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Family Weekend Roundup: May 1-2, 2010

Published April 30, 2010 at 5:23 a.m.

Whether you spend time eating tacos or drinking tea or checking out a funny performance, make sure your weekend includes Milwaukee family fun.

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Meta House graduates pay tribute, say thanks

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Published Dec. 26, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.

For more than 20 years, Shirley Hughes' alcoholism and drug addiction fueled an out-of-control life, making it difficult to hold jobs or finish college. But about two years ago, Hughes discovered Meta House, a residential treatment center specifically designed to address the unique issues female abusers face as women and mothers.Meta House did the trick and Hughes, now a 44-year-old mother of three, says the therapists at the facility helped her to face many issues in her life that were

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6-week-old dies after co-sleeping with mother

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Published Dec. 28, 2009 at 1:38 p.m.

A 6-week-old girl was found dead Christmas morning after spending the night co-sleeping with her mother and her 2-year-old brother.The mother, Africa Shaw, 27, told investigators that her daughter's lips were blue and her body cold when Shaw woke about 8:30 a.m. Friday, according to a medical examiner's report. The cause of the child's death has not been determined.Shaw told investigators she fed the child, Navaeh McIntosh, Thursday evening, and then placed the infant on a baby blanket on Shaw's

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A mother loses a daughter to crash, and a son to jail

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Published Dec. 20, 2009 at 2:11 a.m.

Gina Grady has lost one child. She doesn't want to lose another. Her 19-year-old daughter, Teanna, was killed in a crash early New Year's Day. Her son, Kenneth, 26, was charged with homicide while driving drunk in the crash ...

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Man charged in his daughter's near drowning

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Published Sept. 3, 2009 at 12:44 p.m.

A man police say almost let his 14-month-old daughter drown in a hotel bathtub while he sat nearby drinking beer was charged Thursday with one count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety and one count of child neglect.Gregory Knitter, 44, of Cornell, was caring for the child at a Super 8 hotel in Wauwatosa last Friday while his girlfriend, the 14-month-old's mother, visited her 3-year-old son at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. The boy was recovering from heart surgery.According to a

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Shorewood mom manages cancer with optimism, honesty

Published June 17, 2009 at 11:23 a.m.

Like most moms, Laura Stratte has a lot on her plate. She has a husband, two small children and she recently completed nursing school. However, on top of it all, Stratte was diagnosed with breast cancer. Recently, OnMilwaukee.com chatted with her to discover what it's like to talk to kids about cancer, undergo chemotherapy and remain optimistic.

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A sweet 16 time capsule

Published April 20, 2009 at 11:28 a.m.

Just before I left for spring training, the father of a 5-year-old girl in California e-mailed and asked if I would write his daughter a letter--for her 16th birthday-- in 2019. Talk about pre-planning a present.

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New program helps kids process cancer

Published April 20, 2009 at 2:35 p.m.

Kids Support is a new program that provides age-appropriate activities and information to help kids between the ages of 4 and 12 who have a family member or friend with the illness. The free sessions start on Wednesday, April 29 at Children's Hospital.

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Teen mother may face charges in abandonment of newborn

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Published April 7, 2009 at 3:04 p.m.

An 18-year-old woman accused of abandoning her newborn daughter on the trunk of a car remains in police custody and could face charges, according to police ...

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What are your family's inside jokes?

Published March 31, 2009 at 4:13 p.m.

The other day, my mom was putting my daughter into her infant seat and she said to her, "Back in bowl," in a vaguely Indian accent. I burst out laughing, and then immediately realized that, other than my sister, almost no one on the planet would've gotten that joke.