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This April 25-year-old Jessica Vega was arrested for faking leukemia (with a six-months-to-live diagnosis) in order to scam her community in Montgomery, New York into paying for her dream wedding to Michael O’Connell (who was also in the dark, and thought he was marrying a dying woman.) After Michael found out, he freaked and left her twice. But now, after desperately trying to hate Jessica, he’s back with her. Michael told ABC News: “I tried to hate her, it was an act.” Jessica immediately added “You can’t help who you love.”

In the following touching video we see 2-year-old Cooper react wonderously as he hears his mom’s voice for the very first time. The toddler was being equipped with a cochlear implant during the taping. As you could imagine, when Cooper realizes what he’s hearing it’s a very special moment and one worth sharing. In addition, read his parent’s explanation behind the clip as well as an interesting study done on the power of a mother’s voice.

Coming not long after the controversial Time magazine cover of mother Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her nearly 4-year-old son new photos are circulating that are once again questioning the boundaries of breastfeeding practices. See the images of two Air Force soldiers in uniform openly breastfeeding and posted as a part of a breastfeeding awareness campaign launched by the Mom2Mom support group on the Fairchild Air Force Base, in the state of Washington. In addition find out what one of the ladies photographed had to say about being in uniform and breastfeeding and why she feels she has the right to do so.

Let me start out by staying the child in this video reportedly suffered only minor injuries (miraculously) and is fine.

That being said, check out this early contender for 2012 Parental Fail of the Year as a laundromat security camera catches a dad placing his young child inside of an upright washing machine and closing the door as an apparent joke. Mom seems amused as she stands off to the side. But, panic sets in as the washing machine starts up and they are unable to open the door!

33-year-old Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, TN has been knockin’ some serious boots and in the process has fathered 30 children with 11 different baby-mommas. Read on to find out about the fathering record holder of Knox County and how he’s seeking a break from the child-support demands placed upon him by the courts.

Richelle Zampella is an 11-year-old spelling machine reminder that we all should probably quit our belly aching! On May 30, the Oklahoma native will compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. She’ll join the other 275-odd participants at the Bee but her experience is an extremely unique one. The fifth-grader who in March won the Eastern Oklahoma State Spelling Bee, is legally blind. She’s been learning to read and write in Braille since the tender age of five. See a video report about Richelle and find out how you can help her father and sister fly to D.C. to cheer her on.

Real life is always stranger and more amazing than fiction! Check out an incredible photo of a flock of Starlings that formed in the shape of a giant bird after being threatened by a peregrine falcon.

Multiple news outlets have sadly confirmed that disco legend Donna Summer has passed away today at the age of 63. Read a professional bio that really highlights what a legend the Queen of Disco was and see a vintage clip of her performing “She Works Hard For the Money” on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.

After refusing to sign a speeding ticket or getting out of her car after being pulled over for speeding, Seattle resident Malaika Brooks who was in her third trimester of pregnancy was tazed 3 times even though the 3 officers on hand were aware of her delicate condition. Courts later ruled that they used excessive force but the officers were not legally held accountable because the laws governing the use of Tasers were muddy at the time. The officers have appealed the decision and now it is up to the Supreme Court on whether or not they want to hear the case next week. Read on for the specifics of the case and decide for yourself if the officers used excessive force or not.

When a video of a Malaysian woman circulated recently showing her committing horrific acts of violence on a defenseless baby people took up arms in outrage demanding to know what happened to not only the mother but to her poor child and the person who filmed the footage as well. We’ve got the latest including why the person who filmed the atrocities did what she did, when the mother might expect to be able to regain custody of her child and most importantly the status of the baby now.

Like many folks I was taken aback a little and also had my interested peaked by the Time magazine cover featuring Jamie Lynne Grumet breast-feeding her nearly 4-year-old son. Doing a little digging I found Aram at the age of 1 singing along to Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” in a clip that has over 1 million views. I guess the kid loves him some Mother Monster and mother’s milk! In addition, read Grumet’s response to critics who believe her attachment parenting practices are questionable at best and find out how long her mother breast-fed her (it was a long time).

This week’s cover of Time features mom Jamie Lynne Grumet who subscribes to the practices of attachment parenting. The eye-opening image shows Jamie breast-feeding her nearly 4-year-old son. Three additional families who parent via this practice were also photographed for the piece by reporter Kate Pickert. See the full cover and the read the 8 principles of attachment parenting via Attachment Parenting International.

A brutal and horrific video featuring a young Asian woman beating and torturing an infant child laying on a bed went viral on Facebook and Twitter Wednesday evening as a swell of outraged viewers demanded that the identity of the woman in the clip be revealed and she be punished for her heinous crimes. As it turns out, the video is close to a year old and the woman in the clip is currently behind bars after being arrested in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia last May. Keep reading for more details and a link to the Youtube clip for those of you wanting to see it first hand.

