Septuplets to cost nearly $1m

Washington - If you think your kids are expensive, pity the parents of the world's only septuplets, who face a bill of nearly…

Washington - If you think your kids are expensive, pity the parents of the world's only septuplets, who face a bill of nearly $1 million to feed, clothe and care for their seven children over the next 18 years, according to the US Agriculture Department.

That does not include the cost of education. For Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey of Carlisle, Iowa, the projected tally comes to about $960,000.

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