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Article: Mother jailed for naming son `Gesher' _ Hebrew for ...
AP Online;  December 23, 1998 ;     381 words ...AP Online 12-23-1998 OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A mother of 14 was jailed this week because she refused to change the name she picked for her young son, even though that violated Norway's name law. Kirsti Larsen, 46, told the Verdens Gang newspaper that she named her son Gesher after she dreamed the child

Article: KING HUSSEIN REPORTED CLOSE TO NAMING SON AS ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 24, 1999 ;     562 words ...Byline: -- New York Times CAIRO, Egypt -- King Hussein of Jordan is preparing to name one of his sons as his heir, Jordanian officials said Saturday, culminating a dizzying week in which the king returned from six months of cancer treatment abroad and then dismissed his brother as crown prince. The

Article: Norway mom jailed for naming son Gesher
Jerusalem Post;  December 24, 1998 ;     330 words ...AP Jerusalem Post 12-24-1998 OSLO - A mother of 14 was jailed this week because she refused to change the name she picked for her young son, even though that violated Norway's name law. Kirsti Larsen, 46, told the Verdens Gang newspaper that she named her son Gesher after she dreamed the child

Article: Woman gains fame for naming son after kraut
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  October 19, 2008 ;     585 words ...RACINE, Wis. (AP) - Believe it or not! The Racine woman who won multiple Franksville sauerkraut eating contests while pregnant, Brenda Lashley, and her son, Edward Allen Frank Lashley, have marked their place in history. They are in "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" On the same page as stories about a

Article: Parents ask sheriff's apology for naming son as ...
The Washington Times;  May 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ...LITTLETON, Colo. - The parents of a Columbine High School student demanded an apology yesterday from Jefferson County Sheriff John Stone, who said their son was a possible suspect in the April 20 massacre. Sheriff Stone told local television stations Tuesday that Brooks Brown, a 17-year-old senior

Article: Handle bars.(Swedish couple fined by court for re-naming ...
U.S. News & World Report;  April 22, 1996 ;     417 words ...And you thought the Artist Formerly Known as Prince had a tough time signing his name. Well, a couple in southern Sweden has put Minnesota's typographic wonder to shame. Last month, a district court fined Elisabeth Hallin $680 for naming her 5-year-old son

Article: IRISH SONGS; OH DANNY BOY... THANK GOODNESS IRISH FOLK SONG - AND ...
The Virginian Pilot;  March 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ...OUR SON DANNY was born with the soundtrack from ``Oklahoma ringing through the maternity ward. ``And when we say `Yeow! Ki-yip-i-yee-o-yay! We're saying, `You're doing fine Oklahoma! Oklahoma! OK Through 17 1/2-hours of labor, my husband Earl, Lord of Show Tunes, played that tape. I should be