Mirror.co.uk City or United? Dad auctions off baby son's football allegiance on eBay to …Mirror.co.ukIan Charters, 30, has put his son's future football love up for sale on eBay– with the winning bidder getting to choose who little Eddie will support for the rest of his life. Watford fan Ian, …
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Child Protective Services is seeking the public's help to locate the parents or relatives of an infant discovered Wednesday morning at a Houston post office. The boy also was found with a fleece blanket that has a black background, multiple red dog paw designs, white dog bone images and the …
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