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U.S. worse than 68 other countries for newborns
The U.S. is a worse place for newborns than 68 other countries, including Egypt, Turkey and Peru, according to a report released Tuesday by Save the Children. A million babies die every year globally on the same day they were born, including more than 11,000 American newborns, the report estimates....

 

Dramatic escape ends 10-year 'nightmare'
With one frantic 911 call on Monday evening, three women missing for years were found in a Cleveland house where they had been held against their will by three brothers, police in Ohio said.. The three women vanished between August 2002 and April 2004 in separate incidents; they were between 14 and ...

 

Three-day-old baby was sold on Facebook for $14,744
A three-day-old baby was sold on Facebook for $14,744 after his own grandfather told his daughter that her child had died and stole him. A hospital nurse visited the mother's home and took the baby away claiming it was ill.  She and her accomplice allegedly then agreeing to sell...

 

50 Days of Action for Women and Girls
When Hillary Clinton led the State Department, she put women’s issues on the U.S. government’s front burner. Now that we have a new Secretary of State, John Kerry, women's organizations want to make sure that focus continues. That's why Half the Sky Movement has joined with more than 2...

 

Best Buy follows Yahoo! in weighing Presence over Results
We often hear how important it is for American companies to maintain their global competitiveness and how difficult it is to find skilled workers to do the high tech jobs demanded by the new economy. Many of the top companies posting jobs on GajGal are acutely aware of the talent lying dormant in ou...

 
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