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Apr 22, 2008 4:59 PM CDT

Robber Shoots Pregnant Teller

Mother in serious to critical condition, fetuses unharmed

(Newser) - A bank teller pregnant with twins was shot during a robbery today in Indianapolis, but her fetuses were not directly injured, the Indianapolis Star reports. Katherine Sheffield, 30, is in serious to critical condition after a gunman walked into the bank where she worked and fired two shots into her...

Mr. and Mrs. Brangelina?

Mar 30, 2008 10:00 AM CDT

Mr. and Mrs. Brangelina?

Jolie, Pitt tie the knot in New Orleans, tabloid claims

(Newser) - Have parents-of-many Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie finally tied the knot? Star magazine insists Brangelina got hitched in a French Quarter wedding chapel yesterday, while People magazine is claiming no such ceremony took place. Angelina was pushing for an intimate wedding in France, but Brad got his way instead in...

Exercise and Happiness Not Linked: Study

Mar 17, 2008 8:06 AM CDT

Exercise and Happiness Not Linked: Study

Same gene set makes physically active most likely to be mentally fit

(Newser) - Going for a run might not clear your head in quite the way thought, reports USA Today, and its supposed benefits on mental health may be misguided. Rather, Dutch researchers found that a single set of genes both determines one’s inclination toward exercise and happiness—making the most physically...

J.Lo Names Her Twins:
Max and Emme

Mar 1, 2008 1:43 PM CST

J.Lo Names Her Twins: Max and Emme

She and hubby Marc Anthony finally reveal them

(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have lifted the lid on their newborn twins' names: Max and Emme. The celebrity couple declined to make the names public after the boy and girl were born Feb. 22 at a Long Island hospital. The new arrivals are now home safe and sound, E!...

Porn Twins Busted in
Cat Burglary

Feb 29, 2008 3:49 AM CST

Porn Twins Busted in Cat Burglary

Dynamic duo suspected in string of 40 ripoffs

(Newser) - Twin porn star brothers have been arrested for a rooftop burglary in Philadelphia and they're suspected of carrying out 40 more, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. One brother has a successful modeling career. The other, described by police as "a bad, bad man," reportedly has a long criminal record....

J. Lo and Marc Welcome Twins

Feb 22, 2008 1:49 PM CST

J. Lo and Marc Welcome Twins

Girl and boy born just after midnight

(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony brought two new faces into the world early this morning: a girl (5 pounds, 7 ounces) and a boy (6 pounds), People reports. The twins, born just after midnight, are J. Lo’s first children, and Marc’s fourth and fifth. “Jennifer and Marc...

And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

Feb 19, 2008 12:01 PM CST

And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

Docs want to cut number of multiple births from fertility treatment

(Newser) - Fertility doctors are beginning to wonder whether they're too successful. With in vitro fertilization prompting a 70% increase in the rate of multiple births since 1980, some are espousing a switch to single-embryo transfer. The procedure lowers the success rate but also lowers the rate of multiple births, with their...

J-Lo's Expecting Twins

Feb 7, 2008 6:45 AM CST

J-Lo's Expecting Twins

Lopez pop's already shopping for double bundle

(Newser) - Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez is expecting twins, her dad told a Spanish-language TV show—and he's already gone shopping for the dynamite duo. "In Puerto Rico it's custom to buy an azabache bracelet for babies to protect them from the evil eye. It's part of our culture," said the...

Quaids Speak Out About Ordeal

Jan 15, 2008 1:48 PM CST

Quaids Speak Out About Ordeal

Newborns 'overdosed while we're there,' actor says

(Newser) - Dennis and Kimberly Quaid trusted their sick newborns to an LA hospital, and less than 9 hours later, the children's lives were in danger. "Our kids could have been dying," the actor says, "and we wouldn't have been able to come down to the hospital to say...

Twins Split by 'Science' Reunite

Oct 1, 2007 2:29 PM CDT

Twins Split by 'Science' Reunite

Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein raised in different families as part of scientific study

(Newser) - Three decades into a bizarre nature-versus-nurture experiment, Elyse Schein abruptly discovered she and a twin sister had been separated at birth and adopted into separate homes—all in the name of science. They eventually found each other in 2004, and now talked with CBS about their new memoir, Identical Strangers....

Picky Eating
May Be in
Their Genes

Aug 21, 2007 4:53 PM CDT

Picky Eating May Be in Their Genes

Kids inherit reaction to unfamiliar foods, new study says

(Newser) - Don't chide your kids for their picky eating habits—they may be as much your fault as the length of their noses. In a study of identical and fraternal twins, UK researchers found children inherited nearly 80% of their “food neophobia,” hinting that that tongue-out reaction to unfamiliar...

Oh, Brother! Female Twins Less Likely to Have Kids

Jun 19, 2007 3:00 PM CDT

Oh, Brother! Female Twins Less Likely to Have Kids

Blame exposure to testosterone

(Newser) - Female twins with twin brothers are less likely to marry and have kids than those with twin sisters, a new study shows, and those who do reproduce have fewer children. Elevated exposure to testosterone in utero appears to be the culprit, say British scientists who reached back over two centuries...

Conjoined Twins Are Freed

Apr 6, 2007 9:59 AM CDT

Conjoined Twins Are Freed

Thai twins joined at the heart and liver healthy after surgery separates them

(Newser) - A pair of conjoined twins attached at the liver and the heart are alive and separate after a surgery Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital calls a "world first." The 10-month-old girls' hearts were joined at the atrium, and the blood flow was connected, but the organs were not dependent...

Twins Found to Be "Semi-identical"

Mar 30, 2007 6:21 AM CDT

Twins Found to Be "Semi-identical"

Children neither fraternal nor identical

(Newser) - A new kind of twin has been discovered, neither strictly identical nor fraternal. Now toddlers, the babies look identical but one is anatomically male while the other has ambiguous genitalia. Genetic tests show the children are identical on their mother's side but share only half their father's DNA.