Parents reveal child's gender after 5 years

Parents reveal child's gender after 5 years, Couple Finally Reveals Child's Gender, Five Years After Birth. Beck Laxton and Kieran Cooper wanted a gender-neutral childhood for Sasha. It's a boy! And he's five. Beck Laxton, 46, and partner Kieran Cooper, 44, have spent half the decade concealing the gender of their son, Sasha.

President Obama Sings Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together'

President Obama Sings Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together', President Obama sings at Apollo fundraiser - 'Let's Stay Together'. Bill Clinton blasted a mean sax, Harry Truman and Richard Nixon tickled the ivories, Andrew Jackson strummed the banjo, and John Quincy Adams tooted the flute – only not very well, according to his Harvard classmates.

Poe fans call an end to 'Toaster' tradition

Poe fans call an end to 'Toaster' tradition, Nevermore? Poe grave 'Toaster' vanishes. It's been years since a man wearing black clothes and a wide-brimmed hat visited the writer's grave. Edgar Allan Poe fans waited long past a midnight dreary, but it appears annual visits to the writer's grave in Baltimore by a mysterious figure called the "Poe Toaster" shall occur nevermore.

Kodak files for bankruptcy

Kodak files for bankruptcy - Kodak files for bankruptcy, secures $950 million lifeline. The 130-year-old photographic film pioneer files for bankruptcy, while securing a $950 million lifeline. Eastman Kodak Co, which invented the hand-held camera and helped bring the world the first pictures from the moon, has filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for what remains one of America's best-known companies.

State pulls 'racy' tourism ad

State pulls 'racy' tourism ad, ND tourism director: Ad wasn't meant to be racy. An advertisement meant to showcase North Dakota's nightlife is removed after a slew of complaints. The advertisement was meant to showcase North Dakota's nightlife: Two young men and three women flirt through the window of a downtown Fargo motel bar. Printed next to them is the message: "Drinks, dinner, decisions. Arrive a guest. Leave a legend."

Clash over North America's oldest bones

Clash over North America's oldest bones, Researchers, tribes clash over Native bones. A new regulation may force hundreds of institutions to return remains dating back 10,000 years. On a bluff overlooking a sweep of Southern California beach, scientists in 1976 unearthed what were among the oldest skeletal remains ever found in the Western Hemisphere.

Carnival and cruise sector count cost of disaster

Carnival and cruise sector count cost of disaster, Staggering costs of cruise-ship disaster. Carnival, owner of the ship that capsized off Italy, could take a $90 million hit from the accident. The cruise ship industry faces an uphill task to restore confidence among customers spooked by images of the stricken Costa Concordia flipped on its side in Italian waters on Monday and could suffer a hit to sales in a key booking period.

World's most expensive parking lot

World's most expensive parking lot, This aircraft carrier is the world’s most expensive parking lot. American taxpayers should be happy that this aircraft carrier is loaded with cars, the Navy says. What you're looking at is the deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan covered in the vehicles of Navy Sailors heading to Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Washington. At a cost of about $4.5 billion this is probably the world's most expensive parking lot.

Scarlett Johansson Lost Girl With Dragon Tattoo Role for Being Too Good, Scarlett Johansson was among the bevy of A-list actresses who lost out on the sought-after role of Lisbeth Salander in this fall's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, based on late Swedish author Stieg Larsson's blockbuster crime novel (the first in a bestselling trilogy).

Director David Fincher eventually gave the part in his American adaptation to lesser-known actress Rooney Mara, with whom he worked on The Social Network.

"We flew in people from New Zealand and Swaziland and all over the place," Fincher explained to Vogue. "Look, we saw some amazing people. Scarlett Johansson was great. It was a great audition, I'm telling you."

So why didn't Johansson, 26, nab the part? "But the thing with Scarlett is, you can't wait for her to take her clothes off."

Indeed, Johansson is probably too voluptuous for the edgy role as it is written in the book. Brilliant, socially freakish computer hacker Salander is a "a pale, anorexic young woman who had hair as short as a fuse, and a pierced nose and eyebrows," author Larson wrote of Lizbeth, who is covered in tattoos.

"I keep trying to explain this," Fincher said of his hunt for the protagonist, played by Noomi Rapace in the original Swedish-language trilogy." Salander should be like E.T. If you put E.T. dolls out before anyone had seen the movie, they would say, 'What is this little squishy thing?' Well, you know what? When he hides under the table and he grabs the Reese's Pieces, you love him! It has to be like that."

He added: "I had seen a lot of actresses. I was beginning to get to the point where I was thinking, 'Maybe conceptually you are talking about a person who doesn't exist'."

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Earth's population to hit 7 billion people, Think back to when the first caveman and cavewoman were sitting around in their cave, bored and lonely. We wonder if they envisioned the sheer magnitude of the decision they were about to make.

Fast forward to 2012 and 2 people has become 7 billion. According to the United Nations, the world population will reach 7 billion by the end of the month. Sadly, no one is celebrating as it has taken only 12 years to jump from 6 billion to 7 billion. With rapid growth like this, our planet is inching dangerously close to exhausting both space and resources. Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, laments the asymptotic population climb:

"This is a crowded planet. This is trouble, frankly..."

Oh boy. Is it time to talk about creepy population control techniques a la "Logan's Run" or "The Lottery?" Thankfully, Sachs has a more humane idea -- reduce infant mortality. But wouldn't that increase the population?

"When children survive predictably then parents choose to have fewer children...In the high-income and most of the middle-income countries, population is stabilized. It's in the poorest countries -- where you don't have access to health care, family planning, where the children die in large numbers, when the girls aren't able to stay in school -- that the population is soaring."

So, like any problem, the solution lies in creating a healthy quality of life for all Earth's inhabitants. Hopefully, we will look at his benchmark as another example as to why we as a species need to continue to evolve intelligently and spend our time and energy striking a symbiotic balance with our planet. Or else how will we survive to see the inevitable "Twilight" reboot?!

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Apple Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder and longtime leader of Apple, has passed away at the age of 56. To honor his memory, Apple.com now displays a full-page tribute to the man that helped reinvent computing, entertainment and mobile. Apple has also posted a short letter. It reads as follows:

“Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”

Apple is also asking for those who would like to share their thoughts or condolences to email remembersteve@apple.com.

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