An Indian security guard is penalized for failing to prevent his dog from mating with a stray.

Authorities at a steel plant in Malda, southwest of Koklata, cut the guard's salary for letting his dog get pregnant and give birth to 20 puppies.

S. Bhatnagar, the deputy inspector general of the state's Central Industrial Security Forces, tells Reuters, "It is a very sensitive issue in our department... The Labrador could not carry out her duties properly during her pregnancy and at time of delivery she was on leave."

A baby boy born Tuesday at the William W. Backus Hospital weighed in at nearly 15 pounds, the average size of a 6-month-old. Born to Marie Michel, the infant, Stephon Hendrix Louis-Jean, broke the hospital's 18-year record of the biggest baby, by weighing in at 14 pounds, 13 ounces and measuring nearly 23 inches in length.

"He's built like a linebacker," Dr. David Kalla, who delivered the baby by Caesarean section, told the AP.

A group of Australia's most powerful women have honored Tom Cruise with an "Ernie Award." The award is handed out to companies and public figures who make the most derogatory public statements about women, and the 2006 Celebrity Ernie was bestowed upon Cruise for a comment he made about his girlfriend, Katie Holmes, when she was pregnant.

Cruise, who was dropped by Paramount Pictures for his recent public behavior, said during the pregnancy, "I've got Katie tucked away so no one will get to us until my child is born."

Nineteen years ago, the world celebrated the birth of its five-billionth baby. On July 11, he or she would have turned 19 and could be living anywhere.

The Philippine Daily Inquirer quotes Tomias Osias, executive director of the Commission on Population as saying, "Wherever he is, he must be proud of his growth, he must be full of life and eager to learn and know his own mind and body."

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Shenna Grimm, 23, told the court at John Goff's rape retrial that he brandished a handgun and said, "If you don't do this, I will kill your mother."