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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- President Bush has expressed his "deep concern" and regret to Iraq's prime minister over the desecration of a Quran by an American soldier, the White House said Tuesday.

President Bush called Nuri al-Maliki over the incident, al-Maliki's office says. The leaders are seen in September.

National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Bush spoke to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday in one of their regularly scheduled secure video teleconferences.

"President Bush expressed his deep concern over the incident and told Prime Minister Maliki that the soldier has been reprimanded by his commanders and removed from Iraq," Johndroe said.

Al-Maliki's office on Tuesday said Bush issued an apology for the action on behalf of the United States and "promised to present the soldier to the courts." The office said Bush made the apology in a call to al-Maliki on Tuesday morning.

An American staff sergeant -- a sniper section leader -- used a Quran for target practice in Iraq earlier this month.

The U.S. commander in Baghdad issued a formal apology Saturday and read a letter of apology by the shooter.  Watch the U.S. military formally apologize Â»

The sergeant has been relieved of duty as a section leader "with prejudice," officially reprimanded by his commanding general, dismissed from his regiment and redeployed -- reassigned to the United States, the U.S. military said.

Reports of the Quran desecration have enraged Muslims in Iraq and elsewhere around the world.

The soldier, whose name was not released, shot at a Quran on May 9, villagers said. The Quran used in the incident was discovered two days later, according to the military.

A tribal leader said "the criminal act by U.S. forces" took place at a shooting range at the Radhwaniya police station on Baghdad's western outskirts. After the shooters left, an Iraqi policeman found a target marked in the middle of the bullet-riddled Quran.

Pictures of the Quran show multiple bullet holes and an expletive scrawled on one of its pages.

Officials said the soldier asserted he wasn't aware the book was the Quran, but U.S. officials rejected the claim.

On Saturday, Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, appeared with leaders from Radhwaniya and apologized.

"I come before you here seeking your forgiveness," Hammond said to tribal leaders and others at the ceremony. "In the most humble manner I look in your eyes today and I say please forgive me and my soldiers."

Hammond also read a letter from the shooter, who called his actions "shortsighted, very reckless and irresponsible," but he insisted he was not being malicious.

"I sincerely hope that my actions have not diminished the partnership that our two nations have developed together," the letter said.

Hammond said the soldier's actions were tantamount to "criminal behavior."

"I've come to this land to protect you, to support you -- not to harm you -- and the behavior of this soldier was nothing short of wrong and unacceptable," the general said.

Another military official kissed a Quran and presented it as "a humble gift" to the tribal leaders.

Many Iraqi leaders said the apology alone would not suffice.  Watch villagers protest the desecration Â»

On Monday, the Iraqi Islamic Party, the movement of Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, condemned what it said was a "blatant assault on the sanctities of Muslims all over the world."

The party said it reacted to the news "with deep resentment and indignation" and wants the "severest of punishments" for the action.

"What truly concerns us is the repetition of these crimes that have happened in the past when mosques were destroyed and pages of the holy Quran were torn and used for disgraceful acts by U.S. soldiers," al-Hashimi said.

"I have asked that first this apology be officially documented; second a guarantee from the U.S. military to inflict the maximum possible punishment on this soldier so it would be a deterrent for the rest of the soldiers in the future."

CNN's Ed Henry and Mohammed Tawfeeq contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- In the lead up to every New Year's Eve the inevitable question of how to celebrate arises. For most, waterfronts become the focal point of the celebrations.

It's hard not to see why with the amazing firework displays looking even more dazzling reflected in the water.

So jump in a boat or head to the foreshore for our the top 10 places to countdown to 2012.

River Seine, Paris

See Paris, the 'City of Light', be lit with fireworks while cruising down the River Seine on the last day of the year. The Eiffel Tower is the centerpiece for the festivities and from some parts of the river you can get a magnificent uninterrupted view of the famous structure.

Sydney Harbor

Sydney prides itself on holding what it claims to be the most spectacular New Year's Eve celebrations in the world. Thousands of boats anchor in the harbor and millions of people hit the foreshore to witness the firework display with the 'Sydney Opera House' and Harbor Bridge used as the backdrop.

The shores of Kiribati, Pacific Ocean

Leave your worries and the rest of the world behind in 2011 in this tiny Pacific nation. Kiribati is the first place in the world to ring in 2012. Kiribati prides itself on being the first nation to celebrate the New Year, even changing the name of one of its islands before 2000 to Millennium Island to mark the fact it would be the first country to enter the third millennium.

Niagara Falls, Ontario

This is no ordinary waterfront, but with the spectacular backdrop of the Niagara Falls, it's hard to go past Queen Victoria Park in Ontario. The freezing weather does not deter the tens of thousands of people who hit the park to count down to the New Year. Revelers can listen to live music while watching an amazing fireworks display over the world famous waterfall.

Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janerio

Brazilians are renowned for their outstanding parties and New Year's Eve is no different. It is one of the greatest celebrations in the South American nation, second only to the Carnival. Millions hit the sands of the famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro to watch the firework display over the Atlantic Ocean.

The Bosporus, Istanbul

Celebrate 2012 across two continents on the Bosporus in Istanbul -- the strait that divides Europe and Asia. A fireworks display lights up the Bosporus Bridge while beautiful mosques and other ancient Turkish are illuminated, giving those on the water a stunning view.

Koh Phangan Beach, Thailand

If you want to escape the cold on New Year's Eve then there is no better place to do it than on the beach in Thailand. Koh Phangan is home to Thailand's famous moon parties and on New Year's Eve the celebrations continue. The beach is packed mostly with tourists keen to party well into New Year's Day.

Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong

The vast harbor is lit up when the clock strikes 12 in Hong Kong. Fireworks are set off from the buildings which line the foreshore, using the high-rises as a part of the lighting show and giving the audience a dazzling display.

River Thames, London

If you're willing to brave the chilly winds, a cruise on the River Thames will provide spectacular views. Watch the fireworks with London's iconic new and old buildings in the background such as Big Ben, Westminster and the London Eye.

Victoria and Albert Waterfront, Cape Town

The fantastic sound of African drums beat out at this New Year's celebration in Cape Town. Revelers enjoy a warm summer's evening on the water here, with firework displays and street performers for those onshore.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Karen Richardson may not have known where she would end up, but she has always known that with hard work, anything is possible.

Karen Richarson, a White House staffer, says anything is possible in America.

Richardson, 30, works as a White House staffer on what the Obama administration sees as the most pressing issue of the day: health care reform.

She meets with President Obama several times a week and expresses the same kind of determination and sense of hard work to her job.

"You have to continue to plow forward and just keep working until it gets done," she explained. "I stay focused on the job at hand and I'm committed to getting this done."

Richardson didn't always want to work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  As a student at Howard University, a historically black college, she developed a passion for international affairs and originally wanted to follow the path set by another African-American woman.

"Watching [former Secretary of State] Condoleezza Rice at the prime point of her career, [I began] thinking, 'I can do this.' "

So Karen moved to Italy and started working for UNICEF. But then she got a call from someone asking if she might be interest in interning for "this new guy, Barack Obama."

Watching the news from abroad, she didn't know much about Obama, a senator at the time, except that he was the guy "with Kenyan roots," as she put it.  So she decided to put her dreams of international field work on hold and give Capitol Hill a try.

"I thought, 'Well, I've never done anything on Capitol Hill, I've never worked over on Capitol Hill.' " Karen recalled, "So this would be a great opportunity and let me just go see what this is about and learn as much as I can while I'm there,"

What was supposed to be a six-month internship with Obama's Senate office became a full-time position after only three months, and she followed that trail all the way to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Although Karen's journey to the White House was never "inconceivable" to her, she still takes time to appreciate how far she has come.

"I don't want to lose sight of what it took to get here, what it means to be here and what an extraordinary honor it is to be working for President Obama," Richardson said. "I have those moments every day and I really do try to remind myself every single day why I'm here and what an extraordinary privilege it is."

She also tries to go back to her alma mater to speak to students, particularly African-Americans who might not think they, too, can work at the White House someday.

"It gives me the opportunity to go back and speak about my path because it can inspire them," Richardson explains. "It's changing a perspective for them in light of what it is they can achieve."

"The American dream is accessible to anybody," Karen said. "Your options and the possibilities in life are really limitless."

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question: How many years old is Richardson?

answer: 30,

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answer: 30,

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answer: Condoleezza Rice

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NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will undergo a routine medical examination at a hospital in the Indian capital on Tuesday, his spokesman Tenzin Taklha told CNN Sunday.

The Dalai Lama with French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on a recent visit to France.

The check-up in New Delhi is likely to take several hours, but the Dalai Lama will not be admitted to the hospital, the spokesman said.

The Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in the north Indian hill town of Dharamsala, will travel to the Indian capital on Monday.

The 73-year-old Tibetan leader was hospitalized in Mumbai in August for abdominal discomfort.

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will undergo a routine medical examination at a hospital in the Indian capital on Tuesday.

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(CNN)  -- Three inmates who escaped from prison in Indiana last week then allegedly stole a truck, money and guns were captured Thursday in Nebraska after a high-speed car chase, authorities said.

The three escapees, (from left) Jerry Sargent, Christopher Marshall and Bobby Cockerell, were captured in Nebraska.

Nebraska State Patrol spokesman Mike Meyer said officers apprehended Christopher Marshall, Jerry Sargent and Bobby Cockerell in Alliance, Nebraska, after a nearly 60-mile chase with speeds reaching up to 100 mph.

According to Meyer, law enforcement officers tried twice to spike the tires of the minivan the men were traveling in.

They succeeded on the second try about five miles east of Alliance, but the suspects kept driving on flat tires until they were inside the city limits.

