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Twin Brothers Die Hours Apart
 Twin Brothers Die Hours Apart 
Jun 3, 2011 2:47 PM CDT

Twin Brothers Die Hours Apart

Julian and Adrian Riester, both friars, were 92 years old

(Newser) - Talk about two hearts almost beating as one: Twins Julian and Adrian Riester were born seconds apart 92 years ago, and they died hours apart in Florida on Wednesday. The Buffalo-born twins were also brothers in the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor. They spent 35 years working together on...

Ohio School Graduating Triplets, 10 Sets of Twins

The 23 multiples have all been in the district since kindergarten

(Newser) - The graduating class of Ohio's Canfield High School features a multitude of multiples: 10 sets of twins and one set of triplets. They make up 8% of the 282 seniors receiving their diplomas on June 12. The 23 students have all been in the school district since kindergarten. Some...

Mother of Twins Are Hardiest Moms of All

Think of it as an 'evolutionary ace card,' new study suggests

(Newser) - Mothers of twins, you rule. Genetically speaking, at least. Utah researchers have concluded that moms who give birth to twins live longer than mothers who have kids at a measly one-at-a-time rate, reports Discover . Moms of twins also generally give birth to more kids, even when not counting the twins....

Sheen Teaching Kids New Word: 'Rehab'

Twins Max and Bob are 2

(Newser) - In his relentless pursuit of Father of the Year honors, Charlie Sheen is giving his 2-year-old twins vocabulary lessons. "I am teaching them words, because they're speaking now," Sheen tells TMZ. But not just any old words: "I'm teaching them the word 'rehab' so...

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Have Twins, a Boy and a Girl
 Mariah Reveals Twins' Names 
May 4, 2011 1:17 PM CDT

Mariah Reveals Twins' Names

...Moroccan and Monroe. Guess which is the boy and which is the girl

(Newser) - Mariah Carey gave birth to a set of twins on Saturday, and their names have finally been revealed. And with names like Moroccan and Monroe, good luck guessing which is the boy and which is the girl. Carey's website reveals that only one has a middle name, which sheds...

Facebook Plea for Missing Twins

Girls, 6, last spotted sobbing on Corsican ferry

(Newser) - A heartsick Swiss mother has turned to Facebook in a plea to the public to help find her young twin daughters, missing since they were snatched by their suicidal father. Alessia and Livia Schepp, both 6, were last spotted crying on a ferry to Corsica with their dad after he...

Facebook Foes Winklevoss Twins Get Sued Themselves

Former business partner says they owe him millions

(Newser) - This probably goes over well in the Facebook offices: The Winklevoss twins are being accused of doing to a business partner essentially what they accuse Mark Zuckerberg of doing to them. A web developer named Wayne Chang is suing the brothers, claiming he had an ownership stake in their company...

Suicide Pact Twin Wrote Letters to Columbine Alum

She talked with Brooks Brown in 1999

(Newser) - The Australian twins who shot themselves at a Colorado firing range may have been obsessed with the Columbine school shootings, which happened just 20 miles from the shooting range where one sister died . Investigators found that Kristin Hermeler, the twin who died, wrote letters to a former Columbine student in...

Twins Meant to Kill Each Other in Suicide Pact

Sheriff's office speaks to surviving Australian woman

(Newser) - The 29-year-old Australian twins shot at a firing range in Colorado meant to kill each other in a suicide pact, sheriff's officials said. Witnesses say the twins were shooting and chatting for about 90 minutes when they suddenly fell to the floor of the booth they occupied. Both had gunshot...

Aussie Twins Shot in Head at Colo. Firing Range

Investigators trying to determine which sister died

(Newser) - Australian twins have been shot in the head in a mysterious Colorado firing range shooting. One was killed and the other seriously injured. The 29-year-old women are in the country on cultural exchange visas. Investigators are trying to determine which twin died; her sister isn't yet able to talk. Detectives...

