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Noah, her firstborn, was the last to die. The 7-year-old left his half-eaten cereal on the kitchen table when Andrea summoned him. Walking into the bathroom, Noah saw his sister facedown in the water, her tiny fists clenched. He asked, "What's wrong with Mary?" and then, according to the account Andrea would give police, he tried to run away. His mother chased him down, dragged the wailing boy to the bathroom and forced him facedown into nine inches of cold water in the tub, his sister's body floating lifeless next to him. Noah came...
...called the doctor for follow-up, but she was unavailable. Hours later, a nurse rang to say the doc was too busy to talk--and there was really nothing more she could tell us anyway. Hello? The woman to whom I had entrusted my firstborn child's physical well-being had just breezily raised the specter of his winding up like Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. Even if she didn't have any answers, she should have had the decency to call me back...
...having caved on Barbie for my firstborn, I banned the Bratz for my second, determined to draw a line somewhere, only to watch her fascination grow every time we passed the toy aisle at Target. Meanwhile, the competitive threat to Barbie did not go unnoticed by the makeover masters at Mattel. In the face of years of criticism, Nurse Barbie had turned into Doctor Barbie, Stewardess Barbie into Astronaut Barbie, with a host of multicultural friends. There was even Barbie for President 2004 in a trim red pantsuit with a Stars-and-Stripes scarf...
...family since 1965. Crown Prince Naruhito, 45, and his wife Masako, 42, have had only one daughter, 4-year-old Aiko. Naruhito's brother, Prince Akishino, 40, and his wife, Kiko, 39, have two daughters. So Koizumi's panel suggested that succession should pass to the Emperor's firstborn, regardless of gender. Assuming that Naruhito succeeds his father, Emperor Akihito, Aiko would then be in line for the throne. The panel's plan seemed wildly popular and Koizumi vowed to introduce a bill to modify the law this March...
...know for sure is that this child will hate the Yankees. Red Sox fans BEN AFFLECK and JENNIFER GARNER have welcomed their firstborn, a girl, to the world, but reps for the couple have not revealed the precious child's name. The actors, both 33, who co-starred in 2003's Daredevil, married in June. Apparently nesting appealed more than acting this year. Affleck didn't appear in a single film--perhaps still atoning for 2003's Gigli--and ABC announced the cancellation of Alias, the show that made Garner a star. The good news is, everybody will soon...