11/15/2008 -
Love it or hate it, presidential children put in world spotlight
Jackie Kennedy, irked that living in the White House was "like living in a zoo -- only we're the animals," secretly took her daughter, Caroline, trick-or-treating one Halloween in Washington's Georgetown neighborhood. Caroline went as a witch. Both mom and daughter wore masks.
Source:
Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1281427,CST-NWS-obamakids16.article
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11/14/2008 -
Did the dinosaur mother abandon her eggs?
Washington, Nov 14 : Seventy-seven million years ago, did a dinosaur mother sat on a nest of a dozen eggs on a sandy river bank, brooding whether to abandon the unhatched offspring to vagaries of nature and scramble to safety?
Source:
New Kerala
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-45803.html
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11/13/2008 -
CWRU scholar leads team whose fossil find is changing ideas about modern man's emergence
The discovery in Ethiopia of a million-year-old female pelvis is forcing scientists to rethink what they thought they knew about the offspring, appearance and lifestyle of the earliest ancestors of modern humans.
Source:
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/11/the_discovery_in_ethiopia_of.html
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11/16/2008 -
Bishop Malone Reminds Catholics Of Church's Objection To Gay Marriage
PORTLAND (NEWS CENTER) -- Bishop Richard Malone of the Diocese of Portland sent a letter to Catholics this weekend, explaining the Church's objection to gay marriage.
Source:
WLBZ Bangor
http://www.wlbz2.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=96024&catid=3
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11/13/2008 -
Pregnant Moms Who Chew Fat Pass On Habit
[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] We?ve heard that a mother?s weight during pregnancy can influence the weight of her offspring. Now a study of rats shows that the fat content in a mom?s diet--regardless of her body weight--may permanently change the baby?s brain. These changes can lead to overeating and obesity, according to research published in the November 12th issue ...
Source:
Scientific American
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=pregnant-moms-who-chew-fat-pass-on-0
8-11-13
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11/13/2008 -
LDP panel mulls easing law on dual citizenship
Liberal Democratic Party member Taro Kono said Thursday he has submitted a proposal to an LDP panel he heads calling for the Nationality Law to be revised to allow offspring of mixed couples, one of whom being Japanese, to have more than one nationality. The panel will scrutinize the proposal, but there is no time limit to formalize it as "this is not something that needs to be done anytime ...
Source:
The Japan Times
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20081114a1.html
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11/15/2008 -
'CSI: New York' reaches its 100th episode milestone
The team from CSI: New York will be hitting the streets for the 100th time on Wednesday, Nov. 19, on CBS and CTV. A great [...]
Source:
The Brockville Recorder and Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1299207
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11/14/2008 -
Which Came First? Eggs Before Chickens, Scientists Now Say
A rare fossilized dinosaur nest helps answer the conundrum of which came first, the chicken or the egg, two paleontologists say.
Source:
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081114/sc_livescience/whichcamefirsteggsbe
forechickensscientistsnowsay
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11/13/2008 -
News
An Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children has been charged with murder, prosecutors said, contending one of the offspring who died in infancy might have survived if treated.
Source:
The West Australian
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=2&ContentID=108015
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11/15/2008 -
Television - World
Fire-fighters were holding their own today against a wildfire that destroyed more than 100 homes in a wealthy, celebrity-studded enclave, but authorities warned that evening wind gusts could send the blaze on another destructive sprint.
Source:
Scoop.co.nz
http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/world/15489.html
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11/14/2008 -
High-Fat Diet While Pregnant May Produce Obese Kids
FRIDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a high-fat diet during pregnancy causes permanent changes in the fetal brain that can result in overeating and obesity early in life, according to a study with rats.
Source:
HealthDay via Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20081114/hl_hsn/highfatdietwhilepregnantmayproduceob
esekids
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11/13/2008 -
Austrian incest father Fritzl charged with murder
An Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her seven children has been charged with murder, prosecutors said Thursday, contending one of the offspring who died in infancy might have survived if treated.
Source:
AP via Yahoo! Singapore News
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081113/twl-eu-austria-captive-daughter-c8e2916.htm
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11/15/2008 -
Is Becks' First Home Worth 850k?
These days he owns homes around the world and lives a life of glamour and wealth.
Source:
SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20081115/tuk-is-becks-first-home-worth-850k-45dbed5.h
tml
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11/13/2008 -
Dinosaur whodunit: Solving a 77-million-year-old mystery
It has all the hallmarks of a Cretaceous melodrama. A dinosaur sits on her nest of a dozen eggs on a sandy river beach. Water levels rise, and the mother is faced with a dilemma: Stay or abandon her unhatched offspring to the flood and scramble to safety?
Source:
PhysOrg
http://www.physorg.com/news145804741.html
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11/15/2008 -
'Ray' of fright
Cooking czarina Rachael Ray is scary enough, what with her painfully cheery voice, perma-grin and ever-growing empire. Humor writer Elizabeth Hilts is capitalizing on the Ray-bashing trend and has created a parody of Ray's "Every Day With Rachael Ray" magazine.
Source:
Louisville Courier-Journal
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081115/COLUMNISTS1801/811150409/1011/rs
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