Almost five years have passed since the British toddler vanished while on vacation with her parents in Portugal.

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Britain Reopens the Madeleine McCann Case

The mother of a severely disabled girl gives evidence in the trial of the child’s grandparents who are accused of her manslaughter.

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Mother gives grandparent evidence

Supermarkets stand accused of undermining parents’ attempts to feed their families healthily by continuing to place junk food near checkouts.

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Junk food ‘still placed at tills’

The grandparents of a severely disabled teenage girl deny her manslaughter and charges of child cruelty.

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Grandparents deny killing child

More than 30 years ago, 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished from a Manhattan street on his way to a school bus stop. His parents never saw him again.

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Missing child case ‘awakened America’

Adam Hollioake says the theft of his late brother Ben’s England cricket kit left his parents distraught.

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Hollioake reveals burglary hurt

A police officer’s elderly parents are the target of a pipe bomb attack for the second time in Londonderry.

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Officer parents pipe bomb target

Child benefit should be docked if parents fail to pay fines for persistent truancy by their children, a government adviser says.

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‘Dock benefits for truancy’ call

UK parents are suffering a crisis of confidence when it comes to playing with their children, suggests a survey.

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Child’s play ‘not easy’ after all

A group of children and parents set up camp at a mountaineering centre to protest at plans to close a dry ski-slope.

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Protests over ski slope closure

Finally embracing reality, Rick Santorum decided to take the easy way out rather than the hard way, leaving the GOP presidential race before a potentially humiliating loss in his home state. The race has been a foregone conclusion for weeks, but Santorum did indicate that the weekend and the illness of his daughter did cause he and his wife to reflect on the race and their responsibility as parents. In defeat he was humble and sincere, and in recapping the race he charted the improbable course of his campaign. For cynics, it was maybe the first speech of his next campaign, an option he leaves open by not fighting to the bitter end and by not making himself a pariah in the race. That he never mentioned Mitt Romney by name or offered congratulations is, well, sadly reflective of a smallness that he revealed from time to time. Read full article > >

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Jennifer Rubin: Santorum quits the race

30,000 kids, parents gather on South Lawn.

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Obamas Host Annual Easter Egg Roll

Come graduation time next month, there will be grandparents — many with student loans themselves — sitting at the ceremonies for their grandchildren, who will leave college with their own education debt. Some in both groups will take those loans to their graves. Read full article > >

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Student loans saddle both kinds of seniors: graduates and grandparents

Come graduation time next month, there will be grandparents — many with student loans themselves — sitting at the ceremonies for their grandchildren, who will leave college with their own education debt. Some in both groups will take those loans to their graves. Read full article > >

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Student loans saddle both kinds of seniors: graduates and grandparents

Scientists have for the first time homed in on several gene mutations that they say sharply increase the chances of autism, and have found that the risk increases with the age of the parents, particularly the father.

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Scientists Link Rare Gene Mutations to Heightened Risk of Autism