Just as the state of North Carolina has voted to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage even in light of an angst and violent encouraging sermon from a pastor on the issue went viral a young man by the name of Shane Bitney Crone has posted his own viral video. The video is entitled “It Could Happen To You” and in the following 10-minute clip Crone details his relationship with his boyfriend of nearly 6 years. Shane lost Tom to a roof-top accident just days after his 29th birthday and felt compelled to share his story for Tom’s memory and hopefully to change a few minds in regards to the nature of love in the light of same-sex relationships.

One of the most gruesome and revolting legal cases imaginable came to a close this week as a judge sentenced 22-year-old Tessa Vanvlerah of Saint Louis, Missouri to two consecutive life sentences after she plead guilty to allowing a man she met online to rape her at-the-time five-month-old daughter on more than one occasion. Keep reading for the despicable details, including the man’s lesser sentence as well as the shocking story of how Tessa allegedly got pregnant in the first place.

Read on for one of the more hard-core stories of scorned love revenge you’ll ever hear. Also this should be a life lesson: Never dump a dentist then go see them for a hurt toofy just days later.

Heartache > Toothache

DJ Khaled and his crew were en route to their scheduled performance at 2012 Grad Bash in Orlando Friday night when their tour bus caught fire and then exploded. The 36-year-old rapper, radio personality, and President of Def Jam South shared a photo of the burning bus along with a tweet assuring his fans no one was hurt in the blaze. Keep reading for the picture as well as a guided tour of the bus by DJ Khaled back in 2010 with some interior and exterior photos of his luxurious ride – may it rest in peace.

According to reports Karla Vanessa Pérez Castañeda form Coahuila, Mexico is currently pregnant with nine babies! See a full photo of the expecting, expecting, expecting, expecting, expecting, expecting, expecting, expecting, expecting mother and get details on her nonuplets story including the fact that she has previously given birth to triplets.

Bear Jordan! Read on to find out how this mid-air bear wound up in flight and to see the amazing full photo…

The Learning Channel continues its emphasis on the unconventional with a one-hour special titled Obese and Expecting airing on May 17. The documentary-style program will focus on four morbidly obese women hoping to overcome the health risks associated with being extremely overweight and pregnant as they struggle to become moms. Depending on how well the special is received, TLC may opt to turn it into a reality series as they did with Toddlers & Tiaras and Extreme Couponing. Airing after Obese and Expecting will be another one-hour potential backdoor pilot titled Birth Moms focusing on three mothers to be living in an adoption center. Keep reading for the full descriptions of both shows from TLC.

According to a study by George Patton, of the University of Melbourne in Australia, U.S. teens have the highest rates of alcohol and drug abuse in what is called the developed world. In addition this same demographic is much more likely to be killed by violent means than their European peers. Read on for the disturbing numbers, especially the horrific rate of violent deaths for American male teens aged 15-19 compared to the rest of the western world.

These here interwebs are just full of wonders. And so it is with the following draw-dropping video from filmmaker Frans Hofmeester of the Netherlands. Daddy Frans filmed his daughter, Lotte, every single week of her life for 12 years and has pieced together his footage into the following mind-blowing time-lapse clip. As a parent I know kids grow too fast and this clip somehow manages to depict how a father sees his little girl in his mind as she grows. Incredible!

When Jenni Lake of Pocatello, Idaho was faced with the decision to continue her chemotherapy for Grade 3 brain cancer or halt it because of the damage it may cause to her unborn baby, she unselfishly chose the latter. Read her inspiring and heartbreaking story that proves once again that a mother’s love has no bounds.

Monday an unlikely midwest drug kingpin believed to supply 40% of the marijuana in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri was arrested. Police found four pounds of pot, a semiautomatic weapon, and $276,000 of cash stuff in the mattress at rural Oklahoma home of 73-year-old Darlene Mayes.

Fargo, North Dakota’s Meredeith Olafson is a super surrogate, giving birth to her 15th baby March 29 after two sets of triplets, one set of twins and three single babies. Only four of the 15 children she’s carried have been her own.

18-year-old Jordan Powers’ dreams of true love were smashed when her 41-year-old ex-teacher, and now ex-boyfriend, James Hooker was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting another teenager 14 years ago.

Down in South Carolina there was a good old-fashioned high school girl’s soccer game going on when, seemingly out of nowhere, things got extremely violent. The schools, Chester High School and Lewisville High School, are rivals, but what transpired went beyond the pale for any rivalry game. See the footage from the attack as one player lost it pulling hair and throwing 11 punches before being stopped.

See what very well may be the world’s smallest puppy named Beyonce and read her remarkable story of survival. She was set to be aborted, then euthanized and when born was a mere 4oz. Be ready for a little tears and awwwwws!

When things got a little overheated during a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Padua, Minnesota firefighters on hand did what they do and braved the danger to put out a car fire. What makes this particular blaze noteworthy is that two of the firemen just so happened to be wearing dresses! See two clips of the hilarious footage and find out how it all went down.

Photographer Isres Chorphaka was visiting a temple in Bangkok, Thailand when he looked to the heavens and saw this stunning angelic vision in the clouds.