LONGVIEW, Texas

Diabetic mother delivers 16-pound, 1-ounce boy

A Texas mom expected a big baby, but nothing like this: 16 pounds, 1 ounce.

Janet Johnson on Monday remained in an the hospital, awaiting word on whether her son, JaMichael Brown, ranked among the biggest births in state history.

JaMichael was born Friday at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview. Johnson, 39, has gestational diabetes, which results in bigger newborns for many mothers. Doctors had estimated JaMichael would be around 12 pounds prior to the cesarean birth.

Victoria Ashworth, a hospital spokeswoman, said he is certainly the biggest in the history of the hospital and was born almost two years to the day after the hospital delivered its smallest baby ever, who weighed just 15 ounces.

MADRID

Spanish doctors give patient double leg transplant, a first

Doctors in Spain have carried out the world’s first double leg transplant, giving new lower limbs to a patient who lost both legs at mid-thigh in an accident, officials said Monday.

The Valencia regional government said the surgical team was led by Dr. Pedro Cavadas, who in 2009 carried out Spain’s first face transplant — the first anywhere to include a new tongue and jaw.

The government statement said the operation at La Fe Hospital in Valencia was extremely complex and Cavadas will wait at least 48 hours to release more information.

KAZAN, Russia

Overcrowded boat’s engine malfunctioned, officials say

An aging cruise ship was severely overcrowded, had a malfunctioning engine and listed to one side before it sank in heavy wind and rain on a river east of Moscow, killing 129 people, Russian officials said Monday.

River cruise boats are highly popular among Russian holiday-makers and the Bulgaria was carrying 208 people, including a large group of children, when it set off in stormy weather Sunday, officials said. It was only licensed to carry 120.

The ship was listing when the voyage began, possibly because of unemptied sewage tanks, and the port engine was malfunctioning, local investigators told state news agency RIA Novosti.

Survivors reported the ship leaned to starboard as it made a turn and a wave washed over the deck. It sank within about eight minutes, Igor Panishin, an official with the regional Emergencies Ministry, told RIA Novosti.

Seventy-nine people were rescued and 58 bodies, including those of five children, were recovered.