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How The Internet Is Revolutionizing The Adoption Process
Many pregnant women and potential adoptive parents are bypassing traditional adoption agencies and connecting online. This trend raises a number of ethical concerns about the regulation of the online process and interactions between birth mothers and hopeful adopters.
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Fireworks, Celebrations As Samoa Skips Friday
The tiny island's shift from one side of the International Dateline to the other means people there jumped from Thursday to Saturday.
There Will Be No Friday This Week In Samoa
The tiny island nation in the South Pacific is moving from one side of the International Dateline to the other at midnight Thursday. So it will leap right to Saturday.
Historic Datemark: Korean Conflict
http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kcur/local-kcur-908730.mp3Independence, MO – Sixty years ago today, President Harry Truman was in…
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R. Kelly Has Been Dropped By RCA Records, 'Billboard' Reports
Amid increasing protests following the broadcast of the Surviving R. Kelly documentary series, RCA Records has reportedly dropped the singer, who has been accused by multiple women of sexual abuse.
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Kansas City Police built a 'soft room' for interviewing victims, inspired by a mother's tragedy
Tracy Matheson's organization Project Beloved is funding makeovers of rooms that police use to interview sexual assault victims — including in Kansas City, Missouri. The project was born after the violent death of Matheson's daughter.
6 Democrats Are Set To Debate In Nevada. Here's What You Need To Know
Three days before the Nevada caucuses, six candidates will face off in a debate Wednesday night in Las Vegas.
A Missouri town almost forgot it invented the greatest thing since anything: sliced bread
Chillicothe, Missouri, has an unusual claim to fame: It’s the town where pre-sliced bread first debuted back in 1928. The state has even declared July 7, Sliced Bread Day, as an official holiday. But despite being less than a century old, the origin of this revolutionary pantry staple was almost lost to history.
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