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Welcome Whale A killer whale gave birth at San Diego's Sea World Thursday. The healthy calf weighed 350 pounds and immediately started swimming alongside its mother.

Baby on Board After last week's blizzard, one baby in Connecticut just couldn't wait for the snow plows. When Laurie Wood went into labor, her neighbors sprung into action. They pulled the mother-to-be in a sleigh all the way to the hospital, arriving just in time for the birth of a little boy.