Moms share adoption experiences (Kearney Hub)
KEARNEY — In 1974, Joann Parker and her husband waited in an airport in Kansas City with nine other couples for their adopted children to arrive.
Tough New Regulations for Adoptive U.S. Parents (St. Petersburg Times)
MOSCOW — The government will toughen regulations for Americans wishing to adopt Russian children after a U.S. court acquitted a Virginia man of felony charges in the death of his newly adopted Russian son earlier this year, officials said Thursday.
Tough New Rules for Adoptive U.S. Parents (The Moscow Times)
19 December 2008 By Svetlana Osadchuk / Staff Writer The government will toughen regulations for Americans wishing to adopt Russian children after a U.S. court acquitted a Virginia man of felony charges in the death of his newly adopted Russian son earlier this year, officials said Thursday.
[Wicker] Adoption Provides Children With Loving Home (Jackson Free Press)
The holidays are a time for coming together with family. This holiday season, because of the gift of adoption, 330 children in Mississippi will be able to celebrate with a new family. Across Mississippi and our country, families are opening their homes to children through adoption.
News in brief (West Salem Coulee News)
Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.