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Screen Queen
I wake up to a remote control being bounced off the bridge of my nose. My daughter's voice has reached fever pitch, and it's only 6:30 in the morning. "Mum, Mum, can I watch TV? Please, please, please?" Now she's bouncing in the space recently vacated by my husband, who's off to work. Sure, it's early, but as far as I'm concerned, he'...
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Mother Installs 100-Inch TV in Son’s Bedroom Ceiling
U.S. woman Patti Deni wins coolest — or craziest — mother of the year for her home renovation featuring a giant 100-inch television ceiling-mounted above her teenage son's bed. Ms. Deni wanted to surprise her teenage son by giving him his own big-screen TV, so while their new home was being built, she contacted her local audio-visual store w...
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India Introduces New Form Of Birth Control: TV
Worried you don’t have the cash to have another baby? Don’t worry, just turn on the TV! The Indian government is making a push to bring televisions into more homes in rural parts of the nation in hopes that people will be so busy watching the tube they’ll spend less time having sex... and making babies. In a country that once boasted th...
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Babble Wrap: Masterchef Kids In The Mix
Masterchef Kids In The Mix Channel 10 is thinking of introducing a children's MasterChef series, after the stunning popularity of the cooking show among kids. Herald Sun Fears That Swine Flu Can Attack A Newborn The H1N1 flu virus can damage the developing brains of unborn offspring, scientists have found. Times Online Work-Life Balance Wo...
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Global Financial Crisis = More TV Watching?
Over the past four month free-to-air television audiences have increased by 3.3 per cent in capital cities and 4 per cent in regional areas. One of the largest increases — 4.9per cent — was among the 25- to 39-year-old demographic associated with big mortgages and young children. So, could it be that families have less money to spend on o...
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Boy’s Survival Story Proves TV Isn’t Evil
This just proves that TV is not totally evil. A 9-year-old boy – while on a weekend hiking trip with his family – accidentally got separated from his folks. Luckily, young Grayson Wynne watches the Discovery Channel’s “Man vs. Wild” and used the knowledge garnered from this wilderness survival show to survive himself while being lost over...
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Caillou: Love Him Or Hate Him?
Since my family aren’t big TV watchers, I was a little slow to be introduced to Caillou, but I recently got a chance to plow through a pile of books based on the TV series (which is based, apparently on an older set of books). For those unfamiliar with the phenomenon, the series stars a four-year-old boy in “real life” situations like gett...
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That’ll Teach Him To Trade Her: “Wife Swap” Mum Stabs Husband (PHOTO)
Jamie Czerniawski, a U.S mother of two who appeared on the reality show “Wife Swap” has been accused of stabbing her husband Charles. In the show Jamie temporarily swapped places with Anna Kinison, a tattooed freak show performer. In related news, Charles is desperately seeking Anna’s husband to negotiate a swap-back. Read more...
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My Monkey Baby!
Had enough with those ‘human’ daughters? Get yourself a pretty princess ‘monkey baby’! Britain's Channel4 is currently airing a documentary entitled My Monkey Baby that chronicles the bond between Lori and Jim Johnson - an American couple - and their Capuchin monkey Jessica Marie. “If I hear anyone call her a monkey I throw a fit,” says...
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