The men started running when the vehicle stopped. Two were caught, but the third tried to carjack a vehicle at gunpoint before being arrested by an Alliance Police officer, according to Meyer. It is not yet known which escapee tried to take the vehicle at gunpoint.

No shots were fired and no one was seriously injured, Meyer said.

The three men broke out of the Branchville Correctional Facility near Tell City, Indiana, last week, authorities said. Tell City is about 80 miles west of Louisville, Kentucky.

Police believe the three stole guns during a home-invasion robbery in Sanders, Kentucky, earlier this week.

New arrest warrants charge them with possessing stolen firearms as well as felony possession of firearms, said George Huffman, spokesman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Because they were convicted of violent crimes, he said, they are not allowed to possess firearms at all.

Police suspect the three of stealing a truck from a town near the prison and robbing three brothers in Sanders, about 65 miles east of Louisville, early Monday. The brothers were attacked, bound and held in their home for about an hour and a half while their assailants made off with guns and money, according to the Kentucky State Police.

One of the three brothers was hospitalized after the attack, while the other two were treated and released.

CNN's Melissa Roberts contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama often talks about all of the forces lining up against his health care plan. But there's one critic who has remained relatively mum in the debate.

Dr. David Scheiner was President Obama's personal physician for 22 years.

David Scheiner, a Chicago, Illinois-based doctor, has taken a hard look at the president's prescription for health care reform and sees bad medicine.

"This isn't that kind of health care program that I think is going to work," he said.

So what makes Scheiner so special? He was Obama's personal physician for 22 years, and voted for the former Illinois senator in the 2008 presidential election.

Scheiner thinks the president's plan doesn't go far enough. In his mind, the worst part of the proposal is that "private insurers continue to be a part of the health scheme."  Watch Scheiner talk about his objections Â»

"Everybody keeps saying we don't want the government involved in health care," Scheiner said in an interview. "But the government is involved in Medicare, and it works."

Scheiner would rather see the nation adopt a single-payer system like the ones in Canada and Europe. The financing system relies on one "payer" -- which could be a government-run agency -- to fund all health care costs billed by doctors, hospitals and other health professionals.

The benefits, advocates say, is that pricey administrative costs are cut, resulting in large savings to patients.

It's something that an up-and-coming coming state Sen. Obama talked about  six years ago.

"I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health care plan. ... But as all of you know, we may not get there immediately, because first we've got to take back the White House, and we've got take back the Senate, and we've got to take back the House," Obama said in 2003.

But that position evolved during the campaign.

"If I were designing a system from scratch, then I'd probably set up a single-payer system. But the problem is we're not starting from scratch," Obama said in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in August 2008.

Now, the president favors giving Americans the option of joining a government-run plan that would compete with private insurers.  Watch more on the health care debate Â»

"Nobody is talking about some government takeover of health care. I'm tired of hearing that," Obama said in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday.

But Scheiner says that nobody has seen the details of that option, making it a hard sell for the president.

"We don't even fully know what the public option is going to be. If the public option is too good, patients who are sick will flock to it, and I'm not sure it will be able to support itself."

Scheiner almost had a chance to confront the president with his concerns. He was invited to a recent televised town hall meeting with Obama, but he says he was dropped from the program.

"I just hope that the Congress, the American public and the president will hear some of my words," he said. "We've got to do something better."

Scheiner finally had a chance to have his say Thursday. He and other doctors who support a single-payer system gathered in Washington to meet with lawmakers and rally supporters.

He may not be the president's doctor anymore, but Scheiner says he's trying to save the patient before it's too late.

CNN's Ed Hornick and Brittany Cummings contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Officials recommended that more than 70,000 residents of the East Texas town of Bryan evacuate Thursday after a fertilizer warehouse caught fire, sending thick clouds of orange, toxic smoke into the air.

City officials say they are worried the burning fertilizer could irritate skin and lungs.

Another 10,000 residents of surrounding Brazos County were also included in the evacuation recommendation, officials said.

City Manager David Watkins said 10 people were taken to a hospital with respiratory problems. Residue from the burning fertilizer ammonium nitrate can irritate skin and lungs.

Smoke from the smoldering El Dorado Chemical Co. warehouse could be seen for miles. Watkins said he expected the fire to burn well into the evening, and that firefighters were not trying to extinguish the blaze, but were simply trying to keep it from spreading.

Classes at nearby Texas A&M University were canceled, and the school opened Reed Arena, which can hold 12,000 people, for use as a shelter. "We are prepared to do what it takes. We are bracing to possibly keep guests overnight," spokeswoman Sherylon Carroll said.

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(CNN) -- I'm 45, and my son is 7.

Once in a while, I still get carded when I try to buy certain well-guarded cold medicines, so I was taken aback in recent months when two different strangers asked, "Is that your grandson?"

