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A Georgia mother who was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old to get a tattoo said she had no idea it was illegal for him to get one, even with her consent. When Chuntera Napier’s son Gaquan Napier asked her if he could get a memorial tattoo for his 12-year-old brother Malik who died after being hit by a car, Napier was touched by the request.

DALLAS - Many women are choosing tattoos as a way to celebrate their children, both publicly and privately. The trend has grown even more popular in recent years with celebrity moms like Angelina Jolie, Nicole Richie and Jessica Alba showing others tattoos and the love for their kids are nothing to hide. Amber Adams is a busy mother of six who hangs on to just about everything. “I kept their outfits that I brought them home in. And because these are preemie, they are really, really tiny,” she said. But for Adams it isn’t just about the blankets and baby...

Mother Arrested For Tattooing Baby So I’ve seen parents tattoo there child’s name on them that’s a common thing. I have also even seen portraits of their kids face, or even the baby’s footprint tatted on them. But this one definitely caught my attention to the point I had to ask myself ‘Is this chic serious’? A women from Albany, New York – A local New York State resident, Franny Trokerns was arrested early this morning after being turned in by her babysitter. After the babysitter noticed the child was constantly screaming as if the baby was pain she took...

After the worst riots for a generation, and as thousands of extra police are drafted in for this weekend’s Notting Hill Carnival, the ‘gangsta’ culture seems to have permeated even the higher echelons of society. For beautiful heiress Willa Keswick, 27, whose family are worth £1.7 billion thanks to their stake in Hong Kong conglomerate Jardine Matheson, is now sporting a large tattoo of a red and black handgun stretching from her armpit down the side of her torso. While no one could accuse Willa of advocating civil disorder, her new tattoo nevertheless echoes the controversial ‘copycat’ criticisms made by historian...

A lesbian accused of a homophobic attack showed a jury a picture of a gay rights tattoo on her bottom to prove she was not guilty. Lauren Proverbs, 21, said she would never have attacked Gina Landon who was out with a girlfriend because of her sexuality, adding she had once been in a gay relationship herself.

A hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin like a temporary tattoo could transform medical sensing, computer gaming and even spy operations, according to a US study published Thursday.

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Garcia’s tattoo detailed the shooting of 23-year-old John Juarez in Pico Rivera on Jan. 23, 2004. The case had turned stale until Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide investigator Kevin Lloyd saw a photo of Garcia’s tattoo and recognized the crime and details of the killing because he was a station sergeant in Pico Rivera at the time.

Ugly tattoos are everywhere. Some of the ugliness is because of body changes, but much of it is just poor workmanship and a lack of technology. Yet, there are tattoos which are truly works of art. Current technology and an influx of talented artists into the tattooing industry have revolutionized tattooing and helped to “beautify” the images. In previous generations, tattooing was predominantly limited to pagan religions, superstition, memorials, masculinity, brotherhood associations, gangs, marks of punishment, or marks of slavery. The industry had an obvious lack of female clientele. Its image was negative and most people chose to avoid association...

Radio personality Laura Schlesinger says she has "no regrets" regarding the tattoo she got from Glenn West at Classic Tattoo in mid-October. It's on her upper left arm and shows a skull clenching in its teeth a single rose. "It is so me," she wrote in an e-mail. "It doesn't have a name. I came up with the design because I'm a 'bad ass girly girl' (ride a Harley, skipper a racing sailboat, pump iron, hike, etc.)," she e-mailed. She has posted 13 images of the work-in-progress on her website. "My son thinks it is fabulous ('live hard'), my husband...

(The Courier-Mail) - A 21-year-old man who allegedly tattooed a penis on a friend's back -- instead of the image he requested -- has been charged with assault, The Courier-Mail reported Tuesday. The 25-year-old victim was visiting the man, an amateur tattooist, at his home in Ipswich, about 25 miles southwest of Brisbane, when he was talked into getting a tattoo. He wanted a yin and yang symbol with some dragons, but was instead shocked to discover the 16-inch tattoo was of a penis with an obscene slogan. The key word in the slogan was also misspelled....

Man with "I'm Me" tattoo has robbed more than a dozen At&T stores of iPhonesA man who uses a tattoo on his forehead to introduce himself has been identified as the notorious iPhone thief of South Florida. Joseph Eric Williams, 19, is on the run from Broward Sheriff's deputies, who were able to identify him by the "I'm Me" tattoo on his forehead. Apparently, one of those "Hello. My name is" stickers weren't stylish enough for Williams, who has robbed as many as 15 AT&T stores in the past two months. He also has a tear drop and a money...

The Iowa man, 48, was arrested Thursday night by Davenport cops on a warrant for failing to appear in court to answer a misdemeanor charge of operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, according to a jail booking sheet. But enough about Winkelman’s criminal entanglements, it’s his forehead tattoo that is worth further discussion. Winkelman is pictured at right in a mug shot snapped after his bust last week Winkelman became a human billboard for the radio station KORB in late-2000 after a disc jockey offered listeners a six-figure payout if they tattooed the FM station’s call letters and...

"Show us your tattoo" contest draws critics BY STEVE PARKER Posted: Friday, October 1, 2010 11:36 am The Modesto Bee is reporting that it's online "show us your tattoo" contest met with some criticism. The contest -- which ended Thursday -- was aimed at attracting younger readers. Interactive media director Dan Day wrote: It's that under-30 generation we're trying to reach with the contest, hoping they'll stop by our website to view a few tattoos and maybe even pick up a copy of the newspaper. In a column explaining the contest, Day said he heard from critics: "What kind of...

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HERMOSA BEACH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY -- To some, they're body art. To others, they're hazards to health, morals and good taste. But to a federal appeals court, tattoos are constitutionally protected free expression, and a city has no more right to ban tattoo parlors than to outlaw bookstores or newsstands. "Tattooing is a process like writing words down or drawing a picture, except that it is performed on a person's skin," the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said Thursday in striking down an anti-tattoo parlor law from the Los Angeles suburb of Hermosa Beach."A form of...

SPRING HILL — Mimi Rosenthal, 101, pushed her Winnie Walker off to the side and sat back in the black leather chair. At 4 feet, 10 inches, her feet didn't quite rest on the floor. And for her third tattoo, she wanted to be comfortable. "Let's find something for your feet," said tattoo artist Michelle Gallo-Kohlas, a longtime family friend entrusted with the honor of inking Rosenthal's arm. Several teenage girls' voices traveled down the hall Saturday afternoon from the waiting room of Requiem Body Art, an upscale piercing and tattoo shop. "Is she getting a tattoo?" "Are you serious?"...

SPRING HILL, Fla., Aug. 22 (UPI) -- It took a while to get going, but 101-year-old Mimi Rosenthal now has her third tattoo, courtesy of a Florida tattoo artist. This one went on her left arm, and next time she might get one on her butt, she said in an interview in the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times.

Rihanna, who is a Barbadian-American singer, recently had inked her neck with a French tattoo, however, the bad news is, that the grammar has gone haywire. The 'Rude Boy' superstar-singer flaunted her new tattoo, which read 'Rebelle Fleur', in New York. But, a few of her admirers pointed out that a French translation of 'rebellious flower' would have to be in the other order.

Nearly one in three Britons aged 16-44 has a tattoo, according to research. A massive boom in body art has been led by celebrities, footballers and other high-profile figures over the past couple of decades. A fifth of all adults have a permanent tattoo, but this rises to a 29 per cent of men and women aged 16-44, the study revealed.