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Rachel Bertsche, Yahoo News • Wed 2015 Mar 18, 5:02pm

On January 16, Carlos and Erica Morales welcomed three girls and one boy — Carlos Jr., Tracey, Paisley and Erica. But after delivering four healthy babies via C-section, Erica, 36, went into hypovolemic shock, a condition that involves severe blood loss, and died a few hours after her children were born. Today, Carlos is raising the kids by himself in Phoenix, Ariz., though not without help from his mother-in-law, friends, and now, more than 9,000 strangers.

[Headline c/o The Black Sphere]

Future of Obamacare

Miss CJ, Chicks on the Right • Fri 2015 Mar 13, 10:42pm

"…So wait - doctors in Wales are NOT allowed to treat a baby born prematurely because he was born before the abortion cut-off? Never mind that his parents were clearly NOT aborting him and they WANTED to keep the baby? What kind of stupid rule is that??? …"

Ministers Urge People To Turn In Gunman Who Killed Girl, 7

CBS Chicago • Sat 2012 Jun 30, 11:56am

She had just gotten her hair done for a trip to Disney World that had been planned for next month, and was outside with her mother as they sold lemonade, candy and snacks under a canopy set up in front of their home. Two men opened fire around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday, and Heaven was struck in the chest. “I had just called Heaven. She was sitting right next to me on my shoulder. Just laying on my shoulder,” Banks said Thursday. Banks described the horrific sight of seeing her young daughter lying dead. “For her to die like this – 7 years old, lying on a slab cold, her eyes just open, blood coming out her nose – I just want him to turn himself in. That’s all that I ask of him. And I’m asking for Chicago to help me,” she said.

Daughter's shooting of father ruled justified

newson6.com • Wed 2009 Jun 24, 3:38pm…was defending her mother when she shot and killed 47-year-old…

Boy who shot dad's fiance got gun as Christmas present

nydailynews.com • Mon 2009 Feb 23, 8:33am

The 20-gauge shotgun an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy used to blow away his father's pregnant fiance was a Christmas present from his gun-loving dad, cops and family revealed Sunday. ... Jordan is being charged as an adult in the killing of his stepmother-to-be in her bed Friday morning in their Wampum, Pa., home. She was eight months pregnant. Jordan's lawyer, Dennis Elisco, said he plans to ask for the boy to be released on bail Monday and have the case moved to juvenile court. Elisco says there's no clear motive for the shooting, and he maintains his client's innocence.