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LIVE STREAM: The Royal Baby Watch From St. Mary’s Hospital, Lindo Wing, West London

• July 20, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, Gossip, Journalism and Ethics, Love, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: Baby, Balmoral Castle, Bucklebury, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Child, Children, Daily Telegraph, Diana Princess of Wales, Drama, Elizabeth II, First Child, Gossip Cop, Great-Grandchild, Her Royal Highness, His Royal Highness, Infant, Love, Marriage, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William Duke of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Queen, Reuters, Royal Baby, Royals, Scotland, Sex, Summer Vacation, Sun, The Eighties, The Nineties

Okay, Cue the Music: Kim Kardashian Gives Birth

• June 15, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Armenians/Syrians/Iranians/Kurds/Turks, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Food, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Reality Shows, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: Babies, Baby, Buckingham Palace, Cable TV, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, E!, Escapism, Fat Shaming, Fat-Slammed, Fathers Day, Induced, Kanye, Kanye West, Kardashian, Kardashians, Kate Middleton, Kim, Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, Kris Jenner, Motherhood, New York Times, Premature Birth, Prince William of Wales, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Reality Shows, Robert Kardashian, United States, Wretched Excess

Daddy Hugh Grant Makes Another Baby–A Boy–With Tinglan Hong

• February 16, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, China, Class, Comedy, Cultural History, European History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, People of Color, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Love Actually", Andy Coulson, Baby, Baby Daddy, Cellphones, Electronic Snooping, Elizabeth Hurley, Felix, Grant, He Is The Father, Hugh Grant, Leveson Inquiry, London, Maury Povich, Notting Hill, Paddington, Personal Life, Private Life, Rupert Murdoch, Son, Tabitha, Tinglan Hong, Twitter

Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco Win Libel Case Against The UK’s Sunday Times

• February 5, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, France, Gossip, Health, Japan, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Monaco, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Vanity Fair", Albert II Prince of Monaco, Andrea Casiraghi, Babies, Baby, Baroness de Massy, Charlene, Charlene Princess of Monaco, Children, Crown Princess Masako, Descendants, Diana Princess of Wales, Love, Mark Thomson, Marriage, Monaco, Motherhood, News International, Nicole Coste, Prince Albert, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Antoinette, Princess Caroline, Princess Grace of Monaco, Rainier III Prince of Monaco, Royal Ancestry, Royalty, Rupert Murdoch, Sunday Times, Times

Hugh Grant, Baby Daddy

• November 2, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, China, Class, Cultural History, Gossip, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "About a Boy", Actress, Affair, Baby, Baby Daddy, Bridget Jones, Cary Grant, Cell Phone Hacking, Cell Phone Hacking Scandal, Chelsea, Chinese, Common Sense, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Daniel Cleaver, Daughter, Dyan Cannon, Fling, Girl, Grant, Hugh Grant, Jennifer Grant, Legitimize, London, Marriage, Raising Children, Rupert Murdoch, Sex, Sexual Health, Sexuality, Slut-Shaming, Sophie Hong, Tinglan Hong, Tony Randall, United States, Unplanned Pregnancy

Fantasia’s Preggers

• August 8, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Aretha Franklin, Billie Holiday, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fantasia Barrino, Gossip, Health, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Religion, Sexuality
Tags: "American Idol", African Americans, Antwaun Cook, Aretha Franklin, Baby, Barack Obama, Barbados, Bio Film, Black Women, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Divorce, Drama, Fantasia, Fantasia Barrino, Growing Up, Illicitness, Lady Day, Life Preserver, Love, Mahalia Jackson, Marriage, National Enquirer, Paula Cook, Pregnancy, Reputations, Separation, Sneaking Around, Suicide, Tasia, The YBF, U.S. Bank, Vacation, Zion Quari Barrino

President Obama: Baby Whisperer

• June 22, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Love, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Baby, Barack Obama, Blacks, Child, Children, Constituents, Fatherhood, First Lady, Humor, Infant, Love, Malia Obama, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Nelson Mandela, Obama, Photo, Photo Opportunity, President, President Barack Obama, Sasha Obama, The American Public, United States

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Americans Trust Police More Than Congress, Study Finds September 21, 2019
The most trusted leader of them all? The public school principal, according to a Pew Research Center study on Americans’ faith in powerful people and institutions.
Shooting at South Carolina Bar Leaves 2 Dead and 8 Wounded, Officials Say September 22, 2019
The shooting happened early Saturday morning near Lancaster, S.C. The gunman remained at large.
She Quit Her Job. He Got Night Goggles. They Searched 57 Days for Their Dog. September 22, 2019
A couple combed a rural Montana community for their Border collie, Katie.
Nurses in Four States Strike to Push for Better Patient Care September 21, 2019
Registered nurses with National Nurses United say current nurse-to-patient ratios do not allow for the best possible care.
Area 51 Raid: How a Town of 40 Coped With an Invasion September 21, 2019
Nobody actually rushed the top-secret military base. “We just wanted to see people like us,” one visitor said.
At School, ‘Everyone Vapes,’ and Adults Are in Crisis Mode September 21, 2019
An alarming outbreak of ailments has put teachers and principals into crisis mode.
Iranian Students Set to Start at U.S. Universities Are Barred From Country September 21, 2019
The students, who were mostly headed to schools in the University of California system, had visas in hand when they were blocked from their flights this month.
Warren Leads in New Iowa Poll With Biden Second September 22, 2019
The latest poll numbers from The Des Moines Register and CNN were very good for Elizabeth Warren as she and Joseph R. Biden Jr. broke away from the rest of the Democratic pack.

