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What are the true costs — both financial and emotional — of raising octuplets and six other children until age 18? One conservative estimate reveals that the price tag will be at least $1.5 million. And the emotional costs could prove to be the most severe, experts say.

A few hundred people arrived early Tuesday to attend the memorial service for slain 2-year old, Caylee Anthony, whose remains were uncovered in early December in woods near the home of her grandparents in Orlando, Florida.

Under investigation is Jeffrey Claude Bartleson, 52, who was arrested Jan. 29 and then re-arrested Wednesday after a campaign worker in the McCain office told police she believed Bartleson molested one of her sons.

Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the government's Sustainable Development Commission, says curbing population growth through contraception and abortion must be at the heart of policies to fight global warming.

The mother of six who gave birth to octuplets in California this week just wanted 'one more girl' and was obsessed with having children, her mother said.