Celine Dion Gives Birth to Twin Boys

The 42-year-old singer now a mom to three

(Newser) - Celine Dion is a mom again—and again. The 42-year-old singer gave birth to fraternal twin boys at 11:11am and 11:12am today. The boys, who weighed 5 lbs, 4 oz, and 5 lbs, 10 oz, are healthy but were born premature, and will spend a few days in...

It's a Boy and a Girl for Doogie

Neil Patrick Harris and partner welcome twins

(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka are the fathers of twins. "All of us are happy, healthy, tired, and a little pukey," writes the How I Met Your Mother star on his Twitter feed . The twins are a boy and a girl named Gideon Scott and Harper...

Neil Patrick Harris Expecting Twins

He and partner due via surrogate

(Newser) - Neil Patrick Harris, he of Doogie Howser, How I Met Your Mother, and the Harold and Kumar flicks, is going to be a dad two times over (via surrogate) with longtime partner David Burtka. " So, get this: David and I are expecting twins this fall. We're super excited/nervous/thrilled. Hoping...

Twins for Mariah and Nick: Tab
 Twins for Mariah and Nick: Tab 
Jun 4, 2010 10:23 AM CDT

Twins for Mariah and Nick: Tab

They deserve an award for longest-running prego rumor

(Newser) - It's the rule of three in overdrive: First Kelly Preston, then Celine Dion, now Mariah Carey? Though the singer has yet to confirm or deny the never-ending pregnancy rumors, the National Enquirer (supposedly) knows what’s up: twins! The tab claims Carey used fertility treatments and is now preparing adjoining...

Twin Sons for Travoltas: Tab
 Twin Sons for Travoltas: Tab 
May 26, 2010 10:57 AM CDT

Twin Sons for Travoltas: Tab

John Travolta, Kelly Preston expecting two boys

(Newser) - It’s double the baby joy for John Travolta and Kelly Preston, if Star is to be believed. “They were ecstatic when they thought they were having just one baby. Now that there will be two, they can barely contain their happiness!” says an insider, who claims in...

Tab: Jolie-Pitt Twins Have Down Syndrome
 Tab: Jolie-Pitt Twins 
 Have Down Syndrome 
CELEB RUMORS
May 1, 2010 10:36 AM CDT

Tab: Jolie-Pitt Twins Have Down Syndrome

Enquirer's making stories up now, retorts blogger

(Newser) - Taking a break from the tawdry affairs of Democrats , the National Enquirer turns its, er, unique brand of investigative journalism to Down Syndrome and the important unanswerable question of whether two pint-size Jolie-Pitts, Knox and Vivienne, have it. The cover-worthy story, it seems, is that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie...

Doc Who Aborted Wrong Fetus Loses License

Ob-gyn terminated healthy twin in first attempt at procedure

(Newser) - It sounds too awful to be true: A mom who had undergone in vitro fertilization learns that one of the twins she's carrying has congenital defects, and opts to abort it. Her doctor performs the procedure—but aborts the wrong fetus. So goes the case of Sarasota doctor Matthew Kachinas,...

Conjoined Palestinian Twins Inseparable, Likely to Die

Girls had made it out of Gaza to Saudi Arabia

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia's health minister says conjoined Palestinian twins flown to Riyadh from the Gaza Strip cannot be separated and do not have long to live. The 2-week-old twin girls, joined at the chest, overcame immense obstacles to make it out of the Gaza Strip—including an Israeli blockade, rival Palestinian...

Twins Born Seconds Apart, in Different Decades

Florida brothers come into the world near stroke of midnight

(Newser) - A weird quirk of the calendar in a Tampa delivery room: Marcello Velasco was born at 11:59:37pm on New Year's Eve, and his identical brother, Stephano, arrived at 12:00:02. Which means that not only do they have different birthdays, but they arrived in different years and...

O'Connell's Latest Role: Law Student

Mr. Rebecca Romijn gets off the couch and branches out

(Newser) - Rebecca Romijn's hubby Jerry O’Connell is taking it not-so-easy while his wife works on a new show, People reports. “I had always planned on continuing my education at some point,” the Stand By Me star and father of twins says, so he’s started law school. “...

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