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State wants child support from sperm donor

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

A Kansas man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple after answering an online ad is fighting the state’s efforts to suddenly force him to pay child support for the now 3-year-old girl, arguing that he and the women signed an agreement waiving all of his parental rights. The case hinges on the fact that no doctors were used for the artificial insemination. The state argues that because William Marotta … 0

Twin mothers Aimee, left, and Ashlee Nelson hold their newborn sons Donavyn Bratten, left, and Aiden Lee Alan Dilts at Summa Akron City Hospital on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in Akron, Ohio. The mothers, 19, gave birth about two hours apart. (AP Photo/Akron Beacon Journal, Michael Chritton) MANDATORY CREDIT

Ohio: Twin mothers give birth the same day

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Aiden and Donavyn didn’t wait until New Year’s Day to come screaming into the world, but the circumstances of their births are still pretty special: The babies were born about two hours apart to Ohio mothers who are identical twins. The Akron Beacon Journal reports that the 19-year-old mothers – Aimee and Ashlee … 0

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Ronald Briggs of Epsom places a flower in memory of his nephew, Michel Briggs, in a wreath during the New Hampshire Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony; Friday, May 17, 2013. The names of 44 officers who died in the line of duty were read ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff PHOTOS: Event honors officers killed in line of duty in N.H.
Amy McKean loads a box of T-shirts into a vehicle with Rock 'N Race team coordinator Donna Killion at St. Peter's Church in Concord; Tuesday, May 14, 2013. McKean's Rock 'N Race team, Amy's Advocates, raises more money for the Concord Hospital fundraiser than any other team. A survivor of Hodgkins Lymphoma, McKean organizes a team that now number 127 runners and walkers. Though it is the second-largest team, it has raised more money over the last few years than any other group. (ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff) Ray Duckler: Amy and her Advocates raise money for Concord cancer center like no other team
Joseph Foster is interviewed by WMUR before the ceremony where he is sworn in as state Attorney General on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in the Executive Council Chambers at the State House. (ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff) PHOTOS: Incoming Attorney General Joe Foster’s swearing-in ceremony
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