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• Obama Meets Spider-Man

  Marvel Comics will release a special story featuring President-elect Barack Obama and everyone's favorite arachnid-powered superhero. (That's Spider-Man, in case you didn't know.) More info, and the cover, after the jump. Read More... Posted Jan 08 2009, 05:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, superheroes, barack obama, michelle obama, malia obama, obama, comics, spiderman, president, comic books, Sasha Obama, Brett Singer, spider-man, peter parker, nerdy stuff, spider man, president obama, the obamas are a great first family, first family, obama family, inauguration, president elect obama, the white house, joe quesada, barack obama to appear in spider-man comic, super heroes, collecting, amazing spider-man, nerd in chief, amazing spider-man 583, collectors

• Wife Set Husband's Genitals On Fire, Charged With Murder, Endangering Life

  Rajini Narayan, the woman who lit her husband's penis on fire in December because she saw him hugging another woman (it's not alleged because she confessed), will now face murder charges because her husband died after the incident. The "endangering life" charges are because her three children were home when she poured "an alcohol-based solvent" on his genitals and then lit them on fire. That fire spread to the rest of the house, as well as the townhouse next door, causing over 1 million dollars (Australian, about $711,000 U.S.) in damage, according to MSNBC. Read More... Posted Jan 07 2009, 01:58 PM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: children, news, Murder, law, australia, crime, wtf, legal, Brett Singer, bad news, wife sets husband's penis on fire, Rajini Narayan

• Should Smoking Be Banned In Cars With Kids?

  So. We have third-hand smoke. It's bad. And so on. More fuel for anti-smoking activists. And when someone says, "We're protecting helpless children!" that makes it harder to argue that they are intruding into our personal lives. Right? A town in Washington State (can't ban smoking in D.C. – Obama's a smoker!) is considering a bill that would ban smoking in cars with children. Read More... Posted Jan 07 2009, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: children, kids, news, law, laws, smoking, new york times, privacy, studies, NY Times, doctors, NYTimes, rights, second hand smoke, legal, smoke, Brett Singer, they say, second-hand smoke, smoking ban, third hand smoke, third-hand smoke is harmful to your children, third-hand smoke, smoking in cars with kids, smoking in cars, do smoking bans volate privacy or protect our kids

• Baby Center Store Closing - FINAL DAY

  Pretty soon, parents won't be able to buy binkies, booster seats or bottles at the BabyCenter Store. Actually, they won't be able to buy anything at all – BabyCenter is closing their online store for good on January 6, 2009. In other parenting-business news, a company called The Parent Company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Read More... Posted Jan 06 2009, 05:15 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: kids, news, shopping, parents, toys, business, babycenter, droolicious, Brett Singer, epregnancy, baby center store, baby center, etoys, buying stuff online, parenting as a business, babycenter store closing, my twinn, ecommerce, content, selling stuff to parents, the parent company files for chapter 11, babycenter store, the parent company

• On Jett Travolta, Howard Stern Gets It Right

  This morning on Sirius XM Radio, Howard Stern commented on the death of John Travolta and Kelly Preston's son Jett Travolta. In the past, Howard has ruthlessly mocked Scientology; long before it was de rigeur to poke fun at L. Ron Hubbard's celebrity religion, he would read internal Scientology newsletters on the air, exposing their wackiness to the world at large. So one might expect Stern to go after Travolta with both barrels. Not this time. Read More... Posted Jan 05 2009, 06:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: news, autism, john travolta, kelly preston, radio, howard stern, Brett Singer, they say, autistic, sad news, jett travolta's son dies, xm, jett travolta, howard stern talks about jett travolta's death, satellite radio, kawasaki syndrome, sirius, kawasaki disease, travolta, kawasaki

• Third Hand Smoke Can Harm Your Kids

  Do you smoke, or do you know someone who smokes? Do you think your kids will be OK as long as they don't smoke around them? Well, you're wrong. Read More... Posted Jan 05 2009, 10:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: news, smoking, new york times, studies, NY Times, doctors, NYTimes, second hand smoke, smoke, Brett Singer, they say, second-hand smoke, third hand smoke, third-hand smoke is harmful to your children, third-hand smoke

• Two Pictures Of Kids In Gaza

  Warning: These shots will probably make you want to hug your kids immediately. For me, the hardest part of any war/conflict/disaster is the human side. Now that I'm a parent, if that human face belongs to a child, it's that much harder to see. Read More... Posted Jan 03 2009, 02:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: news, politics, war, new york times, Israel, NY Times, conflict, photos, msnbc, breaking news, hamas, Brett Singer, pics, international news, israeli army, gaza, pictures that make you want to hug your kids, hug your kids now, israeli ground forces enter gaza, hug your kids, pictures of kids

