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DNA tests for Tutankhamun daughters

Egyptian scientists are to carry out DNA tests on two mummified foetuses found in the tomb of Tutankhamun to determine whether they are daughters of the young pharaoh, Egypt's supreme council of antiquities said yesterday. The foetuses, discovered in the tomb in Luxor in 1922, may be his stillborn children.

Obama threatens to turn Secret Service on daughters' suitors

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (AFP) - Barack Obama came clean Sunday on his true motivation behind running for president -- to keep his daughters safe from undesirable suitors.

Michael Sokolove's 'Warrior Girls'

Warrior Girls Protecting Our Daughters Against the Injury Epidemic in Women's Sports. By Michael Sokolove. 308 pages. $25. Simon & Schuster.

Manhunt 2 dated

Lock up your sons and daughters, protect the elderly, alert your reactionary local MP and somebody please fetch the barbed-wire entwined baseball bat- Manhunt 2 has been given an official UK street date…

Obama's true intentions

Barack Obama came clean Sunday on his true motivation behind running for president — to keep his daughters safe from undesirable suitors.

This is exactly why I started my blog "Welcome to my Tweendom". Parents at our schoo...

My reader's advisory interviews as a children's librarian are informed by the fact that my two teenage daughters, avid readers both, have always seemed to effectively self-censor. When they came across books that were too spicy/complicated for them, they'd react with disinterest, puzzlement, or complete embarrassment. True, I did cast a motherly eye over their reading material, but I never dreamed of taking anything away. The key, as Shannon and several others pointed out, is to keep recommending utterly fabulous books that happen to be more age-appropriate. In the library, I would never dream of saying "no" or even "are you sure?" to an 11-year-old who asked for Gossip Girls, but I would also steer her to books in the juvenile section with similar appeal .

Americans elect poodle to White House

A poodle at a dog show. Americans have elected a poodle to the White House, the American Kennel Club (AKC) said Thursday. After reports that Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle promised their young daughters that they could have a dog after the election, the AKC polled the

Former Test cricketer Zulfiqar passes away

LAHORE: Former Pakistan Test cricketer Zulfiqar Ahmad died of cardiac arrest in a local hospital here on Friday. He was 82. Zulfiqar was buried in the Defence Graveyard. Zulfiqar was ill for the last few months and remained hospitalized at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital for quite some time. His condition worsened yesterday and he was taken to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where he was pronounced dead. He left behind a wife and three daughters to mourn his death. Zulfiqar was brother-in-law of late Abdul Hafeez Kardar, the first captain of the Pakistan cricket team.

Revolutionary War Relic of Historical Import Goes to Auction in Detroit at DuMouchelle Art Galleries

DETROIT, MI, Sep 13 (MARKET WIRE) -- It is said that we live in interesting -- perhaps even historical -- times. Without a doubt, so too did Ephraim Fairbanks -- and he left behind an amazing documentation reflecting the vigor and determination of a nation at its birth. The relic, a powder horn, found amongst the items set for the auction block in Detroit today, has been discovered to be an important piece of Americana according to several historical museums. Actually, two Ephraim Fairbanks (a father and son), have been established on record during that period -- both of whom hailed from Bolton, Massachusetts and have been documented as "Patriots" by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ephraim, Jr. came from a prominent family and was a sergeant during the war.

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