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Obama Weathers Storm with Help from Marine, Umbrella

Even President Obama’s use of umbrellas has become a scandal in the eyes of some Republicans.

During a joint press conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Obama signaled to two Marines and asked them to protect him and his guest from the rain.

Johnson & Johnson Removes Some Chemicals from Baby Shampoo

One of the world's largest producers of personal care products, J&J has vowed to remove many chemicals from its baby products

Johnson & Johnson pledged last August to eliminate formaldehyde, parabens, triclosan and phthalates from all baby products. For adult products, it has removed triclosan and phthalates, but will keep using three parabens, and use formaldehyde in exceptional cases where other preservatives wouldn't work, according to the company's new policy.

Toddler Lana-Leigh Bailey Believed Dead

Hopes were crushed when authorities announced that they believed that Lana-Leigh Bailey is dead, and they are searching for her body. Lana's mother and two others were found dead on the farm earlier in the week.

Jack Andraka, the Teen Prodigy of Pancreatic Cancer

High school sophomore Jack Andraka won the youth achievement Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for inventing a new method to detect a lethal cancer.

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