A transgendered Canadian man who breastfeeds his baby said he finds the distinction between fatherhood and motherhood to be arbitrary.Trevor MacDonald, 27, a Winnipeg, Manitoba, a former woman who became a stay-at-home dad, said he breastfeeds the 16-month-old son he gave birth to and belongs to a La Leche League Canada motherhood support group, the Toronto Star reported Monday.MacDonald said he wrote a letter to the LLLC in June to ask about becoming a group leader, but received a rejection let

Twenty-five people were killed and 43 others hurt in a prison battle in Venezuela as two armed gangs vied for control of a penitentiary near Caracas, authorities said Monday.One of the dead was a visiting relative while the 24 others were prisoners, some of whom were shot in the face at point-blank range during clashes Sunday in the Yare I prison, said minister for prison affairs Iris Varela.The facility was back under control on Monday after the latest bout of violence in Venezuela‘s overcrowde

U.S. President Barrack Obama seems to be only a figurehead of power, according to an explosive new book coming out titled “Leading from Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him.” According to a news source, author Rich Miniter, a former Wall Street Journal, Washington Times and Sunday Times journalist, said Obama is under the strong influence of a number of dominant women -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, top adviser Valerie Jarrett, and first lady Michelle. He ci

Swimmer Michael Phelps’ four gold and two silver medals from the London Olympics are at risk.Phelps is under scrutiny after photos of his Louis Vuitton campaign emerged on Twitter, violating Rule 40 of the International Olympic Committee guidebook.According to Rule 40, no athlete is allowed to participate in non-Olympic marketing during the Games or during a specified period afterward. The official IOC rule states: “A competitor or a team may lose the benefit of any ranking obtained in relation

No matter how thirsty you are, don‘t try stealing milk in Melbourne, Australia.That would be don’t try stealing a tanker truck with 6,000 gallons of milk, especially if the truck has a tracking device that tips off the owners that the milk is on the move when it shouldn‘t be.Even with tires of the truck blown out by stop sticks, the thieves kept driving, The Age reported.After a 2-hour drive, police corralled the truck, but then had to break the windows, because the thieves would not get out.Don

Many people practice their interview skills before going to a job interview by coming up with answers to likely questions. But top interviewees also come up with suitable questions to ask the job interviewer. According to a news source, interviewers deem most questions acceptable but have problems with a few. Here is what experts have to say about these questions:5. Is there a probationary period? “It sounds like you’ve been fired in the past or somehow expect to perform poorly at some point,” s

Men who drink tend to stem their alcohol use once they marry, while women tend to increase their drinking after marriage, U.S. researchers found. Corinne Reczek of the University of Cincinnati, Tetyana Pudrovska of Pennsylvania State University, Deborah Carr of Rutgers University and Debra Umberson of the University of Texas at Austin found married men reported consuming the lowest number of drinks compared with single, divorced and widowed men.The researchers analyzed survey data from the Wisco

Google’s biggest rivals seem to be Facebook and Apple but Google executives should worry more about one company actively taking money out of their pockets, a news report said. Google’s real rival to watch over the next few years is Amazon, according to the report by Business Insider. Google makes money from the searches people do before buying something online because those searches are where the ads are placed. These searches make up 20 percent of Google’s total searches.The Google executives f

An electronic anklet is disputing as sex offenders who have electronic anklets commits sexual crime again.The Seoul Northern District Court sentenced a 35-year-old kim, whose full name was withheld by authorities to 10 years in prison.Kim met a female as introducing himself as a TV program director to make a sexual relationship. However, as the woman denied, he tried to force her to take her into his car and used violence. Kim already put on electronic anklets as he committed the same kind of se

An 8-year-old British boy is in trouble with the police for cooking a neighbor’s cat. The boy’s neighbors came downstairs to find that the boy had started cooking their cat in their microwave. Shocked, the cat’s owners rushed the cat to a charity facility for treatment.The cat’s internal organs may be permanently damaged. A UK animal welfare charity RSPCA has started an investigation to find out more about the case. The charity’s senior prosecutions case manager Terry Stroud, stated: “This is a

