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RIP Jane Russell: Lifelong Republican and Straight Shooter
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyI met Jane Russell once. It was in my hometown, Pine Bluff, Ark., a faded Southern place that hosted a film festival in hopes of raising enough money to restore the Saenger Theater, a once palatial movie house. Each year, the festival invited former famous starlets – Tippi Hedren, Carol Channing, Shirley Jones, Celeste Holm – to talk about Hollywood's Golden Age. In 2002, Russell came to town. Statuesque, with silver hair and a still-to-be-envied figure, Russell possessed no celebrity air about her. She talked like a good old Western gal who had seen a lot, and done a lot, but no ...
No-Eared Cat Looks Too Much Like Voldemort
By David Moye - AOL NewsA cat in Southampton, England, is in a hairy situation because he looks too much like Harry Potter's foe, Lord Voldemort. The cat, a 14-year-old domestic short-hair known as "Charlie," is in an animal rescue center hoping to get adopted, but, sadly, he could be there for quite a spell. Seems Charlie lost his ears and part of his nose to skin cancer and, as a result, is the spitting image of Voldemort, the evil character played by actor Ralph Fiennes in the "Harry Potter" films. Rex USA / Warner Bros. Charlie (left), an abandoned 14-year-old cat is said to look a bit like Lord ...
Oprah's Big Discovery -- A Long Lost Sister
By Joanne Bamberger - Politics DailyThe queen of the confessional and the tearful, televised reunion found herself in the middle of her own unexpected surprise Monday, much like the scores of those she's facilitated for others over the years. Her fans held their breath as the promos ran and the tidbits leaked out -- Oprah Winfrey has a long lost sister that she only learned about a few months ago. In light of the timing of her announcement -- this is Oprah's 25th and final season of her syndicated show before heading off to oversee her Oprah Winfrey Network (aka OWN) -- we could be jaded and say this was somehow a stunt for the ...
My Wish for 2011: More Adoptions
By not in system - AOL NewsAs I sit here listening to the bell of 2010 ringing out, my thoughts naturally turn to the new year and what it may bring. Like I'm sure everyone does, I can't help coming up with wishes for what lies ahead. And, as a father, they are naturally tied to my children. My oldest child, my only son, is now in high school. He doesn't live the same life most of the rest of us do. He was born with Down syndrome, so his view of things is simpler, more in the now. What I hope for is that the world continues to grow in its acceptance of those with disabilities. We've already been making great strides ...
Infertility, IVF and Robert Edwards' Nobel Prize: A Thorny Issue Comes to the Fore
By Alison Fairbrother - Politics DailyOf this year's Nobel Prize winners, the work of British physiologist Robert G. Edwards waited longest to be recognized. His award for medicine comes 32 years after he figured out how to create the beginnings of human life outside the uterus through in vitro fertilization. I, for one, am still amazed that human life can be created inside the uterus, and feel that whoever figured out how to make that happen in a Petri dish probably deserves to be on the national currency. Even more astonishing, IVF is now fairly reliable and predictable -- low rates of complication and high rates of success, ...
Florida Gay Adoption Ban Overturned, but 3 States Still Restrict It
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 22) -- For the past 33 years, the state of Florida has officially banned gay and lesbian couples from adopting children. Today, however, a court of appeals sided with a lower court and ruled that such restrictions were unconstitutional. The case, which was brought by a gay couple, will now likely head to the Florida Supreme Court, the Miami Herald reported. A 2009 Quinnipiac poll found that 55 percent of the state's residents favor doing away with the ban on gay adoption, while 39 percent of those questioned said they would keep it in place. If Florida's law, which is the only one ...
Dogs, Cats Take Their Turn at Animal Chat Roulette
By Larry Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 3) -- First it was Chat Roulette, a zany Internet phenomenon that paired random strangers for video chatting. Now, there's a twist on the concept: Animal Roulette, a Dr. Doolittle version that creates face time between random shelter animals and potential adopters. Developed by Michael Ayalon, AnimalRoulette.com is a 2-month-old website that aims to revolutionize the way people adopt pets. No more driving to the local shelter to pick out a dog or cat amid a chorus of barks, meows or tweets. Now, it can all be done online, quickly and in the convenience of the home. Playing off the ...
Lawyer: Returned Russian Boy Artyom Savelyev Back in Orphanage
By Mara Gay - AOL News(July 30) -- The Russian boy whose American adoptive mother returned him to Moscow is back in an orphanage again, a lawyer for an adoption agency said today. Larry Crain, an attorney who works for the World Association for Children and Parents, said 8-year-old Artyom Savelyev is awaiting adoption by another family, according to multiple reports. In April, the boy's adoptive mother, Torry Hansen of Shelbyville, Tenn., sparked a minor international crisis when she sent the boy on a plane back to Russia by himself, along with a note that read, "I no longer want to parent this child." Hansen ...
Russia: Agreement Reached on Adoptions by US Parents
By John William Narins - AOL News(July 23) -- Russian officials said today an agreement in principle had been reached in setting new ground rules for U.S. adoptions of Russian children, a process thrown into turmoil this spring when a Tennessee woman sent back her 7-year-old adopted son. A U.S. State Department official confirmed that negotiators had come together on the basic terms, but stressed that "talks will be ongoing" and the agreement "will be reviewed by government agencies in both countries" before being presented for ratification. In recent years, Russians have grown increasingly incensed at reports of the abuse ...
Woman Sentenced for Having Sex With Son She Gave Up
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(July 13) -- A Michigan woman who gave up a son for adoption when he was several days old got updates and photos of him every year. But when she didn't get a photo for his 14th birthday, she contacted him online through Facebook. The relationship between Aimee L. Sword, 36, and the boy became intimate, and on Monday, Sword was sentenced to nine to 30 years in prison for having sex with her 14-year-old son in 2008, according to the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News. Oakland County Sheriff's Dept. / Detroit News / AP Aimee Sword pleaded guilty to having sex with her 14-year-old ...
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