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Pool Bans Black Kids? What Decade Is It?
 Pool Bans Black Kids?  
 What Decade Is It? 
OPINION
Jul 10, 2009 10:53 AM CDT

Pool Bans Black Kids? What Decade Is It?

Racial discrimination sends us back to the 1950s

(Newser) - A largely white suburban Philadelphia swim club’s barring of black and Latino campers was so backward “I thought I had fallen into a time warp,” writes Annette John-Hall in the Inquirer. Things like this happened in the 1950s—when singer Dorothy Dandridge booked a room in a...

Catholic Teacher Held in 'Murder Attempt' on Student

British science teacher allegedly struck 14-year-old with a weight

(Newser) - A teacher in a Catholic school in England has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a student he allegedly attacked suffered serious head injuries, reports the Guardian. The teacher assaulted the 14-year-old boy with a weight block used in a science lab as class was about to begin,...

Black Kids Booted From Swim Club Over 'Complexion'

Suburban pool rejects summer campers, cites 'complexion'

(Newser) - A Philadelphia summer camp says it may take legal action after a suburban swim club rejected its campers, the Inquirer reports. On their first visit to the pool, the children said they’d overheard other poolgoers complaining about black people frequenting the swim club; soon after, management refunded the $1,...

Dad on Facebook? There's a Support Group for That

(Newser) - Facebook is graying, and the Web has already produced an outlet for youngsters fleeing the site to escape friend requests from—gasp!—their parents, Time reports. MyParentsJoinedFacebook.com collects horror stories of parental incursion into the once uniformly young realm of social networking. “No matter how embarrassing your...

Blanket Jackson Sees the Light of Day

(Newser) - The carefully guarded children of Michael Jackson made a rare public appearance at his memorial yesterday, but for one of them it was even more revolutionary: Prince Michael Jackson II—aka Blanket—was seen fully for the first time, Fox News reports. Blanket, who was famously dangled by his father...

Jackson's Kids Emerge
 Jackson's Kids Emerge  
Jul 7, 2009 10:02 PM CDT

Jackson's Kids Emerge

(Newser) - Among the more notable events in today's sendoff to Michael Jackson was the public emergence of his three children—Prince Michael Jr., 12, Paris Michael Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7. Their father, one of the most photographed men in history, made it a point to shield images of...

Parental Angst Is Real Star of 'Evil-Kiddie' Movies

(Newser) - Murderous children have haunted movies since the 1950s—but why, Jonah Weiner wonders on Slate. “The biggest reason for this is the most obvious,” Weiner notes. “What’s creepier than a 4-foot-tall killer in Spongebob pajamas?” But the personification of evil in a child reveals deeper-seated anxieties....

Taliban Buys Kids for Suicide Bombings

(Newser) - The Taliban is buying children as young as 7 and turning them into suicide bombers, the Washington Times reports. The going rate is $7,000 to $14,000, a huge amount in Pakistan, where where the average income is $2,600. Pakistani and US officials lay blame for the practice...

Jacko's Will: His Mom Gets Kids

Family expected to file it in court today; assets going into trust

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's will calls for his mother to take custody of his three children, People reports. The family is currently reviewing the document—its very existence had been in doubt even a day ago—and is expected to file it in court today, adds TMZ. It includes no numbers, but...

Jacko's 2 Eldest Kids Aren't His: Ex-Wife

Says anonymous donor is the dad

(Newser) - Michael Jackson isn’t the dad of his two oldest kids, their mother says: The father is an anonymous sperm donor, the New York Post reports. Jackson’s former wife Debbie Rowe doesn’t want custody of “Prince” Michael Joseph, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11, she told the...

Jackson Penned Grisly Play Starring His Kids

Written in 2006, play sees kids confront, befriend murderer

(Newser) - Michael Jackson wrote a bizarre play in which his own children confront a child murderer—and discover he’s not such a bad guy. Acquired by News of the World with other memorabilia and papers, the play stars Paris and Michael Prince II Jackson, who enter the “endless black...

Family Moves Double Teen Suicide Risk

(Newser) - Teens forced to move often by their parents’ jobs are much more likely to attempt suicide than those who stay put, MSNBC reports. Kids between 11 and 17 who moved three or more times were twice as likely to try to kill themselves as children who grew up in the...

Custody Battle Over Michael's Kids Heats Up
 Custody Battle Over 
 Michael's Kids Heats Up 
JACKSON ROUNDUP
Jun 26, 2009 4:15 PM CDT

Custody Battle Over Michael's Kids Heats Up

(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s parents and Debbie Rowe, the ex-wife who’s the mother of two of Jackson’s children, are already murmuring about custody, the Sun reports. “It will be probably the start of a long battle,” the Jackson family lawyer said, adding that Michael’s mother, Katherine,...

Moms Deserve a Break Today
Moms Deserve
a Break Today
OPINION
Jun 26, 2009 3:33 PM CDT

Moms Deserve a Break Today

Think before offering 'constructive criticism,' then ... keep it to yourself: Warner

(Newser) - The maternal resentment has evidently been building up for a while, and New York Times blogger Judith Warner is letting loose. She recounts slights perpetrated against her and her friends and wonders: "Why do people so often permit themselves to dump—verbally, emotionally, with a surgically precise ability...

In the End, Abuse Charges Eclipsed Career
 In the End, Abuse
 Charges Eclipsed Career 
jackson's legacy
Jun 26, 2009 12:56 PM CDT

In the End, Abuse Charges Eclipsed Career

(Newser) - Michael Jackson’s reputation will forever be tainted by the numerous allegations of child molestation levied against him, the New York Daily News reports. Jackson was never convicted of any crime, but he did settle out of court on two occasions, once for $20 million. A Jackson attorney said the...

Mexico Busts 7 Officials in Daycare Fire

Officials accused of negligence in blaze that killed 47 children

(Newser) - Mexico has charged seven officials with negligent homicide in a fire that killed 47 babies and toddlers in a daycare center earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reports. The officials in Sonora state were responsible for the storage of tires, cars, and paperwork in a warehouse in the same...

Wandering Kids' Parents Get High-Tech Help

GPS, alarms, other safety measures can't top common sense

(Newser) - Some 90% of families lose their kids briefly in public places, and more and more are turning to new methods of preventing major mishaps, the Baltimore Sun reports. Some parents track kids with GPS; others use watches that give off loud alarms. Lower-tech temporary tattoos that show parents’ phone numbers...

We Love Dad, Too; We Just Don't Spend as Much

But that doesn't mean we don't love him as much

(Newser) - It’s a good thing that it’s the thought that counts, because research shows that while moms are lavished with gifts on Mother’s Day, fathers, by comparison, tend to be short-changed on Father’s Day, the Washington Post says. Americans spend about $130 on their moms, $90.89...

Mexico Day Care Fire Kills 29
 Mexico Day Care Fire Kills 29 
Jun 6, 2009 5:03 AM CDT

Mexico Day Care Fire Kills 29

(Newser) - A fast-moving fire killed 29 children in a day care center in northern Mexico yesterday despite the desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through walls to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside. At least 25 children and five employees were hospitalized after the fire at ABC day care in...

Jon: Kids Aren't 'Exploited'
 Jon: Kids Aren't 'Exploited' 
Jun 3, 2009 12:32 PM CDT

Jon: Kids Aren't 'Exploited'

(Newser) - Jon Gosselin would quit his hit TLC show before allowing it to impede his children's happiness, or so he tells People. “Exploited?” he asked. “I don't even want to use that word, because I think it's ridiculous.” Gosselin spoke without wife Kate, who, in a different interview...

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