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70 year old grandma gives birth to twins: related news

70-year-old grandma gives birth to twins?

NEW DELHI, July 4 (UPI) -- The birth of twins Friday has a 70-year-old woman in India staking her claim as the world's oldest mother.

Septuagenarian gives birth - to twins

New Delhi - Twins born to a 70-year-old grandmother in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state last month are doing well and could be discharged in a day or two, hospital officials said on Monday.

Priceline.com Bookings Up 70 Percent

Priceline.com reported that its gross travel bookings for the 2nd quarter, which refers to the total dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, of all travel services purchased by consumers, rose 70.9 percent year-over-year to $2.1 billion. Priceline.com had GAAP revenues in the 2nd quarter of $514.0 million, a 44.4 percent increase over a year ago. The company's international operations contributed revenues in the 2nd quarter of $164.5 million, an 82.0 percent increase versus a year ago. GAAP gross profit for the 2nd quarter was $253.7 million, a 61.4 percent increase from the prior year. Priceline.com had GAAP net income for the 2nd quarter of $54.1 million or $1.08 per diluted share, compared to GAAP net income of $34.6 million or $0.

Girl, 9, 'robbed at knifepoint by 10-year-old boy trying to steal her games console'

A 10-year-old boy allegedly pulled a knife on a nine-year-old girl after she refused to give up her games console.

Girl, 9, 'robbed at knifepoint by 10-year-old boy trying to steal her games console'

A 10-year-old boy allegedly pulled a knife on a nine-year-old girl after she refused to give up her games console.

Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar

LONGVIEW, Texas - A 35-year-old Texas woman has been jailed after police say she made her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar.

Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar

LONGVIEW, Texas -- A 35-year-old Texas woman has been jailed after police say she made her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar. Police in Longview say they watched a minivan turn into a driveway without signaling on Wednesday and bump into a home at a low speed. They say the car was driven by Jennifer Lynn Rosenberg's daughter.

Texas police say 12-year-old girl drove mom to bar

LONGVIEW, Texas - A 35-year-old Texas woman has been jailed after police say she made her 12-year-old daughter drive her to a bar.

Priceline.com Reports Financial Results for 2nd Quarter 2008

Gross travel bookings increase 71% year over year; International gross travel bookings grow 80%, Domestic gross travel bookings grow 59% NORWALK, Conn.--(Business Wire)-- Priceline.com Incorporated(R) (Nasdaq: PCLN) today reported its financial results for the 2nd quarter 2008. Gross travel bookings for the 2nd quarter, which refers to the total dollar value, inclusive of all taxes and fees, of all travel services purchased by consumers, rose 70.9% year-over-year to $2.1 billion. Priceline.com had GAAP revenues in the 2nd quarter of $514.0 million, a 44.4% increase over a year ago. The Company's international operations contributed revenues in the 2nd quarter of $164.5 million, an 82.0% increase versus a year ago. GAAP gross profit for the 2nd quarter was $253.

Birth certificate "painter" mocks Obama claim that image proves authenticity

with the Daily Kos -- the blog site that published the supposedly authentic Barack Hussein Obama birth certificate and his own birth certificate manipulations in the same June 12 post, Jay McKinnon, aka opendna, says he manipulated the Obama birth certificate to create a blank Hawaii birth certificate as a "template," supposedly for a John McCain birth certificate. But he says it was not an attempt at deception but a "lame joke" that he now regrets.

Hospital: Egyptian woman gives birth to septuplets

CAIRO, Egypt -- A 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, family members and the hospital director said.

Hospital: Egyptian woman gives birth to septuplets (AP)

CAIRO, Egypt - A 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, family members and the hospital director said.

Canadian woman gives birth to 18th child (AP)

Proud dad Alexandru Ionce said Saturday that his 44-year-old wife, Livia, gave birth on July 22. Their daughter Abigail weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces (3.5 kilograms).

Woman, 44, gives birth to her 18th child in Canada (AP)

Proud dad Alexandru Ionce said Saturday that his 44-year-old wife, Livia, gave birth on Tuesday. Their daughter Abigail weighed in at seven pounds, 12 ounces.

Indian grandma mothers a son, at 70!

London: An Indian woman has become the world's oldest mother after giving birth to twins – at the age of 70.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

Red Hat Numbers Up

Red Hat saw earnings rise 6.6% to $17.3 million, or eight cents a share in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 on revenue up 32% year-over-year and 11% sequentially to $156.6 million. EPS was dead flat year-over-year. Subscription revenue was $130.7 million, up 27% year-over-year and up 7% sequentially. Training and services were up 64% to $25.9 million.

70-million year old fossil found in a rock

The fossilised bones of a tarbosaurus, which lived 70 million years ago, is shown embedded in the rock it was found in. Researchers unveiled the nearly perfectly-preserved fossil in Japan.

Digitizing Old Magazines?

"I have a lot of old video game magazines, they're nice for playing 'classic games' because a lot of classics are impossible without the manual, and hard without a magazine (the magazine obviously negates the need for a manual usually). But they'd get damaged with a flatbed scanner, and digital cameras are hard to set up right for capturing old magazines. I know that old documents are digitally archived with very high-res cameras..." So, the question is, what is the best way to capture all the information in old magazines in digital format? Does anyone have a home-built rig taking after the angled-pair-of-scanners setup that Project Gutenburg uses?

The identical twins who married twins and had twins

London, July 23: As if the chance of meeting and falling in love with identical twin brothers Craig and Mark Sanders was nothing short of a wonder for identical twin sisters Diane and Darlene Nettemeier, things got even better when Diane and Craig beat million to one odds to have identical twins themselves.

Canadian Solar signs 10-year supply deal with LDK

Canadian Solar Inc. said Monday it signed a a ten-year supply contract with solar wafer maker LDK Solar Co., strengthening a two-year-old tie between the companies as LDK ramps up production later this year.

Nintendo Raises Full-year Forecasts, Sees Record Sales

The company raised its consolidated sales and operating income estimates announced in April 2008 by ¥200 billion (approx US$1.85 billion) to 2 trillion (a 19.6% year-on-year growth) and by ¥120 billion to 650 billion (a 33.4% year-on-year increase), respectively. If this goal is met, Nintendo will see its annual sales reach ¥2 trillion for the first time in its history.

Cassini's Primary Mission Ends, Two-Year Extension Begins

wooferhound points out recent news that the Cassini probe has completed its original four-year mission and is beginning a two-year extended mission, which was authorized earlier this year. Cassini's first mission brought us a treasure trove of information about Saturn and its various moons. The new mission will target two of those moons in particular for further study: Titan and Enceladus. Quoting: "The spacecraft is extremely healthy and carries 12 instruments powered by three radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Data from Cassini's nominal and extended missions could lay the groundwork for possible future missions to Saturn, Titan or Enceladus. [The two moons] are primary targets in the two-year extended mission, dubbed the Cassini Equinox Mission.

102 year old gran on Facebook

102-year-old Ivy Bean decided it was time to get herself some online action when she heard about the site through staff at the care home where she lives.


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