While pulling weeds in his son's garden at Palm Beach, north of Sydney, he fell backwards over a cliff, landed on rocks and cut his head.

ECONOMIST: Face value

My son Joshua and I were out for a morning walk along the beach in front of my home when suddenly the sea began to race in.

NPR: A Hippo and Tortoise Tale

"I did indeed watch the second half of the Super Bowl at the beach house with our 14-year-old son because as a father I didn't think he should watch it alone, " Sanford said.

NPR: Trespassing Accusation Leaves Sanford On His Own

Walter Marino, 46, and his son Chris Marino, who has autism, were swimming in the Ponce Inlet, south of Daytona Beach, Florida, on Saturday when currents pulled the 12-year-old boy out to sea.

CNN: Father, son rescued after more than 12 hours in Atlantic

Steven Wyner's client, Deborah Porter, asked the Manhattan Beach district (south of Santa Monica) to give her fourth-grade son extra reading instruction and work on his socializing skills. (He would later be diagnosed with autism.) She won an administrative ruling requiring the district to provide them.

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