• Best of FameCrawler: Week of January 2nd

  Kate Winslet Looks Good Naked Tripp Johnston Speaks Out: Take My Family, Please. Is Jennifer Garner in Labor? Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony: It's Over Josh & Anna Duggar: Premarital Sex Charles Barkley - DUI, Gun and Oral Sex: Still Not a Role Model? Public Sex and New Year's Orgasms with Jordan and Peter Snow, Fur And Sarah Palin In A Bikini Ani DiFranco Has a Trick Baby Mariah Carey Eats Oysters, Therefore is Not Pregnant When Baby Daddies Attack Heath Ledger is Haunting Michelle for Closure Posted Jan 02 2009, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: parenting, children, kids, celebrity, Ben Affleck, pregnancy, news, birth, twins, music, politics, parents, adoption, Babble, dui, pregnant, sports, breastfeeding, strollerderby, family, ani difranco, Her Bad Mother, Trix, boobs, orgasm, pictures, jennifer garner, kate winslet, labor, baby daddy, sassy, scandal, photos, Jennifer Lopez, gossip, Jordan, katie price, whit honea, hollywood, heath ledger, michelle williams, famecrawler, siblings, nudity, premarital sex, naked, Marc Anthony, famous, stars, jlo, snow, nude, best of, bikini, breast, breaking, rumor, sweatpantsmom, mariah carey, oral sex, offspring, actor, due, nba, actress, palin, exclusive, karl, duggar, new year's eve, new year, public sex, tripp, charles barkley, johnston, josh duggar, blow job, anna duggar, tnt, peter andre

• UPDATE: Time Warner and Viacom Reach Agreement, SpongeBob Saved

  The war has ended, and we are all winners -- the kids can watch Dora, the grown-ups can watch Colbert. Technically, the kids can also watch Colbert, and the grown-ups can even watch Dora. Read More... Posted Jan 01 2009, 10:52 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: television, entertainment, news, tv, business, nickelodeon, VH1, Dora, Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert, dora the explorer, LA Times, diego, MTV, breaking news, Brett Singer, jon stewart, comedy central, daily show, cable, the daily show, time warner, midnight, time warner cable, nickelodeon and mtv may go dark at midnight, vh-1, viacom

• Tripp Palin's Name Explained

  Curious about the choice of Tripp for Bristol Palin's newborn son? Read More... Posted Jan 01 2009, 01:15 PM by Brett Singer with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: news, babies, baby names, names, Brett Singer, sarah palin, bristol palin, trig palin, levi johnston, Track Palin, tripp palin, laura wattenberg, baby name wizard

• Obama Wants Kids To Have a Normal Life – Good Luck With That

  On a recent trip to Hawaii, the Obama family "caused a commotion" at a mall. No! Really? What next? Floor down? Ceiling up? Read More... Posted Dec 31 2008, 04:30 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: parenting, kids, news, family, girls, daughters, barack obama, michelle obama, malia obama, election 2008, president, Sasha Obama, Brett Singer, presidential election, wow, obama wins, president obama, it's all over, yes he did, president dad, the obamas are a great first family, first family, obama family, inauguration, normal life, obama wants his daughers to have a normal life

• Could This Five Year Old Be The Next Rachael Ray?

  First we had the nine-year-old who wrote a book. Now there's the five-year-old with his own cooking show. Yes, it's on public access TV in Portland, Oregon. But it really is a cooking show. And he really cooks. Really. Read More... Posted Dec 31 2008, 03:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: kids, television, news, father, mother, parents, oregon, boys, comments, unschooling, Brett Singer, home schooling, five year old julian kreusser has his own cooking show, julian kreusser, unschooled, kids with jobs

• Baby Bikini and Pregnant Man Top 2008 Weird News List

  About.com has posted their list of their list of 2008's Top Weird News Stories. Some are parenting/kid related, and some don't seem all that weird, frankly. Let's take a look: Read More... Posted Dec 30 2008, 07:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: news, parents, babies, wtf, weird news, lists, pregnant man, Brett Singer, 2008, Thomas Beatie, baby bikini

• Modern-day Hansel and Gretel Dumped in the Woods?

