April Antoniou said she had frequently turned to Google but had no luck because her father's name is relatively common and she knew very little about him. But when she typed "Scott Robert Becker Looking for April" into the Google search box a few days ago it landed her on a website created by her father seven years ago -- www.aprilbecker.com -- where he had left a message.
 

This is no gimmick or publicity stunt. Mike Wallace and Chrissy Wallace want to be taken seriously. On Saturday, they’ll make NASCAR history as the first father and daughter to race against each other when they drive in the Camping World Trucks Series at Talladega Superspeedway.

Lisa and Anthony "A.J." Demaree's three young daughters were taken away by Arizona Child Protective Services last fall when a Walmart employee found partially nude pictures of the girls on a camera memory stick taken to the store for processing, according to the suit. The Peoria couple's attorney said Walmart turned the photos over to police and the Demarees were not allowed to see their children for several days and didn't regain custody for a month while the state investigated.

There should only have been one winner. On the riverbank was Jessica Wanstall, 4foot, 10 inches tall weighing less than 84 pounds and something of a tiddler among anglers. In the river was a monster, a nearly 9 foot catfish that hit the scales at a record 193 pounds.

A DODO who works three jobs to support his family — including one as a limousine driver — has won a $39 million jackpot in California's SuperLotto Plus. Clyde Persley, who is married with a 4-year-old daughter, turned in his winning ticket on Tuesday night and should get his first check for about $16 million in four to six weeks, said a California lottery spokeswoman.

(April 9, 2009) -- In its ruling, issued Monday, the province's court of appeal declared the girl was caught up in a "very rare" set of circumstances, and her father didn't have sufficient grounds to contest the court's earlier decision. "Either way, he doesn't have authority over this child anymore. She sued him because she doesn't respect his rules. It's very hard to raise a child who is the boss," said the father's attorney.

(April 9, 2009) -- On a video that captured the March 31 robbery, the robber told the clerk at an AM-PM mini-mart that he had lost his job and needed money for his daughter. The video shows a little girl in a pink coat watching as the man beside her pulls a gun and takes about $200.

(April 9, 2009) -- “As Lent was about to begin, I was looking for something I could do to strengthen the congregation here, their journey of faith,” said Vasey. So instead of rattling off the same old sermons about sacrifice and faith, the pastor chose to showcase the mini-plays, with a twist: He put his daughter in the role of Christ, while he played Satan.

(April 9, 2009) -- Dena Christoffersen likes to text. In one month alone the Cheyenne, Wyo., 13-year-old sent 10,000 texts and received about 10,000, mostly at school. It all adds up, especially if your family's phone plan doesn't include texting. Dad hit the roof when the bill arrived: $4,756.25. Then he hit Dena's phone — an LG — with a hammer.

(March 21, 2009) -- Ceri Moore admits she doesn’t like planes - which is why she won’t mind jumping out of one on Mother’s Day. The 19-year-old admin assistant, who lives in Lilac Close, Burbage, is determined to raise money for the Leicestershire-based charity which has done so much to help her family cope with the stresses of living with cancer.

(March 21, 2009) -- Installed under an oak tree just 30 feet from the Oval Office, the American-made, earth-friendly playground is from Rainbow Play Systems, a company based in Brookings, S.D. The Rainbow Castle has been "tricked out with lots of bells and whistles," says owner Greg Foster, including swings, a climbing wall, a rope ladder, a slide, monkey bars and a "penthouse with a double bubble." (Translation: an upper-level fort with two Plexiglas windows that are deep enough to climb inside.)

(March 21, 2009) -- My father's rocky entry into the digital age forced me to make a choice. It wasn't so much that it bothered me to have to explain that very few people on Facebook are actually married, although it did, and it wasn't so much that my profile has its fair share of questionable photo albums and questionable wall posts, although it does. What it all came down to was that while it's natural for those of us who grew up digital to have a digital component to our friendships and relationships, and a digital representation of ourselves on the Internet, my relationship with my father has never had one. And it hasn't needed one.  So that evening, I did the unthinkable — I unfriended my dad on Facebook.

“When I was 17, my father had a stroke and was hospitalized for about two months. Nothing like that had ever happened to me. This experience demonstrated to me, first-hand, the importance of good and caring nurses. I had opportunities to talk with his nurses about their education and their jobs and these conversations made me realize that I was born to be a nurse. I wanted to do for others what they had done for my family and me. "

(March 11, 2009) -- Larry Ford’s Flushing players made just enough plays at the end to eliminate Erika Ford’s Davison squad, 32-31, in a Class A regional semifinal Tuesday night at Flint Central. This was the sixth time father and daughter have coached against each other the last two seasons, with Flushing winning all six games. This was by far the most critical and most competitive matchup.

(Feb. 25, 2009) -- The equipment and building are new, but there is something familiar about Annie De Groot’s new digs: her father, who was among her first faculty appointments at the University of Rhode Island.

(Feb. 25, 2009) -- Terry Harbor bought the computer from Value Pawn in Apopka for his 13-year-old daughter. He hoped it would provide some entertainment and assist her with homework.  But Harbor said the computer was packed with sexually explicit pictures and personal information about the previous owner.

(Feb. 25, 2009) -- Cornel Oprea and Cornelia Oprea were caught with more than 500 people's card details on a computer when police raided their home in Longsight, Manchester.

(Feb. 25, 2009) -- Richard Cole said he was proud of his daughter. "When I explained to her that he might not have been able to get out of the water if she hadn't seen him, she was pretty proud of herself," he said. "I'm just glad that he was OK, and I'm very proud of my daughter."

(Feb. 25, 2009) -- "It's just nice to have the chance to bond with her," the single dad said. "We're going to keep coming until she's married."

(Feb. 23, 2009) -- "The media has said some stuff about my dad and me being too close and too cuddly for a father and a daughter," the 16-year-old actress-singer writes in "Miles to Go," a new memoir. "For me and my dad it's not weird at all."