They are the forgotten partners. It is obvious but often overlooked: for every teenage mother there is a father, usually a teenager who finds himself treated as an outsider, receiving none of the solicitous attention that occasionally attends the mother and child
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Who Needs a Husband?
Jodie Hannaman grew up in Houston, a city as fond of formal weddings as of barbecues and rodeos.
Girl found in NY claims no memory of name, home, family
Authorities are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a teenage girl who mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago, claiming to have no memory of her family, her home — or even her own name. “I just want to know who I am,” the girl says in a statement released by the New York City Administration for Children’s Services
‘Dance’ judge Murphy says she was abused wife
TV dance judge Mary Murphy said singer Chris Brown’s attack on his girlfriend, Rihanna, prompted her to talk publicly about spousal abuse that she says she suffered first as a teenage bride three decades ago. Murphy — the vivacious judge on Fox TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance” — told CNN’s Larry King that she wants other victims to learn from how she endured, but escaped, domestic violence.
Spike Jonze goes ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
Get your wolf suit out, channel your inner child and get ready to howl — it’s time for the wild rumpus to start. Spike Jonze’s eagerly awaited film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic picture book “Where the Wild Things Are” arrives in cinemas across the U.S
Filipinos preparing for worst, ‘praying’ for best from Parma
Arturo Fidelino couldn’t sleep.
In Nassau, Travolta testifies about day son Jett died
John Travolta spoke publicly for the first time Wednesday about his desperate efforts to save his teenage son’s life after he suffered a seizure at the family’s vacation home in the Bahamas in January.
Oprah flick ‘Precious’ wins top award at Toronto
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up Saturday and Hollywood evacuated, leaving the city to turn its attention to ice hockey team, the Maple Leafs’ fall calendar. But not before Lee Daniel’s “Precious: Based on the Novel by Push” proved the rumor-mongers right by taking home the all-important Cadillac People’s Choice Award for Best Film
10 children hurt in Germany school attack
A teenage student attacked several children at his school in southern Germany on Thursday, wounding 10 people before police arrested him, police said.
‘Dancing’ champ: No need for Abdul as judge
It says something about the popularity of “Dancing With the Stars” that the show’s professional dancers have become almost as famous as the celebrities they’re paired with. Take Mark Ballas, who last season waltzed and tangoed his way to a first-place finish with Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson — his second mirror ball trophy since he joined the hit series in 2007