“Family” on The Daily Caller

My wife and I have an acquaintance from Boston we’re unfortunately forced to interface with on an irregular basis who continuously gives me and my family hell about hunting.  (more)

No one would look twice at the sight of Amanda Hurst breast-feeding her infant son, but watching her do the same for her 6-year-old is a different story. (more)

Our nation’s capital exemplifies what America can become, but not in a good way. (more)

Pressure from the Kennedy family played a key role in the History channel’s decision to pull the plug on its controversial miniseries The Kennedys. (more)

There are many contributors to childhood weight gain — diet, inactivity, genes — but a study released on Dec. 27 in Pediatrics identifies another potential cause: certain types of baby formula. (more)

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama and his family took a break from their Hawaiian vacation to attend Sunday church services, a rare occurrence for a president who prefers to worship in private. (more)

With children that grow out of clothing at lightning speed, parents with limited time and resources are uniting online to exchange the clothing that no longer fits their tots with clothing from other parents that will. The online organization ThredUp has taken the old-fashioned model of a neighborhood hand-me-down and turned it into a streamlined clothing swap nationwide and on military bases throughout the world. (more)

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) — People in the tiny Ohio town of Mount Vernon used to have to think back years to recall a violent crime. (more)

HOWARD, Ohio (AP) — Blood was found in the home of a missing woman and her two children, whose disappearance along with her friend led to a lockdown at a college near where her pickup truck was spotted, a sheriff said Friday. (more)

Frankie Heck is no June Cleaver. (more)

Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller each filed separate divorce petitions on Monday. (more)

A confessed burglar said he “lost control” while beating Dr. William Petit with a bat before going on to murder Petit’s wife and two daughters and admitted he started to “enjoy it,” according to his journal entries read in court today. (more)

From the standpoint of popular culture, drinking during pregnancy is the equivalent of playing Russian roulette with your fetus. Any woman daring to consume a single glass of wine in public risks being construed as the most unnaturally selfish of mothers. Even as recent studies suggest that science refuses to conclude the case, we cling to the prohibition in a way that precludes discussion. But perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising—our reasons may have as much to do with the distinctive morality of pregnancy as they do with science. (more)

White women with college degrees are now just as likely to get married as their less-educated counterparts, ending what researchers once thought of as a “marriage penalty” for generations of young women who sought out higher education. (more)

Conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh will be appearing as a cartoon version of himself for this weekend’s episode of Family Guy. (more)

From battling rumors to celebrating their 15-year age difference, here’s how the couple, who celebrate five years of marriage Sept. 24, make their marriage work: (more)

Michelle Obama thinks being America’s First Lady is ‘hell’, Carla Bruni reveals today in a wildly indiscreet new book. (more)

A majority of Americans now say their definition of family includes same-sex couples with children, as well as married gay and lesbian couples. (more)

Birth order within families has long sparked sibling rivalry, but it might also impact the child’s personality and intelligence, a new study suggests. First-borns are typically smarter, while younger siblings get better grades and are more outgoing, the researchers say. (more)

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Authorities trying to solve a shooting in New York have zeroed in on identical twin brothers — but now they have to figure out which one to charge. (more)