February 9, 2011

For years, cases involving shaken-baby syndrome were often open-and-shut — with the last person to care for the child labeled the abuser. But Slate editor Emily Bazelon reports that a growing number of doctors say the syndrome could have alternate explanations.

Listen at http://www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133625794/More-Doctors-Questioning-Shaken-Baby-Syndrome

By TRESA BALDAS
Detroit Free Press Staff Writer

Child pornography isn't just more pervasive, it's getting even uglier.

Federal prosecutors in Detroit say they have witnessed the disturbing trend with the kids getting younger -- toddlers and infants as young as 6 months old -- turning up in photos and videos.

And the assaults are getting worse. It's not just still images of children in the nude, they say.

Published: Friday, January 28, 2011, 4:59 PM     Updated: Friday, January 28, 2011, 5:00 PM

By David Harris | Flint Journal