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Eight-year-olds wearing makeup? Nine-year-olds singing about "hoes"? Ten-year-olds wanting six-pack abs or big breasts? Experts tell you how to counteract the sexual messages that surround our kids, and help them stay young a little longer.

Lori Anne Madison, 6, the youngest person to compete in the National Spelling Bee, rose to the occasion Wednesday and spelled her first word, "dirigible," correctly.

A child is filmed after receiving anesthesia makes everyone in the hospital room laugh with his reaction to the drug.

Seattle police say the same suspect was behind fatal shootings Wednesday that left a total of four people dead and two critically wounded. The suspect shot himself as police closed in.

Dean Obeidallah says he understands why Justin Bieber might lash out the paparazzi. Why should photogs profit from photos taken without permission?

In Arizona, an end of the year award didn't go over well with a student or her mother. KGUN's Valerie Cavazos reports.

A gay-porn actor is wanted in the killing of an acquaintance, accused of posting online a dismemberment video and mailing body parts to Ottawa locations, a source said.

Call them "unicorners." A liberal group says it has collected 19,000 e-mails asking Arizona officials to confirm Mitt Romney is not a unicorn in response to "birthers."

David Burwell says Congress should resist the temptation to use the project as an opportunity for political brinkmanship

Mohammed Ayoob: Egypt's future is not the Muslim Brotherhood or the remnants of the Mubarak regime. The reality includes many more players.

As Mitt Romney leaves Las Vegas, he hopes he hit the jackpot.

Andrew Keen: The social network is taking something much more important than money from its nearly 1 billion members. By sabotaging what it really means to be human, Facebook is stealing the innocence of our inner lives.

If you're on a flight -- especially a long one -- a coach class seat can be a chair of torture.

Women representing the '"fat acceptance movement" debate with their counterparts at the National Action Against Obesity.

CNN's Jenny Harrison showcases pieces from a rare exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II's personal diamond collection.

For most of his life he's been Gene Ween, the nimble-voiced frontman of one of rock's great genre-hoppers -- but Aaron Freeman is finally ready to put his alter-ego to bed.

Houston waiter Greg Rubar received the tip of a lifetime when an anonymous couple left him $5,000 on a $27 lunch tab.

A proposed high-speed rail line in California was touted as the transportation of the future. But after billions of federal stimulus dollars were pledged to build it, the project is plagued with problems.

Mexicans step up to CNN's Open Mic and offer their messages to the U.S. presidential candidates.

The Polish prime minister on Wednesday reacted strongly to what the White House said was a mistake by President Barack Obama during Tuesday's Medal of Freedom ceremony.