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CBS News - 2 hours 1 minutes ago
U.S. Families Torn Apart by One of Biggest Foreign Adoption Scams Ever
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CBS News - Fri Dec 11, 8:08 pm ET
An adoption agency has stoked anguish among dozens of American families who may have unwittingly received Samoan children who were actually never orphans. Maureen Maher reports.
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The Daily Reflector - Fri Dec 11, 4:07 pm ET
NEW YORK — CBS News helped pay for a Wisconsin family's trip to Samoa and an emotional meeting that was a key moment in Saturday's "48 Hours" special on an adoption scam involving children taken from their South Pacific homes under false pretenses.
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Bossier Press-Tribune - Fri Dec 11, 4:05 pm ET
A Bossier City family is fighting an uphill battle to change the life of an orphan overseas. Shonette Kaebel and her husband are in the process of adopting four-year-old Anna K. from a Ukrainian orphanage.
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The Victoria Advocate - Fri Dec 11, 7:34 pm ET
GONZALES - The 2007 starvation death of 8-year-old Crystal Ramirez might breathe life into the relationship between her sister and mother.
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Denison Bulletin & Review - Fri Dec 11, 1:47 pm ET
Iowa KidsNet, the statewide organization that recruits, trains, licenses and supports Iowa’s foster and adoptive families, will hold an informational session in Denison on December 9 for individuals interested in becoming foster or adoptive parents.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Dec 11, 6:13 pm ET
Rex Lee stars in The Adoption Agency, now the top featured video on Will Ferrell's Funny or Die site. Â Written and produced by DFDTV , Lee -- as the infamous political leader Kim Jong Il -- goes up against the screening committee of a U.S. adoption agency in his pursuit to find a suitable heir to take control of his regime.
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The Leader-Herald - Fri Dec 11, 11:10 am ET
GLOVERSVILLE - The smiling faces of Capital Region children looking for a place to call home are scattered around the Fulton County Regional Chamber of Commerce & Industry's lobby, the lofty space filled with echoing Christmas music and the smell of fresh pine.
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The Record and Herald News - Fri Dec 11, 2:06 am ET
Letters on Christmas shopping frenzy, teacher terms of work, unnecessary federal agencies, adoptees' rights, bankrupting our progeny and hard choices in pet care.
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Beaver Dam Daily Citizen - Fri Dec 11, 9:33 am ET
Jack and wife Debbie are the adoptive parents of three children; Ryan, Daniel and Olivia Grace. They also serve as foster parents.Jack Hankes can now drop interim from his title.
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Grand Island Independent - Fri Dec 11, 5:40 am ET
The adoption process is known as one of the more complex in the legal system, but Marge Creason sees it differently.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer - Wed Dec 9, 7:02 pm ET
Business is aboutthe bottom lineIn "A merger maximus" at the top of the Business section Sunday, I found the statement, "And now [Brian L. Roberts] and executive vice president David L. Cohen have to convince the federal government that the Comcast-NBC Universal merger could be a good thing for consumers."
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Marblehead Reporter - Wed Dec 9, 11:42 pm ET
It was mid-afternoon Thursday Dec. 3, and Marblehead mother Keri Cahill looked tired but hopeful. During the last 48 hours, her life had been turned upside down.
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Colorado Springs Gazette - Wed Dec 9, 4:22 pm ET
Last Thursday, Sandra McBroom received a one-word text message that changed her life: “Hello?” It was sent by Ashley Nellums, a 20-year-old woman in rural Missouri. Ashley is the daughter Sandra gave up for adoption as a three-day-old infant....
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The Huffington Post - Wed Dec 9, 4:13 pm ET
Just as we support access to safe and legal abortion, as well as access to parenting resources and support, should we not demand access to ethical adoption practices?