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California Cryobank announced that it has started posting photos of celebrities who resemble their donors to give prospective clients a better idea of what their potential offspring might look like. 'The number one client question we get is: 'Who does this donor look like?'' said Scott Brown of California Cryobank. 'We decided this would be a great way to give thorough and consistent answers. Clients love it. Look-a-Likes has only been available for a week and our Web site traffic is up 50 percent.' Brown said the sperm bank is choosy, accepting fewer than 1 percent of people who apply to be donors. The screening process includes genetic testing, regular blood tests, a three-generation family medical history, and a sperm count/quality in the top 15 percent of the population, he said. Clients can search for attributes such as height or eye and hair color, and the database will return a list of donors who each have two or three celebrity look-alikes. Users also can choose from an existin

MANILA, Aug.1 Kyodo - (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) (AP) - Former Philippine President and democratic icon Corazon Aquino on Saturday died of cancer, her family said. She was 76. Aquino, popularly known as Co...

In search of birth mother who gave birth to baby boy on 9/30/62 or around that date & named boy 'Tony' who went into a foster home for a short time I'm told & then was adopted by a family when he was around 2 years old.

The nation's population largely identifies with Islam as their ancestral background, but the reality is that most Albanians are more secular in their views, and that they do not attend religious ceremonies often. Only about a third of the country's population are devout enough in their religious views to attend church on a regular basis, and the majority of those are either Orthodox or Sunni Muslim. Less than ten percent of the country is Catholic. Thus, it is with this backdrop that Prime Minister Sali Berisha introduced legislation on 29 July which would grant same-sex couples the right to marry within the borders of Albania. This surprising move comes within a nation which does not have a visible LGBT Community, and where prejudice against same-sex couples can be fairly high. Berisha stated that he believed that this was an issue of ending discrimination. Berisha has been portrayed as a 'family values' politician in the past, and he is largely a conservative.

Hannover - A German cat survived by a whisker after bedding down in a washing machine for the night, police in Hannover reported Friday. The pet, called Zoro, climbed into the drum of the washing machine on Thursday night, before the family's sons, a...

London: Bobby Robson, who coached England to the 1990 World Cup semifinals and won football trophies in four countries, died on Friday, his family said. He was 76. 'It is with great sadness that ...

As a baby, Ari Weinstein was mesmerized by light switches. By 2, he had mastered the family TV, stereo, and VCR and soon was taking apart mechanical toys.

NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (PUBPAT), filed a lawsuit today charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer stifle research that could lead to cures and limit women's options regarding their medical care. Mutations along the genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, are responsible for most cases of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. The lawsuit argues that the patents on these genes are unconstitutional and invalid.

Like Sonia Sotomayor, Regina Benjamin has been nominated by President Obama for a prominent and visible position. Benjamin, a doctor with a long history of practicing family medicine, is Obama's...

Doing something unusual, like knocking on wood or patting yourself on the head, while taking a daily dose of medicine may be an effective strategy to help seniors remember whether they've already taken their daily medications, suggests new research from Washington University in St. Louis.