  An Idaho father was charged with second-degree murder after sending his kids, 11 and 12, on a 10-mile hike through the snow after their car broke down on Christmas Day. Second-degree murder, which carries a possible sentence of life in prison, seems pretty harsh for what basically amounts to being a massive moron, or at the most, criminally negligent. Here are the details: Read More... Posted Dec 30 2008, 01:02 PM by Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: kids, news, father, crime, tragedy, negligence

• They Say -- Kids Who Skip Breakfast and Hate Mom Have Sex Sooner

  Sometimes I read a news story and feel like I'm actually reading The Onion. Does that ever happen to you? For example: this report from Japan that finds a link between middle school students and teen sex.  Basically, middle schoolers who do not partake of the most important meal of the day are more likely to get a head start on making the out-of-wedlock beast with two backs. (That's an unnecessarily silly way of saying "having sex.") What exactly inspires a study like this one? Read More... Posted Dec 29 2008, 03:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: news, Sex, teens, Japan, science, studies, wtf, weird, surveys, japanese, Brett Singer, they say

• They Say -- Vaccines Work

  We do a lot of stories on Babble about the potential dangers of vaccines, and about people who are trying to raise awareness of those dangers. Nothing wrong with that. But sometimes it’s a good idea to show the other side of things. A recent article in U.S. News and World Report points out that deaths from measles declined by 74 percent from 2000 to 2007. The article actually used the word "plunged", which for once was not hyperbole. Read More... Posted Dec 28 2008, 09:00 AM by Brett Singer with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: children, health, news, parents, MMR, Unicef, studies, vaccination, mumps, vaccines, measles, rubella, controversy, dangers, vaccine, Brett Singer, they say, mmr vaccine

• Rare Baby Rhinos Found

  If this doesn't prove that all babies, human or animal, are cute, I don't know what does. Read More... Posted Dec 27 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, cute, animals, photos, baby animals, Brett Singer, pics, cute things, yahoo news, rhinoceros, cute baby animals, rhino, rare baby rhinos found in indonesia

• Best of FameCrawler: Week of December 26th

  Michael Jackson Is Dying? Katie Holmes Needs a Nap...and Some Makeup Nicole Kidman Skipped Son Connor's Premiere, Too Bush Twins: The Obama Girls Are Cuter Than We Are Best Mom Quote All Week Christmas Eve Eats With the Beckhams Adam Sandler Meets Frosty Jennifer Garner is a Giver Jennifer Aniston A Baby-Crazed Mess? Remains Positively Identified as Those of Caylee Anthony Family Friend Says "I Could Have Saved Caylee" Photos: Lisa Rinna Nude For Playboy Posted Dec 26 2008, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: parenting, christmas, children, kids, celebrity, pregnancy, news, birth, twins, music, politics, katie holmes, parents, adoption, Babble, Connor, pregnant, Tom Cruise, sports, breastfeeding, strollerderby, family, Her Bad Mother, Trix, michael jackson, boobs, death, Nicole Kidman, pictures, jennifer garner, labor, Bush, sassy, scandal, photos, gossip, whit honea, hollywood, famecrawler, jennifer aniston, siblings, nudity, playboy, famous, obama, stars, dying, best of, breast, sick, breaking, rumor, sweatpantsmom, offspring, actor, due, ill, actress, Caylee Anthony, exclusive, cruise, karl, beckhams, frosty, lisa rinna, eve, adam sandler

• Nature Lovers Also Annoyed About Children's Dictionary

  Who knew kiddie dictionaries were so controversial? First Christians were peeved because the Oxford Junior Dictionary removed words such as "bishop" and "abbey." But they also removed "beaver", "heron" and "magpie." I could maybe see getting rid of magpie. Other than Heckle and Jeckle, one doesn't encounter too many magpies, and as far as I know, Heck and his homie are not in heavy Saturday morning rotation. But otter? Not that I see them in the wild but otters are at the zoo. They're on Bob the Builder all the time. Plus they're cute. It's the same problem as before. The publishers took out the nature words in favor of "modern" terms like mp3 player. My feeling on this hasn't changed — it's a dumb move. But it does show that, despite what some in England were saying, that the changes are not an attack on the Christian faith. It's just plain stupid. Methinks some smart publisher could step in with a better kid-friendly dictionary and take away some of Oxford's business. I know I won't be buying a dictionary that thinks mp3 players are more important than otters. Source: Canadian Press via Google News Image: Amazon.com Read more: Disney Bails on Narnia No Christmas Specials for Some Jewish Kids Stuff You Never Thought You'd Say -- Winter Edition Christian Words Removed From Oxford Junior Dictionary Review: Unstable Fables Goldilocks and the Three Bears Show Posted Dec 26 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: celebrity, news, religion, Canada, wtf, words, childrens books, vocabulary, weird news, odd, Brett Singer, Telegraph, dictionary, oxford junior dictionary, words removed from dictionary, religious words, dictionaries, oxford university press, oxford english dictionary, nature lovers, nature words, beavers, otters

