigators said an estimated 600 people used a private, members-only Internet bulletin [...]

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Migraines: More than just a headache

By doris | Published: July 24, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — When Alden Waters gets migraines, she feels as if her head is being squeezed into a vise. Depending on what she has eaten, she may vomit. The headache takes longer to go away if she can’t rest and goes to teach her math classes anyway. “It’s rare, but it [...]

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Boy, 11, saves family from house fire

By doris | Published: July 16, 2011

Full Story at newsnet5.com CLEVELAND – A family with seven children escaped an early-morning fire thanks to the quick thinking of one of the children The fire began early Friday morning in a bedroom of a home along Fidelity Avenue in Cleveland’s West Side. Jamahr Larkin was sleeping when the fire alarm woke him up. [...]

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Lawsuit ties tainted wipes to twin’s brain damage

By doris | Published: July 11, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com For nearly four years, a bacterial infection that left a Seattle-area newborn with severe brain damage while his twin brother developed normally has remained a medical mystery, traumatizing his family and stumping local and national disease experts. Myles Massey, now 3, can’t speak or walk, must be fed through a stomach [...]

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Casey Anthony to be released from jail next week

By doris | Published: July 7, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Orlando (CNN) — Casey Anthony only has to stay in jail six more days to fulfill the sentence a judge gave her Thursday on convictions for lying to authorities. Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years in jail — one year for each of her four convictions of lying to [...]

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Casey Anthony not guilty of murder, other charges in daughter’s death

By doris | Published: July 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After less than 11 hours of deliberation, a jury Tuesday found Casey Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder and the other most serious charges against her in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter. But the jury convicted her on four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law [...]

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Paralyzed toddler can now move his legs

By doris | Published: June 10, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Izaiah Wallis lies on his back, machine tubes hooked to his small body, legs stretched out and toes curled. A white sheet of paper hangs on an aquarium-themed painted wall behind his bed, bearing a request written on his behalf by his grandmother. “If you love me, please don’t kiss me,” [...]

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Son prays for mom to win lotto — she does

By doris | Published: May 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com A Long Island man’s faith in God has been restored after he prayed for his mother to win the lottery and, the next day, she did. Sal Bentivegna jokingly issued a prayer for his mother, Gloria, to win the lottery after she lost money playing slots in Atlantic City. “He said [...]

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Missing child sought amid historic tornado season

By doris | Published: May 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Piedmont, Oklahoma (CNN) — Teams of rescuers were out Wednesday in Canadian County, Oklahoma, searching land and water for a 3-year-old who went missing in ferocious weather Tuesday. Ryan Hamil was with his mother and his siblings in their home when the storm hit, said Pam Capener, the boy’s great-aunt. “Cole, [...]

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Out of this galaxy ‘Star Wars’ ride reopens

By doris | Published: May 21, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com ORLANDO, Fla. — George Lucas figures he’s working on his third generation of “Star Wars” fans, and plenty of them were standing in line with their parents Friday to get first crack at Walt Disney World’s overhauled ride based on the iconic movie franchise. The 67-year-old “Star Wars” creator came to [...]

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Girl punished after reporting sex on school bus

By doris | Published: May 16, 2011

Full Story at CBS News (CBS/AP) DAYTON, Ohio – A woman said Monday that an Ohio charter school is punishing her daughter for not immediately reporting that she saw two classmates having sex on a school bus and for changing her seat during the bus trip. Saundra Roundtree told The Associated Press that her 14-year-old [...]

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Boy, 9, uses CPR to save 2-year-old sister

By doris | Published: April 19, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Tristin Saghin might only be 9 years old, but he knew just what to do after his 2-year-old sister was found floating in her grandmother’s swimming pool unconscious Sunday. “I went running outside … and I did CPR on her,” the boy told affiliate KNXV in Mesa, Arizona.

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Ariz. Senate rejects illegal immigration bills

By doris | Published: March 17, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com PHOENIX — The Arizona Senate soundly defeated five bills aimed at illegal immigration on Thursday in a marked departure from last year, when enactment of a tough local enforcement measure put the state at the heart of a fierce national debate over the issue. Majority Republicans were split in their votes [...]

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Gunmen kill 2 kids, woman in Mexican resort

By doris | Published: March 15, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com MEXICO CITY – A convoy of gunmen chased their target into a home in the resort city of Acapulco and sprayed the residence with bullets on Tuesday, killing two small children and an elderly woman inside, authorities said. Police in Guerrero state, where Acapulco is located, said witnesses reported the man [...]

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Schools send out hundreds of preliminary pink slips

By doris | Published: March 14, 2011

Full Story at MercuryNews.com Reflecting the uncertain and dire budget picture, South Bay schools have notified hundreds of teachers, counselors and other school employees — including all administrators in two school districts — that they may not have a job next school year. Although warning of possible layoffs is an annual spring ritual to meet [...]

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180K flee as Japan’s nuke-plant crisis intensifies

By doris | Published: March 13, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com KORIYAMA, Japan – Japanese officials warned of a possible second explosion Sunday at a nuclear plant crippled by the earthquake and tsunami as they raced to stave off multiple reactor meltdowns, but they provided few details about whether they were making progress. More than 180,000 people have evacuated the area, and [...]

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FDA to supervise three Tylenol plants

By doris | Published: March 11, 2011

Full Story at UPI.com WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) — The U.S. government announced it is taking over three Tylenol plants following recalls and a criminal investigation into safety issues at the factories. The Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department took action against Tylenol maker McNeil PPC and two of its executives — its [...]

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At least 18 charged in alleged sexual assault of Texas girl

By doris | Published: March 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Thirteen adults and five juveniles have been arrested as part of an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a Texas girl, police said. Darrell Broussard, assistant police chief for the Cleveland, Texas, police department, said Monday that the investigation into the incident “is continuous,” with more significant developments [...]

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Colorado teen collapses during rugby match, dies

By doris | Published: March 7, 2011

Full Story atnews.blogs.CNN.com Another teen athlete has died suddenly during a game. Matthew Hammerdorfer of Fort Collins, Colorado, collapsed during a rugby match Saturday. The 17-year-old’s death was caused by complications from a heart condition, according to CNN affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver. Friends of the teen told reporters that he was a multi-sport athlete, the [...]

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