BIRTHS TO UNWED PARENTS RISE.

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For the first time, according to the Census Bureau, the majority of women giving birth to their first child are not married, and the rate is rising. But 12 states have cut the rate since 1996, when Congress offered $100 million to those that did the best job of reducing births to unwed parents. The first set of winners are California, Michigan, Alabama, Massachusetts and the...