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Sam Riddle, political director for the National Action Network, speaks outside Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, during a protest in response to an African-American nurse's claim that the hospital agreed to a man's request that no black nurses care for his newborn. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Lauren Justice)

Hospital allegedly granted request for no black nurses

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FLINT, Mich. (AP) - An African-American nurse claims a Michigan hospital agreed to a man's request that no black nurses care for his newborn...
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This undated photo provided by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, shows Breona Moore, of of McKeesport, Pa., who was arraigned Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, on charges she kidnapped a 3-day-old infant from Magee-Women's Hospital of UPMC. The newborn was found with Moore on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 and was reunited with his parents unharmed. Moore remains jailed unable to post $250,000 bond and was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation by a city court judge. (AP Photo/ Pittsburgh Bureau of Police)

Teen arraigned, jailed in 3-day-old infant abduction

Joe Mandak, Associated Press
(AP) - A 19-year-old woman who falsely claimed to be pregnant was arraigned Friday on charges she kidnapped a 3-day-old infant from a hospital after pretending to be a nurse and sneaking the baby boy out inside a zippered handbag, police said...
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Mom who tossed baby down garbage shoot gets probation

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Laquasia Wright, a 19-year-old Brooklyn girl, was allowed to plead guilty in endangering the welfare of a child after she threw her baby down her 8th floor garbage chute...
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Mom gets probation after botched circumcision

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CHICAGO - Keemonta Peterson, 29, said she was inspired by the Old Testament and made the attempt with a box cutter last October...
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Meet 'Moose', the 16 lb. baby

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VIDEO - You might say he's a Texas-sized tot. Born weighing a whopping 16 pounds, a Longview, Texas, baby is getting worldwide attention...
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Bigger is far from better when it comes to babies

Dr. Tyeese Gaines
theGRIO REPORT - JaMichael Brown broke records with his birth weight of 16 pounds and his mother can celebrate a good outcome. Yet, some large newborns have a much higher risk of complications...
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Whoa, baby! Texas mom delivers 16-pound newborn

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VIDEO - Janet Johnson on Monday remained in an East Texas hospital after giving birth to what her doctors called one of the biggest newborns they've ever seen...
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