News Kansas babysitter checks for monsters, finds actual creep hiding under kid's bed Ellsworth Toohey

babysitting How much should you pay your babysitter? Mark Frauenfelder

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News Grandmother jailed 108 days after facial recognition got it wrong Ellsworth Toohey

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crime Bring your kid to work day: FBI seeks man who robbed a bank while holding a child Jason Weisberger

nineties Pauly Shore shares Ben Stiller's 'Encino Man' screen test Rusty Blazenhoff

indiana Indiana town offering free grandparents to people who move there Thom Dunn

tabloids "Monster Meghan" and "TV's most-hated host" star in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

photography "Ordinary Sacramento," a photo series honoring hometown listlessness Claudia Dawson

Delightful Creatures Cat won't allow young human to climb over balcony Mark Frauenfelder

books The Babysitter's Coven Cory Doctorow

law Federal workers must show up and can't strike even when not paid in Trump's Shutdown Xeni Jardin

picks Man under suspicion for babysitting while black Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Hope Larson's "All Summer Long," lively YA graphic novel about tween friendships, rock and roll, and being yourself Cory Doctorow

politics What it's like to register to vote in states with voter suppression law Cory Doctorow

parenting Mom promotes idea of breastfeeding her kid and friend's kid: #MilkSiblings Mark Frauenfelder

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