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MANCHESTER, England, May 16 (UPI) -- British doctors who delivered a baby via water birth said the 12-pound, 6-ounce girl set a record for the hospital.
Doctors at North Manchester General Hospital said Bethany Jane Turner is the country's third-largest baby girl to be delivered via natural birth and the largest ever born at the hospital. She was delivered at midnight May 11 after about 3 1/2 hours of labor, The Mirror reported Wednesday.
Parents Naomi Turner, 33, and husband Gavin, 32, said they had two previous children born weighing 8 pounds, 10 ounces and 8 pounds, 9 ounces.
Doctors said the average weight for a newborn girl is 7 pounds, 4 ounces.
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NEW YORK, May 24 (UPI) --
A New York judge has released Amanda Bynes on her own recognizance after the actress was arrested for throwing a bong out of her 36th-floor apartment window.
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SANFORD, Fla., May 24 (UPI) --
Pictures and texts from Trayvon Martin's cellphone show a different side of the teenager a Florida man is accused of killing unprovoked, defense attorneys say.
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BRENTWOOD, N.Y., May 24 (UPI) --
A New York state dockworker said one of his first acts as a $26.5 million lottery jackpot winner was to quit his job.
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OSLO, Norway, May 24 (UPI) --
Norwegian oil and gas company DNO International said tests from a field in the Kurdish region of Iraq yielded an average flow rate of more than 100,000 bpd.
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