It’s a girl! Actress Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) has adopted a baby girl from Africa. This is Ms. Parker’s second child; she has a son, Will, 3, with ex-boyfriend Billy Crudup.

Shaken Baby Syndrome: A bibliographic review of studies on shaken baby syndrome by researchers out of the Teaching Maternity Unit of the University College of Health Care at the University of Granada offers the following data on this type of abuse: The aggressors in SBS are generally men:  in 44% of the cases, the perpetrator is the father, in 20% it is the mother’s boyfriend who is living in the family home. The most frequent female perpetrators are babysitters, at 18%, and mothers, at 7%. 20% of victims of SBS die within days of the shaking incident; 50% suffer widespread disabilities; and only 30% fully recover.

Salad Recall:  Dole Food Co. has issued a recall of some of its bagged salads because a sample at a Canadian grocery store tested positive for E. coli.  The recall involes “Dole Hearts Delight” salads with a “best if used by” date of September 19.  The company has not received any reports of consumers becoming ill from these salads.