A father from Nebraska left his nine children at a hospital in Omaha on Wednesday so the state could take care of them under its new "safe haven" law. Two boys were also abandoned for the same reason at another Omaha hospital.

The father dropped off his six sons and three daughters aged one to 17 at the Creighton University Medical Center. Their names, including the father's, were not released

Children with older fathers are more likely to develop bipolar disorder, a mental illness that fluctuates between intense depression and mania, Swedish and British researchers said in a study.

Previous studies have linked increasing paternal age with schizophrenia and autism, but not bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression. Children born to fathers ages 30 to 34 were 11 percent more likely to be diagnosed as adults with the condition than those born to men 20 to 24. The diagnosis was 37 percent more likely in offspring of fathers 55 and older, the examination of Swedish health records found

The widow of one of the victims of the anthrax attacks in 2001 bolstered her $50 million lawsuit against the government Thursday as the attacker was a federal employee working under alleged lax security.

"It is now time for the United States of America to own up to its responsibility to my family and to right this wrong that resulted in the loss of my beloved husband and my children's beloved father," Maureen Stevens said in a press conference at her office here, according to BBC News

The future of an infant born of an Indian surrogate mother is uncertain as her biological parents, a Japanese couple, divorced after conception.

Abandoned by her Japanese and the Indian mother, the baby is now under her grandmother's care in a hospital in Jaipur, in western Rajasthan state

The father of an 18-year old schizophrenic mentally retarded girl raped by a nursing home resident is battling for legislation that would mandate posting the names of residents with sex offense records.

Ray McDaniel pushed for the bill, which has been adopted by the Ohio House and is waiting for a Senate hearing. He supports every state requiring its staff to disclose the presence of sex offenders among residents. He hopes this would prevent a repeat of what happened to his daughter, who was abused by a 43-year old male resident, now serving time in prison