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Idaho preps for Medicaid expansion
‘IT’S A BOY!’
Royal baby born; name will be announced ‘in due course’
Department of Health and Welfare readies for expanded coverage just in case state decides to opt into that aspect of overhaul By JOHN MILLER The Associated Press
BOISE — Idaho has so far balked at expanding Medicaid coverage for more low-income residents, part of President Barack Obama’s insurance overhaul left optional for states by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare doesn’t want to get caught flat-footed, just in case lawmakers and Gov. Butch Otter decide otherwise.
By GREGORY KATZ and SYLVIA HUI The Associated Press
LONDON — Champagne bottles popped and shouts of “Hip! Hip! Hooray!” erupted at Buckingham Palace on Monday as Britain welcomed the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate’s first child, a boy who is now third in line to the British throne. Hundreds of Britons and tourists broke into song and dance outside the palace as officials announced that the future king was born at 9:24 a.m., weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces, at central London’s St. Mary’s Hospital — the same place where William and his brother Harry were born three decades ago. The imminent arrival of the royal baby was the subject of endless speculation on social media and was covered for days on live television around the world, but in the end the royal family managed to keep it a remarkably private affair. In line with royal tradition, a terse statement announced only the time of birth, the infant’s gender and that mother and child were doing well. It gave no information about the baby’s name, and officials would say only that a name would be announced “in due course.”
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Cheeky’s Chic Boutique offers sassy style with heart Tony Appleton, a town crier, announces the birth of the royal baby, outside St. Mary’s Hospital exclusive Lindo Wing in London. The baby boy, born Monday at 9:24 a.m., weighs 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Britons place bets on name of royal baby, A8 AP
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FIVE ROYAL BABY TRADITIONS TO KNOW LONDON — Prince William and Kate are seen as the new face of a centuriesold institution, keeping the best of traditions while moving forward with the times. Here are five things to know about the royal baby in relation to royal births of the past:
HOME BIRTHING Most people take a hospital birth for granted these days, but just a few decades ago the custom among royals — as it was among commoners — was to give birth at home. That changed by the 1980s, when Princes William and Harry were both born at the private Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s hospital in central London. Wil-
expectations of many modern parents — and he delivered on that promise. He follows in the footsteps of his father, Charles, liam and Kate’s first child — a prince — who declared how much he relished was born Monday in the very same wing. being in the delivery room in a letter to his godmother, Patricia Brabourne. HOME SCHOOLING
TO NANNY OR NOT
Store owner passionate about fighting breast cancer By TORRIE COPE
tcope@idahopress.com
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NAMPA — Cheeky’s Farm Girl Chic Boutique sells clothing for women and girls who know how to work hard on the farm but want to look good doing it, owner Jessi Roberts said. “We try our best to service the ag community, girls that show stock, stuff like that,” she said. “…We relate more to the farming community.” Cheeky’s clothing, including a line of shirts made in-house, has a touch of sass to it but is still familyoriented, Roberts said. The store also has a heart in the fight against breast cancer.
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William and Kate have not made any public announcements about hiring a nanny to help them bring up their son. Many expect the couple to be more hands-on parents than earlier generations of royals, and some have For a long time, royals were educated OFFICIAL INTRUDERS speculated that because of the couple’s in private. The queen was taught at In the early 1900s — and probably home by her father, tutors and govern- before — custom dictated that govern- close ties with Kate’s parents, Michael esses, and never mingled with common- ment officials should be present when and Carole Middleton will also have a ers at a school, college or university. big role in helping Kate with the baby. a royal was born. When the queen was Charles was the first royal heir to have born in 1926, for example, the home sec- Nannies have always been central to gone to school, and William and Kate, bringing up royal babies. Charles was retary was present among the doctors. who were both educated at indepenThe current home secretary, Theresa famously close to his nannies, and Wildent schools, will doubtless have their May, said the centuries-old tradition liam and Harry also enjoyed a bond with son do the same. required the official to attend “as their former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke evidence that it was really a royal birth — who was so well known that she DADS IN THE DELIVERY ROOM and the baby hadn’t been smuggled in.” herself frequently appeared in the news. William said he would be there with Fortunately for Kate — the practice was n Written by Sylvia Hui, AP Kate when she gave birth, in line with the abolished years ago by George VI.
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