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Milwaukee mom has heated words for son's murderer

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Published Aug. 29, 2010 at 11:45 p.m.

A Milwaukee mother says heated words lead to the murder of her son. The victim's mother believes police know who's responsible or are close to finding out ...

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Mother Accused of Trying to Drown Son

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A 22-year-old Milwaukee woman is accused of trying to drown her son, who will be three next month, in a bathtub inside their room at the Baymont Inn and Suites on North Port Washington Road in Glendale ...

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Milwaukee woman charged for trying to kill 2-year-old in hotel bathtub

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Published June 8, 2010 at 7:28 p.m.

Tiffany Jones is charged with trying to kill her 2-year-old son. Police say the 22-year-old mom admitted she tried to drown him in a bathtub at the Glendale Baymont Inn ...

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Skenazy challenges overprotective parenting with "Free Range Kids"

Published April 26, 2010 at 3:02 p.m.

In April 2008, writer Lenore Skenazy wrote in her column for The New York Sun that she let her then 9-year-old son take the subway home alone. Newpapers around the world covered the story as well as "The Today Show," MSNBC and more. OnMilwaukee.com checked in with her recently to hear more about her controversial parenting style.

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Nothing's cuter than a paper hat

Published March 29, 2010 at 10:01 a.m.

Like all parents, I have moments with my kids that I want to freeze forever. It's interesting, because, for me, they rarely occur during the milestone moments

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Milwaukee Mother Shoots Son During Prank

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 8:04 p.m.

A prank turns to terror on Milwaukee's north side. It happened when a 21-year-old man thought it would be funny to scare his mother when she got home from shopping Thursday night ...

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Mom shoots son when holdup prank goes wrong

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 8:50 a.m.

A young man's attempt to play a practical joke on his mother Thursday went awry when the woman ended up in police custody and the son ended up with a bullet in his groin, police said.The injured 21-year-old told police he thought it would be funny to frighten his mother when she returned from shopping, according to the Milwaukee Police Department. So the young man put on a ski mask about 9 p.m. and approached her at their house in the 3700 block of N. 13th Street, police said.The 37-year-old

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Panhandling is a complicated issue for this parent

Published Jan. 25, 2010 at 12:11 p.m.

My kids have an ongoing interest in panhandlers. We encounter them weekly, sometimes more, and it always inspires conversation that, quite frankly, I can't answer in a cut-and-dried fashion.

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How Pizza Man made me a parent

Published Jan. 19, 2010 at 11:32 a.m.

From the title of this blog, you might think I became a parent after an evening of consuming way too much wine at Pizza Man. Sorry to report, that is not the case.

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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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