US should down Israeli jets if they attack Iran nuke sites, says ex- NSASeptember 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski has urged US President Barack Obama to spell out clearly that the US Air Force will shoot down Israeli jets if they attack Iran's nuclear facilities via Iraqi airspace. "We are not exactly impotent little babies.
Toys R Us will open 350 'Holiday Express' pop-up shops in malls and Babies R Us storesSeptember 14th, 2009 Toys R Us amps up for holidays with more storesNEW YORK — Toys R Us plans to open nearly 350 pop-up stores in malls and inside Babies R Us stores by early October to drive sales during the crucial holiday season. It is the first time the company has opened a significant amount of such stores for its busiest season.
Did US Fritzl kill kidnapped victim's male kids?September 4th, 2009 LONDON - Phillip Garrido, the "American Fritzl", who held a girl captive for 18 years and fathered two children with her, may have had other children with Jaycee Lee Dugard - and killed them if they were boys, cops have said. A senior detective probing her kidnap, rape and imprisonment in California said: "It doesn't make sense that a healthy young girl not on birth control only conceived twice in that time.
Grill to 'cook babies' offered at altered US store websiteAugust 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The web site of an American department store was altered, briefly offering a grill for "human cooking". The Sears website was made to list a grill that could "cook babies" and be used to roast body parts, under the category of "human cooking > Grills to Cook Babies and More > Body Part Roaster."
Company officials said it was the doing of a mischievous customer and, the goof, first reported by TMZ.com, when discovered, was quickly changed.
Tunisian woman due to deliver 12 babies tagged 'a fraud'August 19th, 2009 LONDON - A Tunisian woman, recently reported to be due to give birth to a record-breaking 12 babies, has gone into hiding after being exposed as a fraud. The North African teacher, from Gafsa, had claimed that she was expecting six boys and six girls this month after having fertility treatment.
'Miracle' Tunisian woman expecting record-breaking 12 babiesAugust 18th, 2009 LONDON - A North African woman is due to deliver a record-breaking 12 babies this month, it has emerged. The Tunisian woman, in her 30s, turned to fertility treatment after suffering two miscarriages.
Sarah Palin dismisses divorce rumoursAugust 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin has dismissed rumours that she is getting a divorce from husband Todd and moving to Montana. The former Alaska's governor's spokeswoman Meg Stapleton posted on social networking site Facebook that the report on the net was false, the Politico reports.
Babies can follow dogspeak - literallyJuly 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Babies can follow dogspeak, with little or no exposure to dogs, says a new study. Infants just six months old can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language.
Sarah Palin's daughter's ex to pen tell-all bookJuly 4th, 2009 NEW YORK - Sarah Palin's daughter's ex-boyfriend Levi Johnston is planning to pen a tell-all book. According to Johnston's bodyguard/publicist, Tank, he is planning to write a book that may also focus on the Wasilla, Alaska, political family.
WHO says study finds standard TB vaccine could kill babies with HIVJuly 1st, 2009 WHO paper: TB vaccine could kill babies with HIVGENEVA — The World Health Organization says a study has shown that babies with HIV could die if given a standard tuberculosis vaccine. WHO says a three-year study in South Africa found babies born with HIV had a higher risk of contracting a deadly form of TB if given the widely used BCG vaccine.
Kids of working mums not worse off for care than stay-at-home counterpartsJune 30th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Guilt-ridden working mothers can chill - a new study claims, while breastfed babies are held more and read to more, they sleep 40 minutes a day less and cry five minutes a day more than bottle-fed babies. The Australian Institute of Family Studies research revealed that full-time working mums spend on average 83 minutes less per day with their baby than stay-at-home mums, but the baby's father and grandparents make up for the lost mother time, reports The Daily Telegraph.
British mum gives birth to six babies in five minutes!May 23rd, 2009 LONDON - A British woman has given birth to six babies within the space of five minutes. The babies were conceived naturally and weighed between 1lb 7oz and 2lb 2oz.
Adviser tried to convince Palin to retire Hillary's prez campaign debtMay 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Washington-area Democratic donor and onetime adviser to Sarah Palin, urged the conservative Alaska governor to use her political action committee to help retire the presidential campaign debt of Hillary Clinton, who is now the US Secretary of State. According to the web site Politico, John Coale , a wealthy trial attorney, reportedly made an attempt to forge an alliance between two of the most prominent families in American politics - the Palins and the Clintons.
Japanese government tells couples having babies is funMay 9th, 2009 LONDON - In a bid to battle the declining birth rate, Japanese government officials are encouraging couples to procreate, insisting it is fun to have babies. According to an official report issued, the number of people under 15 years were estimated to have fallen for the 28th consecutive year to 17.14 million, making only 13.4 per cent of the total population.
Naomi Watts desperate for a baby girlFebruary 3rd, 2009 NEW YORK - Actress Naomi Watts is keen to have a third baby because she always wanted to have a little girl. The King Kong star gave birth to her second child, Samuel, in December last year with longtime partner Liev Schreiber.