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August 9, 2007
After learning that they could not name their child 4Real, a New Zealand couple - angry with national regulations regarding newborn's names, is now planning to call their newborn son 'Superman. ' Pat and Sheena Wheaton garnered media attention after their son was born because they could not name him 4Real.
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August 8, 2007
Philippines House Speaker Jose De Venecia has threatened to "name and shame" congressmen who do not attend House sessions. He said he will ask newspapers to publish the names of congressmen who always misses the sessions in a bid to solve the perennial problem of quorum in the House. De Venecia is reported to be pissed with many elected congressmen who are always absent during House sessions.
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August 2, 2007
An Arkansas couple is now the proud parents of 17 children. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar just had their seventh daughter, Jennifer Danielle, and they say they may not be done yet. The Duggars welcomed Jennifer at 10:01 a. m. , Thursday, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rogers. Jennifer will join her siblings at their 7,000-square-foot Tontitown home.
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June 25, 2007
A couple in New Zealand have had their choice of baby name vetoed by authorities after they attempted to name their baby "4real". Pat and Sheena Wheaton were informed by New Zealand's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages that their choice had been rejected, because numerals were not allowed on birth certificates.
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June 22, 2007
A New Zealand couple has been told that their newborn son can't be named 4real, a name Pat and Sheena Wheaton picked out after being hit with the reality of the pregnancy after their first ultrasound. "For most of us, when we try to figure out what our names mean, we have to look it up in a baby's book and . . . there's no direct link between the meaning and the name," Pat Wheaton told TV One, according to the Associated Press, "With this name, everyone knows what it means. "
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