I was most surprised by the instant assumption, without an awkward pause or hesitation, as if grandmother was the only option. I was 38 when Jason was born -- not exactly a young mother, but nowhere near the age I imagine a grandmother to be.

Both incidents took place after I moved from California to Atlanta, a Southern city, and both times I was asked by fellow black women -- one about 21, and one who was my senior.

I thought about the incidents when I read a recent CNN.com essay by Rose Arce on being mistaken for her daughter's nanny. The essay inspired me to post my case of mistaken grandmother identity on Facebook, where I got lively responses ranging from "Are you kidding?" to makeover tips.

Had I let too many gray hairs escape my patrol?

Maybe the question shouldn't have surprised me, given the historically high teen birth rates and young grandmothers in the black community, especially in the South.

But I have since learned about a convergence of birth and child-rearing trends that make it harder to guess whether an over-40 caretaker is a grandparent or, like me, a more ... er ... "mature" mother.

First, experts say teenagers are having fewer babies.

"We believe evidence-based teen pregnancy programs work best," says Vikki Millender-Morrow, the CEO of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP), founded by Jane Fonda. "We also believe in giving the kids hope. Even with all the education in the world, if they don't believe their future circumstances are brighter than what they're seeing, what's the reason to delay?"

Georgia had the highest teen birth rate in the nation in 1995, but currently ranks No. 13, according to Millender-Morrow. And recent data shows that Georgia was one of 10 states -- including Mississippi, Florida and Arizona -- that had the most dramatic decreases in births to 15- to 17-year-olds between 2007 and 2009.

It's a national trend.

According to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics published this year, the birth rate for teens ages 15 to 19 had reached its lowest point in the nearly 70 years since the data has been tracked. Black births to teens ages 15 to 17 have plummeted since the 86.1 rate in 1991, for example, when the Hispanic rate was 69.2 (per 1,000 women).

Still, black and Hispanic teenagers still have a much higher birth rate than non-Hispanic whites. The February report shows that the birth rate per 1,000 teens for black teenagers ages 15 to 17 was 32.1 in 2009, and even higher at 41 for Hispanic teens -- compared with just 11 for non-Hispanic whites.

If more young people are weighing their life options -- with fewer "babies having babies" -- fewer grandparents are raising their grandchildren, right?

Wrong. More children are being raised by their grandparents.

U.S Census Bureau data from 2009, published in July, reports that the percentage of white and Hispanic children being raised by one or both grandparents doubled between 1991 and 2009, from about 1% to 2%. About 5% of black children are raised by a grandparent, a figure the Census Bureau says has remained constant since 1991.

Citing the impact of harsh economic times, the Pew Research Center's latest data from 2008 indicates that 2.9 million children were being raised primarily by their grandparents -- up 8% from 2000, and 5% from 2007.

Pew reports that the number of black grandparents serving as primary caregivers fell 12% between 2000 and 2008, but the number of white grandparents spiked 19%. The number of Hispanic grandparents becoming caregivers rose 14% during that eight-year period. According to Pew, 53% of grandparent caregivers are white, 24% are black, 18% are Hispanic and 3% are Asian.

"Many of these children come to live with their grandparents because of substance abuse or child maltreatment or abandonment," said Dr. Ottive Breedlove, associate director for operations at Project Healthy Grandparents, a community outreach research project that Georgia State University in Atlanta launched in 1995. "You're entering your late fifties or sixties, and you're thinking about retiring, settling down, as opposed to gearing up again to raise a family."

The project gives grandparent caretakers in eligible counties services for a year, with referrals for financial assistance, housing and health care. An average of 60 to 75 grandparent-led families participate a year. And there is a waiting list.

"[The grandparents] don't get a rest," says child psychologist Dr. Judith M. Kinney, assistant director of the University of Maryland Counseling Center. She says that 25% to 30% of the patients in her private practice are being raised by one or both grandparents. "They've been doing it for 40 years."

Fongie Lanier, 57, who lives outside Atlanta, took responsibility for raising her three grandchildren in 1997 because her daughter had substance abuse problems and was sometimes incarcerated. Lanier, a part-time assistant in a law office, says her daughter and grandchildren were living with her until her daughter left one day. "It was too much responsibility for her," she says.

Lanier says two of the three grandchildren also had medical challenges because of a rare blood disorder. Now, her grandchildren are 23, 21 and 19, with the youngest about to start college.

"Some of my friends have young kids, and I have grandkids," says Lanier, who got married and had her first child at 16.

Most of my friends, like me, got a much later start. And we're not alone.

The National Center for Health Statistics reports that the birth rate for women ages 40 to 44 rose 3% between 2008 and 2009 -- the only age group to have an increase for that time period.

Women are waiting longer to have children. According to a 2009 report from the center, the average age of a mother's first birth jumped 3.6 years between 1970 and 2006, from 21.4 years to 25 years. For black mothers, the average age rose from 21.7 to 22.7; for Latina mothers, the average age for a first child rose from 22.4 to 23.1.

