Buck, the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries, was born in Hillsboro, W.Va.

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Tennessee is the first state to track the number of babies born dependent on prescription drugs, said Stephen W. Patrick, a neonatologist at the University of Michigan and one of the authors of the study.

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To borrow a phrase from the late Ann Richards, former governor of Texas, about former President George W Bush: sometimes it seems he was born with a silver foot in his mouth.

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Mitt Romney, 60, was born and raised near Detroit, where his father, George W. Romney, was the chairman of American Motors, the governor of Michigan and, in 1968, a presidential contender.

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