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SF Gate
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The gray official form, labeled "Do Not Resuscitate," lay for months at the bottom of Linda Batson's dresser drawer. She had wanted her ailing 85-year-old mother to sign it.
Last Christmas, Batson's mother, suffering from a terminal liver disease, had..
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MSNBC
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Daddy's girl
I am no longer merely mildly annoyed by her obvious preference. I find it downright disturbing. So does my husband, enough so that when he and I return from a romantic weekend and pick up our daughter at my parents' place, Gary insists I w..
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BBC News
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Prince Harry has told a service to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, that she was "the best mother in the world".
Family and friends joined Princes William and Harry for the service at Guards' Chapel near Buckingham Pa..
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FOX News
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Wildlife officials were caring for three orphaned bear cubs after New Jersey police killed their mother earlier this week.
The cubs, which are a few months old and weigh 18 to 20 pounds each, were taken to a wildlife rehabilitation center Thursday, whe..
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FOX News
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The letter brought a bittersweet end to Sol Factor's 17-year search for his mother, a Holocaust survivor who disappeared in the aftermath of World War II:
"We regret to inform you that we located the above mentioned person, but she would not like to be..
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CNN
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Each and every Mother's Day until he landed behind bars, mobster Jimmy "The Gent" Burke performed a sacrosanct ritual.
Burke, the mastermind behind the $5.8 million Lufthansa heist immortalized in "Goodfellas," dropped a few C-notes on dozens of red ro..
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Alter Net
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This Mother's Day let's give mothers what they really need: a more secure old age.
This Mother's Day let's give mothers what they really need: a more secure old age. If you're a woman, or a man who cares about his mother, sister, or daughter, there's s..
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FOX News
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Flowers and cards are a given. Department store perfumes are as outdated as plastic-covered furniture.
This Mother's Day, why not challenge yourself to make your gift a little more personal?
Whether your mom is a lady of luxury, a practical PTA mom..
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FOX News
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If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist among other roles, she would earn $138,095 a year, according to research released on Wednesday.
This reflected a 3 percent raise from..
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Alter Net
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Exploring abortion at 14, her rocky relationship with her mother Alice Walker, and the ecstasy of bearing a child at 37, the content of Rebecca Walker's memoir provides fertile ground for this probing interview.
Writer Rebecca Walker knew at the age of..
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