No wonder observers are confused.

South Carolina stay-at-home mother LaVeda H. Mason, a writer, experienced age whiplash after her seventh child was born when she was 40. Until then, a youthful face meant she was carded constantly. No more.

Two weeks after the first time she wasn't carded, the bigger shock came in a restaurant: "The woman behind me looked at me and said, 'What a cute baby! Is she your grandbaby?' I was speechless for 30 seconds until I realized my mouth was hanging open. Then I just closed it and said, 'No, she's my daughter.' ... My mother said, 'Girls are having babies at 15, so if you have a baby at 15, and your child has a baby at 15 or 16, at 30 you're a grandmother.' I like to think I'm not old enough to be a grandmother, but since my oldest is 21, it is possible."

My over-40-new-mom status might have come as a surprise to observers previously, but regional customs might explain why no one had blurted out the grandmother question before I moved to Atlanta. Until recently, I lived in Los Angeles.

"Southern black people, to me, treat other black people like family," says Duchess Harris, 42, author of "Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Obama." Harris and her husband had the last of their three children when she was 37. She's an associate professor of American Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, but she was born in Virginia.

Maybe as more mothers wait longer to have children, the question "Are you his grandmother?" eventually will be weighed as carefully as "Are you pregnant?"

You can't tell in a glance.

Tananarive Due is a writer based in Atlanta. Her website is www.tananarivedue.com.

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text: 's

text: the

text: reason

text: to

text: delay

text: Georgia

text: had

text: the

text: highest

text: teen

text: birth

text: rate

text: in

text: the

text: nation

text: in

text: but

text: currently

text: ranks

text: No

text: according

text: to

text: Millender

text: Morrow

text: And

text: recent

text: data

text: shows

text: that

text: Georgia

text: was

text: one

text: of

text: states

text: including

text: Mississippi

text: Florida

text: and

text: Arizona

text: that

text: had

text: the

text: most

text: dramatic

text: decreases

text: in

text: births

text: to

text: to

text: olds

text: between

text: and

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: national

text: trend

text: According

text: to

text: preliminary

text: data

text: from

text: the

text: Centers

text: for

text: Disease

text: Control

text: and

text: Prevention

text: 's

text: National

text: Center

text: for

text: Health

text: Statistics

text: published

text: this

text: year

text: the

text: birth

text: rate

text: for

text: teens

text: ages

text: to

text: had

text: reached

text: its

text: lowest

text: point

text: in

text: the

text: nearly

text: years

text: since

text: the

text: data

text: has

text: been

text: tracked

text: Black

text: births

text: to

text: teens

text: ages

text: to

text: have

text: plummeted

text: since

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text: rate

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text: for

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text: when

text: the

text: Hispanic

text: rate

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text: per

text: women

text: Still

text: black

text: and

text: Hispanic

text: teenagers

text: still

text: have

text: a

text: much

text: higher

text: birth

text: rate

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text: non

text: Hispanic

text: whites

text: The

text: February

text: report

text: shows

text: that

text: the

text: birth

text: rate

text: per

text: teens

text: for

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text: teenagers

text: ages

text: to

text: was

text: in

text: and

text: even

text: higher

text: at

text: for

text: Hispanic

text: teens

text: compared

text: with

text: just

text: for

text: non

text: Hispanic

text: whites

text: If

text: more

text: young

text: people

text: are

text: weighing

text: their

text: life

text: options

text: with

text: fewer

text: babies

text: having

text: babies

text: fewer

text: grandparents

text: are

text: raising

text: their

text: grandchildren

text: right

text: Wrong

text: More

text: children

text: are

text: being

text: raised

text: by

text: their

text: grandparents

text: U.S

text: Census

text: Bureau

text: data

text: from

text: published

text: in

text: July

text: reports

text: that

text: the

text: percentage

text: of

text: white

text: and

text: Hispanic

text: children

text: being

text: raised

text: by

text: one

text: or

text: both

text: grandparents

text: doubled

text: between

text: and

text: from

text: about

text: to

text: About

text: of

text: black

text: children

text: are

text: raised

text: by

text: a

text: grandparent

text: a

text: figure

text: the

text: Census

text: Bureau

text: says

text: has

text: remained

text: constant

text: since

text: Citing

text: the

text: impact

text: of

text: harsh

text: economic

text: times

text: the

text: Pew

text: Research

text: Center

text: 's

text: latest

text: data

text: from

text: indicates

text: that

text: million

text: children

text: were

text: being

text: raised

text: primarily

text: by

text: their

text: grandparents

text: up

text: from

text: and

text: from

text: Pew

text: reports

text: that

text: the

text: number

text: of

text: black

text: grandparents

text: serving

text: as

text: primary

text: caregivers

text: fell

text: between

text: and

text: but

text: the

text: number

text: of

text: white

text: grandparents

text: spiked

text: The

text: number

text: of

text: Hispanic

text: grandparents

text: becoming

text: caregivers

text: rose

text: during

text: that

text: eight

text: year

text: period

text: According

text: to

text: Pew

text: of

text: grandparent

text: caregivers

text: are

text: white

text: are

text: black

text: are

text: Hispanic

text: and

text: are

text: Asian

text: Many

text: of

text: these

text: children

text: come

text: to

text: live

text: with

text: their

text: grandparents

text: because

text: of

text: substance

text: abuse

text: or

text: child

text: maltreatment

text: or

text: abandonment

text: said

text: Dr.

