Dec
25

Jessica Simpson Confirms: I'm Pregnant Again!

Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 12/25/2012 at 12:15 PM ET Courtesy Jessica Simpson; Jamie McCarthy/WireImage It’s official: the stork is once again headed to Jessica Simpson‘s house!Just seven months after the singer and actress delivered daughter Maxwell Drew, Simpson and fiancé Eric...
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Predicting who's at risk for violence isn't easy

CHICAGO (AP) — It happened after Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., and now Sandy Hook: People figure there surely were signs of impending violence. But experts say predicting who will be the next mass shooter is virtually impossible — partly because as commonplace as these calamities seem, they are relatively rare crimes.Still, a combination of risk factors in troubled kids or adults including...
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Demi Moore-Ashton Kutcher divorce could get ugly

This post has been corrected. See the note at the bottom for details.Ashton Kutcher's move to file for divorce from Demi Moore last week more than a year after they announced their split could be a matter of money or taxes, a veteran divorce attorney said.In the divorce papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Kutcher cited irreconcilable differences. He did not seek any spousal...
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Dec
24

In Aiding Quake-Battered Haiti, Lofty Hopes and Hard Truths

Damon Winter/The New York TimesVegetable vendors worked recently amid rubble in Port-au-Prince, three years after an earthquake devastated the city. More Photos »PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A few days after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, Reginald Boulos opened the gates of his destroyed car dealership to some 14,000 displaced people who settled on the expansive property. Seven months later, eager to rebuild...
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British retailers start online sales early

LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers have brought forward their Christmas clearance sales online in the hope that shoppers will log on to buy bargains and offset lackluster spending in stores.Marks & Spencer launched its sale online at midday on Monday, it said on its website, while department store John Lewis said it would cut online prices when its stores close at 1700 GMT. Debenhams has already...
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Sarah Drew: Baby Micah Might Be a Musician

Mom & Babies Celebrity Baby Blog 12/21/2012 at 02:00 PM ET Michael Buckner/GettyShe may shine as an actress on television, but off screen, Sarah Drew is a singing sensation — at least around the holidays.“Every year we do caroling, we love music so we do a big Christmas caroling party,” the Grey’s...
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Predicting who's at risk for violence isn't easy

CHICAGO (AP) — It happened after Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Colo., and now Sandy Hook: People figure there surely were signs of impending violence. But experts say predicting who will be the next mass shooter is virtually impossible — partly because as commonplace as these calamities seem, they are relatively rare crimes.Still, a combination of risk factors in troubled kids or adults including...
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Husband sets wife on fire during fight with child nearby, police say

A Fresno man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and domestic violence after he allegedly set his common-law wife on fire Sunday afternoon, authorities said.The 21-year-old man apparently "became emotional" while discussing his relationship with the woman in a car in southeast Fresno, police Sgt. Steve Crawford told the Fresno Bee. The man allegedly threw gasoline on the woman and...
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Dec
23

As Egypt Constitution Passes, New Fights Lie Ahead

Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York TimesEgyptian women walk into a polling station. Millions went to the polls to pass judgment on an Islamist-backed constitution, whose passage represented an important milestone in Egypt’s chaotic two-year transition to democracy. More Photos »CAIRO — - Egyptians approved an Islamist-backed constitution, state news media said Sunday, and the headlines made clear...
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It's a Wonderful Life Was a Winter Wonderland - in July

By Stephen M. Silverman 12/23/2012 at 01:30 PM EST Jimmy Stewart, as Harry Bailey, on the set of It's a Wonderful Life, in 1946 Martha Holmes/Time & Life Pictures/Getty It's the sentimental family favorite that easily induces tears for its heartfelt final...
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