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14-pound girl born in Kentucky

CORBIN, Ky. — A baby girl weighing a whopping 14 pounds, 3 ounces was born here, officials from the Baptist Regional Medical Center said.

The baby was born Tuesday by Caesarean section and appeared healthy, nursing supervisor Susan Whittymore said.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, less than 1 percent of babies weigh more than 11 pounds at birth.

The child went home Friday, Miss Whittymore said. No other details were available.

Last month, a 13-pound, 12-ounce girl was born in Wisconsin to Paul and Robin Buzzell. They dubbed their newborn “the Big Enchilada.”

Marine asks to be shot to avoid Iraq

CHICAGO — A young Marine who feared returning to Iraq persuaded his cousin to shoot him in the leg, then told police he was hit by random gang gunfire, authorities said.

The July 9 shooting was meant to keep 19-year-old Moises Hernandez from going back to Iraq, prosecutors said. He was charged with filing a false police report. His cousin, Juan Hernandez, 19, faces a felony weapons charge.

Moises Hernandez is back with his unit at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and the Marines are investigating the incident. His unit had returned June 5 from a six-month deployment that included a month in Iraq.

The young man’s father, Ray Hernandez, said his son also had been sent to Indonesia after the devastating tsunami in December. The father said his son had seen death up close and was troubled by nightmares when he returned home.

“Whatever he experienced changed him totally,” the senior Hernandez said.

Soldier buried 55 years after his death

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