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• Lexington Herald-Leader

  Stores' use of cameras raise concerns

  The curvy mannequin piqued the interest of a couple of lanky teenage boys. Little did they know that as they groped its tight maroon shirt in the clothing store that day, video cameras were rolling. At a mall, a father emerged from a store dragging h

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• The Bend Bulletin

  Smart retail strategy or invasion of privacy?; Privacy advocates are troubled by research conducted via video camera

  The curvy mannequin piqued the interest of a couple of lanky teenage boys. Little did they know that as they groped its tight maroon shirt in the clothing store that day, video cameras were rolling.At a mall, a father emerged from a store dragging hi

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• The Guardian

  Postnatal depression campaign urges wider treatment access

  Two women who were treated for severe PND at specialised units call for care to be extended nationally

  Admitting that she didn't like being a mum was so unthinkable for Claire Keys, it wasn't until she found herself starin

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• ReadingEagle.com

  Ana Veciana-Suarez: Teenage years test the sanity of parents

  Parenting, my husband tells anyone who will listen, is the last stand of the amateur.This rings particularly true when children pass through the fun house known as adolescence. No matter how patient or strict or understanding parents try to be, the t

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• Planet Green

  Robot Baby Teaches Parenting Skills

  It giggles and then it cries. It coos and then it wails. Ah yes. The wild swing of emotions from babies is now replicated in robots. Engineering students from Tsukuba University north of Tokyo in Japan have given birth to ...

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• Bakersfield.com

  HEATHER IJAMES: WarmLine helps with perils of parenting

  I received a lot of positive response from my last column detailing my efforts not to raise my voice at my children, and it makes me feel better knowing that I'm not the only person in this town who can laugh about wiping my children's saliva off

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• The Los Angeles Times

  Kate Winslet, director husband Sam Mendes to divorce

  Representatives: "The split is entirely amicable and is by mutual agreement. Both parties are fully committed to the future joint parenting of their children."

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• The Guardian

  Letters: Families need more than fathers

  I found Tony Sewell's article offensive ( The boys are too feminised , 16 March). He places the blame for black boys' behaviour not on racism, and not even really on absent black fathers, but squarely on their mothers' shoulders: "More than racism

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