Record number of babies born last year

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. greets a woman and her baby as he makes a campaign stop at Ted Drewes a local custard shop in St. Louis Tuesday July 15 2008. Standing left is Brooke Buchanan. (AP PhotoCarolyn Kaster)
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets a woman and her baby as he makes a campaign stop at Ted Drewes, a local custard shop, in St. Louis, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. Standing left is Brooke Buchanan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

(AP) -- More babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yet.


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