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Jefferson Adams is a freelance writer living in San Francisco. His poems, essays and photographs have appeared in Antioch Review, Blue Mesa Review, CALIBAN, Celiac.com, Hayden's Ferry Review, Huffington Post, the Mississippi Review, and Slate among others.

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Breast-feeding mom smothers baby on plane

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

A breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child while flying on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Kuwait,...
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Insurance yanks depression coverage over 'happy' Facebook pics

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 · 2 comments

In a story that reads like a combination of a Monty Python skit and a Charles Dickens scenario, a Canadian woman on long-term leave for depression...
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Did fertility Doc use own sperm to inseminate women?

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Dr. Ben Ramaley, a Greenwich, Connecticut fertility doctor has been accused of using his own sperm to impregnate the wife of a couple who engaged his...
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Saw VI: Torture porn takes on health care reform

If you're fed up with the fight over health care and looking for a little good, clean, revenge fantasy fun at the expense of the bad guys in the...
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Skinny Baby? No insurance!

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Talk about working both sides of the street. Last week, it was fat baby, no insurance, now it looks like skinny baby, no insurance! When a Colorado...
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Medical group expels octomom doctor

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The Beverly Hills physician who provided fertility treatments to octuplets mom Nadya Suleman has been booted from a prominent professional medical...
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Newlywed woman impaled through neck by tree - survives

20-year old newlywed Michelle Childers is lucky to be alive after a tree branch fell and impaled her through the neck during a drive through the...
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Cops drawing blood in DUI fight

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Coming soon to a roadside near you: Cops with needles. What sounds like an ad for a cheap summer horror movie is actually the latest tool in the...
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Can blue M&Ms really heal spinal injuries?

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Is it true? Can blue M&Ms heal spinal cord injuries? Well, it seems that a series of tests on rats shows that the food dye used to color blue...
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San Jose man sets Coney Island hot dog record

San Jose's Joey Chestnut forced down a record 68 hot dogs to take his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous Fourth of...
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