Posts Tagged ‘child’

Child Who Just Lost Balloon Begins Lifelong Battle With Depression

SAN DIEGO—Shortly after losing grip of a helium-filled balloon and watching it float into the air above the San Diego Zoo Tuesday, local child Caleb Tremont, 3, reportedly began a battle with chronic depression that will last for the rest of his lif… The Onion Tweet This Post

Child Who Just Lost Balloon Begins Lifelong Battle With Depression

SAN DIEGO—Shortly after losing grip of a helium-filled balloon and watching it float into the air above the San Diego Zoo Tuesday, local child Caleb Tremont, 3, reportedly began a battle with chronic depression that will last for the rest of his lif… Tweet This Post

Senator Admits He Had a Secret Child

Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) told the Albuquerque Journal that he has a son born in secrecy 30 years ago. Tweet This Post

Child Assured It Will Be Long Time Before He Dies

COLUMBUS, OH—Shortly after inquiring about his own mortality last night, distraught local child Eli Heffernan, 8, reportedly received assurances from both his parents that while he would indeed die, it would not be for a long, long time. Tweet This Post

Belgian child killer’s mother warns against his early release

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The mother of Marc Dutroux, Belgium’s most notorious child killer, said he would re-offend if released early, in an interview published on Monday hours before a court was due to decide on his parole. Marc Dutroux, who was convicted of kidnapping and raping six girls and murdering four of them in the [...]

American Voices: Beyoncé, Destiny’s Child Album Sales Surge After Super Bowl

Online sales of Beyoncé’s albums have leapt 230 percent since her well-received Super Bowl halftime show Sunday, while digital record sales for her former group Destiny’s Child, with whom she reunited during the performance, have soared… Tweet This Post

Alabama hostage standoff ends with child safe, gunman dead

MIDLAND CITY, Alabama (Reuters) – The FBI stormed an underground bunker in rural Alabama on Monday, safely rescuing a 5-year-old boy held hostage for nearly a week and leaving his kidnapper, who had also killed a school bus driver, dead. After a standoff of more than six days, FBI agents struck the bunker when they [...]

Child hostage drama enters seventh day in rural Alabama

MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) – A 5-year-old boy was being held hostage for a seventh straight day in an underground bunker in Alabama on Monday, and authorities remained tight-lipped about talks to free him from the gunman who shot and killed his school bus driver. The boy, who is due to celebrate his birthday on Wednesday, [...]

Belgian child killer requests early release

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s most notorious killer launched a bid for early release on Monday, despite little chance of getting parole. Marc Dutroux, who was convicted of the kidnapping and rape of six girls and the murder of four of them in the 1990s, put his case to judges in a closed-door hearing in Brussels. [...]