text: Ottive

text: Breedlove

text: associate

text: director

text: for

text: operations

text: at

text: Project

text: Healthy

text: Grandparents

text: a

text: community

text: outreach

text: research

text: project

text: that

text: Georgia

text: State

text: University

text: in

text: Atlanta

text: launched

text: in

text: You

text: 're

text: entering

text: your

text: late

text: fifties

text: or

text: sixties

text: and

text: you

text: 're

text: thinking

text: about

text: retiring

text: settling

text: down

text: as

text: opposed

text: to

text: gearing

text: up

text: again

text: to

text: raise

text: a

text: family

text: The

text: project

text: gives

text: grandparent

text: caretakers

text: in

text: eligible

text: counties

text: services

text: for

text: a

text: year

text: with

text: referrals

text: for

text: financial

text: assistance

text: housing

text: and

text: health

text: care

text: An

text: average

text: of

text: to

text: grandparent

text: led

text: families

text: participate

text: a

text: year

text: And

text: there

text: is

text: a

text: waiting

text: list

text: The

text: grandparents

text: do

text: n't

text: get

text: a

text: rest

text: says

text: child

text: psychologist

text: Dr.

text: Judith

text: M.

text: Kinney

text: assistant

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Maryland

text: Counseling

text: Center

text: She

text: says

text: that

text: to

text: of

text: the

text: patients

text: in

text: her

text: private

text: practice

text: are

text: being

text: raised

text: by

text: one

text: or

text: both

text: grandparents

text: They

text: 've

text: been

text: doing

text: it

text: for

text: years

text: Fongie

text: Lanier

text: who

text: lives

text: outside

text: Atlanta

text: took

text: responsibility

text: for

text: raising

text: her

text: three

text: grandchildren

text: in

text: because

text: her

text: daughter

text: had

text: substance

text: abuse

text: problems

text: and

text: was

text: sometimes

text: incarcerated

text: Lanier

text: a

text: part

text: time

text: assistant

text: in

text: a

text: law

text: office

text: says

text: her

text: daughter

text: and

text: grandchildren

text: were

text: living

text: with

text: her

text: until

text: her

text: daughter

text: left

text: one

text: day

text: It

text: was

text: too

text: much

text: responsibility

text: for

text: her

text: she

text: says

text: Lanier

text: says

text: two

text: of

text: the

text: three

text: grandchildren

text: also

text: had

text: medical

text: challenges

text: because

text: of

text: a

text: rare

text: blood

text: disorder

text: Now

text: her

text: grandchildren

text: are

text: and

text: with

text: the

text: youngest

text: about

text: to

text: start

text: college

text: Some

text: of

text: my

text: friends

text: have

text: young

text: kids

text: and

text: I

text: have

text: grandkids

text: says

text: Lanier

text: who

text: got

text: married

text: and

text: had

text: her

text: first

text: child

text: at

text: Most

text: of

text: my

text: friends

text: like

text: me

text: got

text: a

text: much

text: later

text: start

text: And

text: we

text: 're

text: not

text: alone

text: The

text: National

text: Center

text: for

text: Health

text: Statistics

text: reports

text: that

text: the

text: birth

text: rate

text: for

text: women

text: ages

text: to

text: rose

text: between

text: and

text: the

text: only

text: age

text: group

text: to

text: have

text: an

text: increase

text: for

text: that

text: time

text: period

text: Women

text: are

text: waiting

text: longer

text: to

text: have

text: children

text: According

text: to

text: a

text: report

text: from

text: the

text: center

text: the

text: average

text: age

text: of

text: a

text: mother

text: 's

text: first

text: birth

text: jumped

text: years

text: between

text: and

text: from

text: years

text: to

text: years

text: For

text: black

text: mothers

text: the

text: average

text: age

text: rose

text: from

text: to

text: for

text: Latina

text: mothers

text: the

text: average

text: age

text: for

text: a

text: first

text: child

text: rose

text: from

text: to

text: No

text: wonder

text: observers

text: are

text: confused

text: South

text: Carolina

text: stay

text: at

text: home

text: mother

text: LaVeda

text: H.

