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Forty-seven-year-old Judy Brown didn’t know she was pregnant until one hour before she gave birth at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts on Wednesday. Judy Brown went to Beverly Hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain, to then be told she was actually in labour. An hour later, much to her surprise, she gave birth to an 8-pound baby. Read More »

Johnny Fratto has died after a battle with lung cancer, TMZ reports. He was 61. Johnny Fratto passed away peacefully at 12:06 a.m. surrounded by family. His wife Ivanka first confirmed his passing today. “Howard Stern Show” regular was the son of famous mob boss Louis Fratto, a major shot caller in Chicago, Illinois and Iowa in the ’30s, ’40s, ... Read More »

Micah Speir, GarbageMan Hailed as ‘Hero’ After Returning $12K in Lost Checks to School. KOMO-TV in Seattle reports that Waste Management employee Micah Speir was picking up scattered trash next to some bins when he found a number of checks made out to Lawson Elementary School. Read More »

Eddie Murphy is preparing to become a father for the ninth time at the age of 54. The Oscar-nominated actor has five children – Bria, Myles, Shayne, Zola and Bella – ranging in age from 26 to 13, with his ex-wife Nicole Murphy, whom he divorced in 2006 after 22 years of marriage. Read More »

Dallas-Based Auction House Sells Signed Abraham Lincoln Document For $2.2M. Lincoln wrote and signed the text for Linton Usher, son of his interior secretary John Usher, in March 1865 in a book that includes dozens of autographs from famous 19th century figures. It sold to an anonymous collector for $2,213,000 — more than double its pre-sale estimate of $1 million, ... Read More »

A Georgia state trooper has gone out of his way to help four children whose parents died in a car crash, WSB-TV reports. Trooper Nathan Bradley was sent to retrieve Justin, Amaya, Damien and Travion, ages six to 13, from their home and tell them their parents, Donald and Crystal Howard, had died in a car crash. The Howards had ... Read More »

Kathleen Kane has released hundreds of sexually explicit or crude emails that had been sent or received by current or former public officials. Pennsylvania Attorney General was thrown into the middle of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal on Thursday, testifying in a closed-door hearing on her knowledge of potential grand jury leaks. Read More »

Deen Castronovo has confirmed that he was fired from the band in the wake of his arrest. Deen Castronovo was arrested in June for an assault against his then fiance at his Salem, OR home. Originally charged with assault, coercion and menacing, he had rape, sexual abuse and unlawful use of a weapon added after police completed their investigation. He ... Read More »

Pakistani rescuers have pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of a collapsed factory and are searching for dozens of others believed still trapped in a disaster that has killed at least 20. The reasons for the collapse are unclear but reports suggest the factory’s owner, who was adding an extra floor, may had ignored advice to stop construction ... Read More »

Bali airport will remain closed until Friday due to ash erupting from a nearby volcano, Indonesian officials said, grounding hundreds of flights for a second consecutive day. Mount Rinjani blasted ash and debris almost 11,500 feet into the air on Wednesday, according to a spokesman from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. The eruption shut down flights at the Ngurah Rai ... Read More »

Council’s transportation committee on Wednesday settled on a new policy that restricts the time roadside memorials can stay up. The committee agreed to a six-month window for memorials, such as ghost bikes and crosses, to remain on public property. The timeframe was extended past the staff-recommended three months. Tina Belanger’s voice shook as she remembered her friend Meg Dussault at ... Read More »