Some Senators Going Postal over Saturday Mail
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — In the aftermath of the Postal Service’s announcement that it will end Saturday mail delivery come August, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs met Wednesday to chew over possibl…
Men Suffer Pregnancy Pains in Labor Simulation
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Labor is the type of pain that even makes grown men cry. But now, two Dutch television hosts, Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno of the show Guinea Pigs, can vouch for the fact that all the screaming isn’t j…
Moms Push to Have First Babies of New Year
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Sarah Grillo was lying on an operating table last New Year’s Eve as doctors prepared for her cesarean section when she heard people singing “Auld Lang Syne” down the hall.”I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, they could really …
Package Theft Rising as More Order Online
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Wondering why that gift you ordered online a week ago hasn’t arrived yet?
Well, it may not be the retailer’s fault or the result of slow shipping. What’s been occurring more often are thieves swiping packages f…
North Carolina Woman Delivers Baby at Bus Stop, Mom Names Baby After Her
Courtesy Emily Brewer(RALEIGH, N.C.) — A University of North Carolina graduate student didn’t let two toddlers, a language barrier and no medical experience get in the way of stepping in to help deliver a woman’s baby at a bus stop.Emily Brewer’s day …
Hospitals Offer First Class Deliveries to Those Who Can Afford It
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — There’s special delivery and then there’s extra-special delivery. When pop star Beyonce gave birth to her daughter Blue Ivy at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City earlier this year, news sources reported tha…
Walmart, Amazon Roll Out Same-Day Delivery for Online Orders
Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Just in time for the holiday shopping season, two retailing giants are gearing up for same-day package delivery for goods purchased online. Walmart to Go is being test marketed in several cities across the country.&nb…
NY Mom on Way to Hospital Delivers Twins on Two Different Highways
Declan (L) and Gavin (R). (Courtesy Deirdre Shea)(NEW YORK) — Before a very pregnant Siobhan Anderson left her Amityville, N.Y., home early Saturday morning to deliver twin baby boys, her mother told her, “You’d better not give birth on the Northern S…
Baby’s Birth Captured by MRI, Creating Time-Lapse Movie
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BERLIN) — This is not your average video of a live birth. German researchers have used Magnetic Resonance Imaging to peer inside a woman’s body during labor, a medical first that sheds light on the birth process.
The researchers…
Surprise Delivery: When Babies Are Born in Strange Places
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A train and an elevator were just two of the unlikely places where babies were born this week.Rabita Sarke of Harrison, N.J., surprised morning commuters on Monday when she gave birth to a boy on a PATH train. And…
Surprise Delivery: When Babies Are Born in Strange Places
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A train and an elevator were just two of the unlikely places where babies were born this week.Rabita Sarke of Harrison, N.J., surprised morning commuters on Monday when she gave birth to a boy on a PATH train. And…