text: Mason

text: a

text: writer

text: experienced

text: age

text: whiplash

text: after

text: her

text: seventh

text: child

text: was

text: born

text: when

text: she

text: was

text: Until

text: then

text: a

text: youthful

text: face

text: meant

text: she

text: was

text: carded

text: constantly

text: No

text: more

text: Two

text: weeks

text: after

text: the

text: first

text: time

text: she

text: was

text: n't

text: carded

text: the

text: bigger

text: shock

text: came

text: in

text: a

text: restaurant

text: The

text: woman

text: behind

text: me

text: looked

text: at

text: me

text: and

text: said

text: What

text: a

text: cute

text: baby

text: Is

text: she

text: your

text: grandbaby

text: I

text: was

text: speechless

text: for

text: seconds

text: until

text: I

text: realized

text: my

text: mouth

text: was

text: hanging

text: open

text: Then

text: I

text: just

text: closed

text: it

text: and

text: said

text: No

text: she

text: 's

text: my

text: daughter

text: My

text: mother

text: said

text: Girls

text: are

text: having

text: babies

text: at

text: so

text: if

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: baby

text: at

text: and

text: your

text: child

text: has

text: a

text: baby

text: at

text: or

text: at

text: you

text: 're

text: a

text: grandmother

text: I

text: like

text: to

text: think

text: I

text: 'm

text: not

text: old

text: enough

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: grandmother

text: but

text: since

text: my

text: oldest

text: is

text: it

text: is

text: possible

text: My

text: mom

text: status

text: might

text: have

text: come

text: as

text: a

text: surprise

text: to

text: observers

text: previously

text: but

text: regional

text: customs

text: might

text: explain

text: why

text: no

text: one

text: had

text: blurted

text: out

text: the

text: grandmother

text: question

text: before

text: I

text: moved

text: to

text: Atlanta

text: Until

text: recently

text: I

text: lived

text: in

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Southern

text: black

text: people

text: to

text: me

text: treat

text: other

text: black

text: people

text: like

text: family

text: says

text: Duchess

text: Harris

text: author

text: of

text: Black

text: Feminist

text: Politics

text: from

text: Kennedy

text: to

text: Obama

text: Harris

text: and

text: her

text: husband

text: had

text: the

text: last

text: of

text: their

text: three

text: children

text: when

text: she

text: was

text: She

text: 's

text: an

text: associate

text: professor

text: of

text: American

text: Studies

text: at

text: Macalester

text: College

text: in

text: St.

text: Paul

text: Minnesota

text: but

text: she

text: was

text: born

text: in

text: Virginia

text: Maybe

text: as

text: more

text: mothers

text: wait

text: longer

text: to

text: have

text: children

text: the

text: question

text: Are

text: you

text: his

text: grandmother

text: eventually

text: will

text: be

text: weighed

text: as

text: carefully

text: as

text: Are

text: you

text: pregnant

text: You

text: ca

text: n't

text: tell

text: in

text: a

text: glance

text: Tananarive

text: Due

text: is

text: a

text: writer

text: based

text: in

text: Atlanta

text: Her

text: website

text: is

question: What was Due asked?

answer: "Is that your grandson?"

text: "Is that your grandson?"

question: What age is she?

answer: 45,

question: What is the percentage increase in women giving birth later in life?

answer: rose 3%

text: rose 3%

question: What percentage of grandparents are raising children?

answer: latest data from 2008 indicates that 2.9 million

text: latest data from 2008 indicates that 2.9 million

question: What has Tananarive Due been asked?

answer: "Is that your grandson?"

text: "Is that your grandson?"

question: What age is Tananarive Due?

answer: 45,

question: Who are now raising more children?

answer: grandparents.

text: grandparents.

question: More children are being raised by who?

answer: their grandparents.

text: their grandparents.


text:
OAKLEY, California (CNN) -- The black box sat inside a cabinet. Philip Garrido had given it to a friend for safekeeping, and that's where the friend kept it.

The black box has jacks for plugging in headphones. Philip Garrido claimed it could speak his thoughts.

"He feels he can speak to you and me and everyone else using this box," said Garrido's friend and former business client, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

"He was a whack job, but he was a whack job who sounded like he had a really good heart," the friend added.

Garrido and his wife, Nancy, were arrested last month and charged on more than two dozen counts, including kidnapping and rape.

Authorities say the Garridos held Jaycee Dugard, 29, captive for nearly two decades in their backyard. Both have pleaded not guilty. Authorities have said Garrido, a registered sex offender, fathered Dugard's two children.

A few days before his arrest, Garrido delivered some documents touting the device to the FBI.

The black box is simple, with a handle, a metal switch and jacks for plugging in headphones. But it provides some insight into the mind of 58-year-old Garrido.

Garrido told his friend and customers of his printing business that the box allowed him to communicate without speaking.

"He would move his lips and not speak ... and you would be able to hear his voice through the headphones," the friend said.

Three years ago, Garrido demonstrated the box for clients of his printing business. The clients, some of them at least, went along with his claims for the device.

"I didn't want to tell him you're a kook and you don't know what you're talking about," said Tim Allen, who owns a glass shop in Antioch.

Even so, Allen and several other former Garrido clients signed declarations saying the device worked.

