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Some Einstein from Philly ''allegedly'' killed his 17-month-old daughter because he thought she had broken his precious Xbox. He was playing Ghost Recon, a violent combat game, which he will no doubt try to blame for motivating his despicable deed. ''She pulled the cord and the whole game console fell over,'' Tyrone Spellman said in a statement ...

I want to stipulate at the outset of this post that I'm all for gender equality and the sharing of duties when it comes to raising children. The mother can't possibly do it all, and as the father of a child, the man must step up and do his part. That said, I think we can all agree that some activities are the sole property of one gender. Moms ...

I recently threw away one of my son's toys -- and let me tell you: he was none too thrilled. It was a set of colored plastic triangles that connected to each other magnetically. It also came with six shiny metal balls, about twice the size of a pea, which my son saw fit to put into his mouth and let them crash against his teeth. I trashed it ...

What's a teacher to do when she's tired of escorting students to the bathroom? How about handing the kids a big soda bottle and telling them to pee in it? That was the unconventional solution devised by an eighth-grade teacher in Salisbury, MD.  According to a school district official, the school has had problems with students defacing the ...

A gaggle of German scientists have reported that children with three or more younger siblings face up to four times the risk of developing a brain tumor by age 15 compared to children with no siblings. ''The association with number of younger siblings, and not with number of older siblings, suggests that infections or re-infections in ...

Less than two weeks ago, a 5,000-pound killer whale named Kasatka dragged a trainer underwater during a show at SeaWorld in San Diego. As a paying crowd watched, the trainer was bitten and held at the bottom of a 36-foot-deep tank. He suffered a broken foot (and probably a soiled wetsuit). As for SeaWorld? Naturally, a story like this is a public ...