The ruling Saenuri Party on Friday expelled Rep. Hyun Young-hee for her alleged involvement in a money-for-nomination scandal ahead of April‘s general election.In a general meeting of the party’s lawmakers, all 120 present voted in favor of the expulsion, satisfying the requirement for the ouster of an incumbent legislator of at least two-thirds approval of Saenuri‘s 149 parliamentary seat holders.The move strips Hyun of her party membership, but she can hold onto her proportional representative

A man living in Florida has put his entire life for sale on eBay.Shane Butcher, who has spent 29 years in Tampa Bay, said he is willing to sell all his video game businesses and multiple properties for only $3.5 million dollars after making millions from them, according to a news report. Included the deal are his three “R.U. Game?” stores, his beachside homes, his luxury cars, his entire collection of rare games and gaming systems. Butcher has even offered to pay the leases on the gaming stores

A Scottish sailor who has been searching for the Loch Ness monster for the past 26 years said he has captured a photograph of the legendary creature.George Edwards, captain of the Nessie Hunter, said he has been taking the boat onto Loch Ness nearly every day for the past two and a half decades -- often with like-minded tourists -- and he has now captured a photo that he believes to be the back of a Loch Ness monster, ABC News reported Wednesday.“I saw something out of the corner of my eye, and

Police in New York said car thieves made off with a Maserati while its owner was standing nearby, talking to a friend.Investigators said the car‘s owner, Chadwick Lange, 43, left the keys in the ignition and the engine running when he got out of the vehicle in Times Square to talk to a friend around 4:40 a.m. Sunday when two men approached him and asked if they could take pictures of the car, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.However, after taking a couple of pictures, one of the men jump

Flowers and proposals often go together, but a man from Boston has taken the combination to a new level. Early this month, Jack Cushley proposed to his girlfriend Teresa Elsey by arranging a flashmob; he had dozens of strangers present Elsey with a single flower as the couple made their way to the Institute of Contemporary Art, the location of their first date. The couple first met up and strolled along Boston’s waterfront near the museum. There, Elsey was presented with the pink and white bloom

The largest Burmese python ever found in Florida has been caught in the Everglades, scientists said Tuesday, and it contained 87 eggs -- also thought to be a record.“This thing is monstrous, it‘s about a foot wide,” Kenneth Krysko, the herpetology collection manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History, said of the 17-foot-7-inch (5.35-meter) creature.Scientists at the University of Florida-based museum examined the 164.5-pound (74.5-kilogram) snake on Friday as part of a government research

A Chicago-area man put the windshield of his car up for auction because it has a bird dropping he says looks like the late pop star Michael Jackson.“One of two things will happen,” said owner Brandon Tudor, an Oswego salesman and father of three. “It will go for an astronomical amount or I‘ll get nothing.”Tudor, 29, said he was driving along U.S. Highway 30 near Big Rock Wednesday when bird poop hit the windshield of his 1996 Cadillac Seville, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.He said he immediatel

The Office of National Statistics for England and Wales said the top baby names for 2011 were Harry for boys and Amelia for girls.The office said Harry was followed on the list by Oliver, Jack, Alfie, Charlie, Thomas, Jacob, James, Joshua and William.Meanwhile, Amelia was followed on the girls‘ list by Olivia, Lily, Jessica, Emily, Sophie, Ruby, Grace, Ava and Isabella.“There are a number of possible reasons why the popularity of baby names can change over time,” the office said in a release. “T

For the first time after her ill-fated break-up with Brad Pitt, US actress Jennifer Aniston is engaged to be married again -- this time to a much less known actor-screenwriter, Justin Theroux, his publicist announced late Sunday.“Justin Theroux had an amazing birthday on Friday, receiving an extraordinary gift when his girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston, accepted his proposal of marriage,” Theroux‘s representative told People magazine.According to the magazine, the couple, who both starred in the movi

A 76-year-old British lawyer who left his 55-year-old girlfriend, a judge, for a paralegal who is 25 says he has the blessing of the young woman‘s mother.Anthony Arlidge of London said he met Heather Lockwood last September and they quickly fell in love, causing him to end his relationship with Judge Constance Briscoe and move out of her $1.5 million home to get an apartment with Lockwood, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.Arlidge said he and Lockwood are “very happy” together.“I’ve met her mo