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• Woods' caddie raises funds for sick children
AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Tiger Woods' New Zealand-born caddie has made the most of his employer's injury-enforced absence from golf to raise 1 million New Zealand dollars (US$620,000) for child cancer sufferers. Caddie Steve Williams presented the ...
• Riding dinosaur, robot top hot holiday toy list
NEW YORK - A lifelike baby Triceratops that children can ride on, a Wall-E robot that responds to your voice, a dancing game that eliminates wires and mats. Toy makers are upping the "Wow!"-factor in new products in an attempt to capture children's ...
• Drug companies: No cold meds for kids under 4
WASHINGTON - Children under 4 should not be given over-the-counter cough and cold remedies, drug companies said Tuesday in a concession to pediatricians who doubt the drugs work in kids and worry about their safety. The voluntary changes came less ...
• Police: 20 children die in Tanzania stampede
ARUSHA, Tanzania - A stampede at an overcrowded dance hall in central Tanzania killed 20 children and left 50 others injured as they celebrated an important Muslim festival, police said Thursday. At least 400 children aged 5 to 13 were inside the ...
• Chinese lawyers pressured to drop milk cases
BEIJING - Lawyers advising the families of children sickened in China’s tainted milk scandal said Tuesday they are facing growing official pressure to withdraw from the cases. A loose grouping of more than 100 lawyers across China have been ...