• Disney Bails on Narnia

  You won't be hearing the Chronic-WHAT?-cles of Narnia at the Mouse House any more. Read More... Posted Dec 24 2008, 02:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: entertainment, Movies, news, disney, books, harry potter, DVD, film, fantasy, Brett Singer, Marvel, avengers, Prince Caspian, chronicles of narnia, hollywood reporter, the next avengers, the lion, books made into films, the voyage of the dawn treader, narnia, the witch and the wardrobe, disney decides not to make the third narnia film

• Grieving Chinese Parents Not Allowed To Sue

  A Chinese court has officially refused to hear the lawsuit filed by 57 parents whose children were killed in the earthquake earlier this year, according to the AP. Read More... Posted Dec 23 2008, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, parents, China, lawsuit, new york times, breaking news, Brett Singer, earthquake, chinese, AP, associated press, chinese court rejects parents lawsuit, disaster, chinese parents not allowed to sue

• Best of FameCrawler: Week of December 19th

  Isla Fisher Does NOT Look Old Enough To Be A Mom Brad and Angelina Don't Spoil Their Kids Connor Cruise: Dad Tom Skips His Son's Premiere to Promote Valkyrie But Why Megan Fox is a Step MILF in Waiting Clay Aiken Pregnant Again! Jennie Garth: Daughter Weirded Out by "Twilight" Dad Fans Brit Wants More Kids With K-Fed! New Halle Berry Topless Pics Sheen Girls in Car Crash 1981 Murder of Adam Walsh Solved (Photos) Seal Is A Brave Man Letterman Asks Jen Aniston: What's In YOUR Uterus? Posted Dec 19 2008, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: parenting, christmas, children, kids, santa, celebrity, Will Smith, pregnancy, news, birth, twins, music, politics, parents, adoption, angelina jolie, Babble, Murder, gifts, holidays, xmas, pregnant, Tom Cruise, sports, MILF, breastfeeding, Britney Spears, strollerderby, family, brad pitt, Her Bad Mother, Trix, boobs, k-fed, pictures, labor, isla fisher, denise richards, sassy, scandal, photos, borat, gossip, Heidi Klum, whit honea, hollywood, famecrawler, jennifer aniston, charlie sheen, siblings, nudity, halle berry, famous, accident, stars, best of, letterman, breast, seal, jennie garth, breaking, rumor, sweatpantsmom, topless, offspring, clay aiken, actor, due, crash, actress, exclusive, megan fox, karl, seasonal, adam walsh, twiglight, 7 pounds, olive, connor cruise

• Boy Saves Brother's Life With Bone Marrow

  Sometimes it's good to just read a nice story. Especially around the holidays. Yes, I'm sappy, but this has to make you smile. Back in October, Daniel Badmus, a five-year-old boy from Ontario, CA, donated bone marrow to his four-year-old brother John. Read More... Posted Dec 17 2008, 10:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: news, Canada, good news, cool kids, healthcare, Brett Singer, ontario, nice news, daniel badmus, five year old gives bone marrow to his four year old brother, bravery, sickle cell anemia, bone marrow

• Babble Podcast for December 15, 2008

  Here is the seventh Babble Podcast. Read More... Posted Dec 16 2008, 08:12 AM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: parenting, Celebrities, news, blog, Babble, downloads, Madonna, strollerderby, Alex Rodriguez, barack obama, radio, opinions, droolicious, famecrawler, election, John McCain, listening, mp3, Brett Singer, sarah palin, a-rod, joe biden, morning news, podcast, babble podcast, Bernard L. Madoff, Rod Blagojevich, Marc Dreier

• Best of FameCrawler: Week of December 12th

  Amy Poehler Returns to SNL - Video How Kate Gosselin Plans Her Holidays Photos: Ashlee Simpson Debuts Post-Baby Body! Bad Idea: Pussycat Dolls Offer to Babysit Britney Spears' Kids Jessica Alba Is To Good To Be True Is That A Baby Bump? (Sort Of) Confirmed: Janet Jackson is Pregnant! Details: Keri Russell Strips Down Mariah Carey Preggers? Shauna Sand's Husband is Freaking Nuts, Allegedly Posted Dec 12 2008, 04:00 PM by Whit Honea with | with no comments Filed under: parenting, christmas, children, kids, celebrity, holiday, pregnancy, news, birth, twins, music, politics, parents, adoption, Babble, pregnant, sports, MILF, breastfeeding, Britney Spears, strollerderby, family,