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Natural childbirth expert Sheila Kitzinger, whose books helped people around the world begin new lives as parents, has died. She was 86.

A Mom left her quadriplegic son, who has cerebral palsy, in the woods for several days and went to visit her boyfriend in Maryland, police said Saturday. Nyia Parler, 41, is accused of leaving her 21-year-old son in a wooded area along Cobbs Creek Parkway near Catharine Street around 11 a.m. Monday before traveling to Montgomery County, Maryland to visit …

Let’s talk telco? The regulator has announced a new multi-year plan that will look into the services Canadians require to participate in the digital economy.

Tom Towles, a character actor who appeared in horror movies and had a recurring role on “NYPD Blue,” died April 2 after suffering a stroke. He was 65.

Liana Barrientos, a Bronx woman has been busted for getting married 10 times without ever divorcing.

Speck Mellencamp, 19, was sentenced to four days behind bars, while his brother Hud, 20, must serve 50 hours of community service for their role in a fight with a 19 year old in Bloomington, Indiana.

Police release video of family in deadly brawl outside WalMart. The Gaver family had allegedly been sleeping in an SUV, in a car park outside a Walmart store in Arizona when police were called. Enoch Gaver, 21, was killed in the fight and David Gaver, 28, was shot in the abdomen and taken into custody, while a veteran police officer, …

GWAR, the gory shock rock band known for spraying their loving fans with fake blood, has been sued by William Brockie, the father of the group’s late founder, Dave Brockie. A report from Style Weekly details William Brockie’s claim that members of the band took Dave Brockie’s remains and other personal things without his permission.

The long-time Clint Eastwood Co-star Geoffrey Lewis, who was also father to actor Juliette Lewis, has died aged 79. According to Variety, Geoffrey passed away from natural causes at his home in Woodland Hills, California, on Tuesday.

Suicide over buffet? This past Sunday, a man shot himself at the M Resort in Las Vegas and left a 270-page suicide note attributing his death to depression caused by the loss of his lifetime free pass to the resort’s buffet. The man, John Noble, had his free buffet pass revoked after he repeatedly harassed female resort employees. This was …

Husband in Coma Awakes After Wife Declines to End Life Support. A newlywed wife’s decision to not allow doctors to take her comatose husband off life support turned out to be the right one, thankfully, when the husband woke up. Danielle Josey Davis had been married to husband Matt Davis only seven months when a shattering motorcycle accident in 2010 …