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Families Clamor to Adopt Abandoned Newborn

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jan 25th 2009 10:00AM

A baby left at a Grand Forks, N.D. fire station is inspiring families from as far away as Minnesota to call and email the local newspaper, offering to adopt the little girl. A firefighter working outside the station shoveling snow found the girl ...
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Abandoning your children now legal in Nebraska

by Sandy Maple, Posted Aug 24th 2008 5:00PM

Every state in the U.S. now has what is called a "safe haven" law. Intended to prevent unwanted babies from being abandoned just any old place, the law allows desperate parents to leave their babies at hospitals with no questions asked. Until ...
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Babysitters? Who needs 'em! Let's go to Vegas, baby!

by Stefania Butler, Posted Jan 4th 2006 6:51PM

Yes, it's another story of parents acting like idiots from the tip line. (Thanks, Roger! ) Parents who left their two young children at home while they spent a fun-filled, care-free New Year's weekend in Las Vegas face possible child endangerment ...
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