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Pixar’s Saddest Movie Story Yet
Finding Nemo made you cry? Then don’t read on about what Pixar’s done now. The movie company got a call recently - a ten-year-old with terminal cancer wanted to see new movie Up. Only Colby Curtin was too sick to be taken to a movie theater for a screening. So the company did the unheard of. They let go one DVD of the only-in-theatres movie,...
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Parents Guilty of Manslaughter Over Daughter’s Eczema Death
Today a NSW couple were found guilty of manslaughter over the death of their nine-month-old baby girl, Gloria, on May 8, 2002. The details in this story are pretty graphic - stop reading now if you don't think you want to know what happened to her. The court found that the couple had acted with gross criminal negligence by shunning conventional...
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Kylie Concert Chaos – Women and Children Killed in Moroccan Stampede
At least 11 people have been killed at a world music festival in the Moroccan capital of Rabat on Saturday. Most of those injured and killed are believed to be women and children. Featuring top names such as Kylie Minogue and Alicia Keys, the Mawazine (Rhythms) festival attracted a 70,000 strong crowd at the Hay Nahda stadium. As reported...
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10-Year-Old Battles Breast Cancer
When California 10-year-old Hannah Powell-Auslam felt a lump near her ribcage, she didn't think much of it. But her parents took her in to see a doctor and she eventually was sent for an ultrasound. Doctors learned that the lump was actually a two-inch tumour. Hannah had secretory carcinoma, a slow-growing form of breast cancer, which has spread...
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Boy Calls 911 When Mum Drives Drunk
File this under "I may not be perfect but I'm a better parent than this lady." 36-year-old Belinda Leighton of Boca Raton, Florida was arrested this week and charged with driving drunk. With her kids, ages 9 and 13, in the car. After spending "the morning drinking wine and beer", Leighton got in her car with children in tow. She told the kids...
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Update: Little Boy Dies Of Untreated Cancer
Willie Robinson died last year of untreated Hodgkins Lymphoma. When the coroner discovered the disease, he ruled the death a homicide due to Willie's parents' negligence. Those parents, William Robinson Senior (Willie was his namesake) and Monica Hussing were taken into custody yesterday and are now being held on $US150,000 bond (each) in the Cuya...
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Australian Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Father of Newborn
It has been revealed that Corporal Mathew Hopkins, the Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan on Monday, was father to a young baby and spent just four days with him before being sent back for a second tour of duty. His devastated wife Victoria yesterday paid tribute to her husband who died during an ambush in the war-torn country on Monday...
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Mother With Herpes Unwittingly Kills Baby With A Kiss
This heart-wrenching story is made bearable by the courage of the mother it involves, who has taken her tragedy as a chance to educate others. Ruth Schofield contacted the herpes simplex virus (HSV) for the first time when she was in her final term of pregnancy. She was prescribed antibiotics for her mouth ulcers, which were still present when...
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Preteen Boy Accused Of Murdering Dad’s Pregnant Girlfriend
A sad, sad story out of Pennsylvania: 26-year-old Kenzie Marie Houk was pregnant with her third child, a boy due in early March, when her boyfriend's son, 11-year-old Jordan Brown, allegedly shot her to death. It was not possible to save the life of her unborn son. Houk's body was discovered by her four-year-old daughter, who ran outside to tell wo...
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