The Guardian, UK

Brexit divisions threaten to plunge Labour party conference into chaos September 21, 2019
Senior shadow ministers publicly defy Jeremy Corbyn with calls for Labour to back remainJeremy Corbyn was struggling to contain an open revolt by some of his most senior shadow ministers, MPs and party activists last night as anger over his refusal to back a policy of remaining in the EU threatened to wreck the Labour conference. Related: What should Labour […]
Israel: Wounded Netanyahu in desperate battle for political survival after poll blow September 21, 2019
Israel’s president to meet PM and opposition leader Benny Gantz in bid to resolve election stalemateIsrael’s president is set to begin two days of consultations with political parties after a deadlocked election last week plunged the country into uncertainty over who will lead the next government.Near-final results from Tuesday’s poll showed the opposition c […]
Trump vents over Ukraine as Biden attacks 'overwhelming abuse of power' September 21, 2019
Biden calls for congressional inquiry into call in which Trump reportedly pressed Ukraine leader for damaging informationDonald Trump lashed back at his critics on Saturday, as questions swirled in the latest scandal to hit his White House and his target, Joe Biden, called for a congressional investigation of “an overwhelming abuse of power”. Related: Ukrain […]
Iran says it will destroy any aggressor as tensions build in Gulf September 22, 2019
Iran’s foreign minister not confident war can be avoided, but promises any conflict will not be ‘limited’Iran has threatened to pursue and destroy any aggressor, and says war may be unavoidable in the wake of drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oilfields and a US troop build-up in the Gulf.A day after the head of Iran’s elite Republican Guards said on state TV th […]
Protesters and police clash in Egypt for second day running September 22, 2019
Teargas and live rounds fired at demonstrators in Suez after crowds call for the removal of president Abdel Fattah al-SisiEgyptian security forces have clashed with hundreds of anti-government protesters in the port city of Suez in a second day of demonstrations against the Sisi regime, firing tear gas and live rounds.A heavy security presence was also maint […]
Anarchists hijack climate march on day of violent protests in Paris September 21, 2019
Over 120 arrested as Black Bloc guerrillas infiltrate climate protest and gilets jaunes stage revivalSo-called Black Bloc anarchists infiltrated a peaceful climate change march in Paris on Saturday, smashing shop and business windows and torching mopeds and dustbins en route.Police made more than 120 arrests as the French capital saw a series of demonstratio […]
Scott Morrison to unveil $150m support for Trump's mission to Mars September 21, 2019
PM says five-year commitment designed to make Australia ‘partner of choice’ to support expeditions to moon and MarsScott Morrison has used a visit to Nasa on Saturday local time to unveil a $150m investment in Australian businesses and new technology to support the American space agency launch expeditions to the moon and to Mars.The Australian prime minister […]
Prince Andrew was an abuser, Epstein accuser says in TV interview September 20, 2019
Virginia Giuffre claims prince was participant in disgraced financier’s exploitation of herAn accuser of Jeffrey Epstein has alleged Prince Andrew was “an abuser, a participant” in the disgraced US financier’s exploitation of her as a teenager, in her first television interview.Virginia Giuffre, formerly Roberts, who was pictured with Prince Andrew in a now […]

The BBC

Yemen: UN welcomes Houthi offer to end Saudi Arabia attacks September 22, 2019
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels offer to end all attacks on Saudi Arabia as part of a peace plan.
A look at the damage from the oil attacks September 21, 2019
After attacks against the country's oil infrastructure, the BBC's Frank Gardner surveys the damage.
Paris climate march halted amid clashes between activists and police September 21, 2019
Authorities feared the family-friendly demonstration would be infiltrated by separate protesters.
Operation Market Garden: WW2 veteran, 97, parachutes again over Arnhem September 21, 2019
The former paratrooper marked 75 years since the Battle of Arnhem's Operation Market Garden.
Man drowns during underwater marriage proposal September 21, 2019
Video shows Steven Weber proposing through the window of a submerged cabin off Tanzania.
TWA Flight 847: Greek police arrest aircraft hijacking suspect September 21, 2019
The man, 65, is suspected of involvement in the TWA Flight 847 hijacking that left one dead.
Taylor Swift cancels concert amid animal rights criticism September 21, 2019
Swift had been due to sing at the Melbourne Cup, a move criticised by animal rights activists.
Iranian hostage freed by Somali pirates after four years September 21, 2019
The freeing of the Iranian sailor means Somali pirates now hold only three remaining captives.