"People believe in things. I didn't think it was my place to shoot him down," Allen said.

Garrido so believed in the power of his invention that he wanted to have the device patented, so he solicited the help of a private investigator last year.

"He was speaking normal, dressed normal, acting normal," said Ralph Hernandez, who spent 30 years in law enforcement before becoming an independent private investigator.

Hernandez said he agreed to help Garrido verify the testimonials that the product actually worked, but he never saw the box. Garrido told him it would be best if he didn't, the investigator said.

Hernandez said he provided all the requested information to Garrido.

"This was like the last part before he would take whatever he had had to a lawyer to prepare for patenting," Hernandez said.

Documents obtained by CNN include a news release that Garrido produced:

"A Bay area man has made a major discovery concerning the phenomenon of voice," the release says, accompanied by a photograph of Garrido. Read the news release

Though it's not known whether Garrido hired a patent attorney, there's no record at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of a patent application or a patent granted to him. But 48 hours before he was arrested, Garrido gave the device to his friend for safekeeping.

"I can only guess that he knew something bad was going to happen,'' he said.

Meanwhile, investigators will begin excavating part of the Garridos' California property Monday afternoon after two sheriff's dogs trained to find human remains alerted authorities of possible buried bones, officials said.

The search is in the same area as a canine alert last week, said Lt. Chris Orrey of the Hayward, California, police department. Ground-penetrating radar also found an "anomaly" in that area, Orrey said Monday.

Investigators have already found bone fragments at the property in unincorporated Contra Costa County but have not said whether they are human.

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text: if

text: he

text: did

text: n't

text: the

text: investigator

text: said

text: Hernandez

text: said

text: he

text: provided

text: all

text: the

text: requested

text: information

text: to

text: Garrido

text: This

text: was

text: like

text: the

text: last

text: part

text: before

text: he

text: would

text: take

text: whatever

text: he

text: had

text: had

text: to

text: a

text: lawyer

text: to

text: prepare

text: for

text: patenting

text: Hernandez

text: said

text: Documents

text: obtained

text: by

text: CNN

text: include

text: a

text: news

text: release

text: that

text: Garrido

text: produced

text: A

text: Bay

text: area

text: man

text: has

text: made

text: a

text: major

text: discovery

text: concerning

text: the

text: phenomenon

text: of

text: voice

text: the

text: release

text: says

text: accompanied

text: by

text: a

text: photograph

text: of

text: Garrido

text: Read

text: the

text: news

text: release

text: Though

text: it

text: 's

text: not

text: known

text: whether

text: Garrido

text: hired

text: a

text: patent

text: attorney

text: there

text: 's

text: no

text: record

text: at

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Patent

text: and

text: Trademark

text: Office

text: of

text: a

text: patent

text: application

text: or

text: a

text: patent

text: granted

text: to

text: him

text: But

text: hours

text: before

text: he

text: was

text: arrested

text: Garrido

text: gave

text: the

text: device

text: to

text: his

text: friend

text: for

text: safekeeping

text: I

text: can

text: only

text: guess

text: that

text: he

text: knew

text: something

text: bad

text: was

text: going

text: to

text: happen

text: he

text: said

text: Meanwhile

text: investigators

text: will

text: begin

text: excavating

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Garridos

text: California

text: property

text: Monday

text: afternoon

text: after

text: two

text: sheriff

text: 's

text: dogs

text: trained

text: to

text: find

text: human

text: remains

text: alerted

text: authorities

text: of

text: possible

text: buried

text: bones

text: officials

text: said

text: The

text: search

text: is

text: in

text: the

text: same

text: area

text: as

text: a

text: canine

text: alert

text: last

text: week

text: said

text: Lt

text: Chris

text: Orrey

text: of

text: the

text: Hayward

text: California

text: police

text: department

text: Ground

text: penetrating

text: radar

text: also

text: found

text: an

text: anomaly

text: in

text: that

text: area

text: Orrey

text: said

text: Monday

text: Investigators

text: have

text: already

text: found

text: bone

text: fragments

text: at

text: the

text: property

text: in

text: unincorporated

text: Contra

text: Costa

text: County

text: but

text: have

text: not

text: said

text: whether

text: they

text: are

text: human

question: what will move?

answer: his lips

text: his lips

question: what say Phillip Garrido?

answer: claimed it could speak his thoughts.

text: claimed it could speak his thoughts.

question: who was abducted

answer: Jaycee Dugard,

text: Jaycee Dugard,

question: Who faces felony counts in the case of Jaycee Dugard?

answer: Garrido and his wife,

text: Garrido and his wife,

question: who faced felony counts

answer: Garrido and his wife, Nancy,

text: Garrido and his wife, Nancy,

question: what does the box let him do

answer: speak his thoughts.

text: speak his thoughts.

question: What did Garrido say the box allowed him to do?

answer: communicate without speaking.

text: communicate without speaking.