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Adoption: Minnesota reflects trend in plummeting adoption ratesTighter international regulations have caused the number of intercountry adoptions to drop in recent years, forcing agencies in Minnesota, the leading state for overseas adoptions, to scale back services 鈥� and making families wait longer.
2012 World Pastry ChampionshipThe Olympics of the pastry world was full of astonishing deserts and sometimes tragic results.
Sexting: Parents need to understand social pressures and behaviorSexting 鈥� often thought of only in a legal context 鈥� needs to be considered from a youth perspective in order for parents to more fully protect them from its consequences.- McDonald's secret sauce for Big Mac revealedMcDonald's secret sauce recipe was revealed in a video by a McDonald's chef on Canadian YouTube. Chef Dan Coudreaut shows how to make the entire Big Mac, complete with McDonald's secret sauce, which isn't so secret anymore.
Sofia Vergara: Is she engaged to boyfriend Nick Loeb?Sofia Vergara's rep won't comment. But media reports say Nick Loeb proposed the Modern Family star, Sofia Vergara, during a trip to Mexico.
Dogs, cats make for healthy babies, says study. Bring on the fur.A new study says that young babies living with dogs and cats tend to be healthier than those without four-legged friends.聽 What a relief.
Adoption: Russian official focuses on ranch for troubled adopteesRanch for Kids owner denies claims of mistreatment and says she is concerned that the recent US-Russian adoption treaty may help Russian officials establish lawsuits against adoptive parents.
Piggy bank versus tzedakah box: Learning to save 鈥� and giveA tantrum over getting a desired toy turns into an opportunity to teach a 4-year-old about charity, helping him to decide whether to put his change in the piggy bank or the tzedakah box.
China adoption diary: Tears and a monsoon in today's forecastPart 8 鈥� China adoption diary: First family fiasco 鈥� at the zoo in a monsoon of rain and tears as Mom and Dad set some unpopular limits.
Stuffed eggs with pimento cheeseDeviled eggs or not, pimento cheese stuffed eggs makes any summer picnic complete.
Intercountry adoption: Russian parliament ratifies Russia-US pactThe Russian parliament ratified an adoption law 鈥� aimed at regulation the adoption of Russian children by Americans 鈥� a year after the agreement was reached with the US.
Thomas Lubanga sentenced, but child soldiers still struggleThe International Criminal Court handed down its first sentence today, ordering warlord Thomas Lubanga to serve 14 years for the recruitment and use of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But the children of eastern Congo still need our attention.
Philip Seymour Hoffman signs on for 'Hunger Games' sequel 'Catching Fire'Philip Seymour Hoffman will appear as a pivotal villain in the 'Hunger Games' sequel.
Child labor: Farming parents defend putting children to workThe US Labor Department has dropped its plans to regulate child labor on farms. The rules, say some farmers, did not reflect the reality on farms where children grow up learning about the dangers of equipment.
China adoption diary: A many-Kleenex visit to Grace鈥檚 orphanagePart 7 鈥� China adoption diary: 90 emotional minutes at Grace's orphanage where the outlines of her past take some real shape.
Simple s'mores pudding cupsServe everyone's favorite outdoor summer treat indoors using individual pudding cups.
Summer books: Skip the blockbusters, let kids鈥� imaginations growA summer book allows kids to explore their own imaginations and versions of time, place, and character. Skipping the summer blockbusters could save kids from a world of wasted imaginations.
Kyra Sedgwick discusses the end of 'The Closer'Kyra Sedgwick and 'Closer' executive producer James Duff talk about the end of the series.
Women help Spider-Man net Sony $341 million and countingSpider-Man took in $140 million at the US box office in the first six days. Female viewers made up 42 percent of the Spider-Man movie audience
Kourtney Kardashian has a baby girl. Let the gushing begin.Kourtney Kardashian has a baby girl, Claire Danes is pregnant, so is Reese Witherspoon, and the fans are gushing. What's the deal with the Kardashians 鈥� and all celebrity baby love?
