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A Texas woman who for months was unable to qualify for food stamps pulled a gun in a state welfare office and staged a seven-hour standoff with police that ended with her shooting her two children before killing herself, officials said Tuesday.

Most families have two working parents, which means dad will have alone time with the kids whenever mom works on weekends, goes away on business or simply needs some time off from being mom.

BUILDING A FUTURE, REBUILDING HAITI: Olivier Jules, 7. works with the computer his mom bought with his mother's wages. A staff meeting shows the preponderance of women on the job at CNE, the government road-building outfit.

In the late 1990s, Nancy Rowe was worried about diabetes. I was predisposed to it, said Rowe, 56. My mom has it, my dad has it and my uncle died from it. I wanted to take precautions and stop it. I decided it wasn't going to happen to me. What Rowe did was change her lifestyle. She started eating healthy and began bodybuilding.

Charlotte's natural landscape, squiggled with rivers and trails, gives adventurists infinite excuses to stay outdoors. Yet trying to enjoy nature's thrill rides may make you feel like a suburban mom, shuttling between multiple locations in a car brimming with athletic equipment.