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Whatever the motivation, Johnson proceeded to sell the twins a second time. Without telling the Allens, Johnson posted the babies on the Web again and hit pay dirt with a British couple. Alan Kilshaw, a lawyer, and his wife Judith have two sons together, and she has two daughters from a previous marriage. But the Kilshaws wanted another baby, had failed to conceive and feared they would be rejected as adoptive parents in Britain because Judith is 47. They paid Johnson $12,500 to find a baby. When they expressed interest in Kiara and Keyara, Wecker flew to San Bernardino...
...Vickie Allen's brother reached the hotel and, encountering the Kilshaws in the lobby, shouted that the babies belonged to the Allens--the first the British couple claimed to have heard of the parents they were about to replace. The couples spoke on the phone. "We had sympathy," says Alan Kilshaw, "but it wasn't our fault the birth mother had changed her mind, and it wasn't our fault that California law allowed her 90 days in which...
...recognized in Britain. But the media scrutiny exposed their vulnerabilities. Wecker announced she wanted the babies back again, declaring she had used an aunt's address to fake the 30-day residency required to seek an Arkansas adoption. She said the Kilshaws knew this at the time, though Alan denies it. The Arkansas decree cannot become final before June, and authorities there are likely to challenge it because of Wecker's admission. What's more, the Kilshaws did not apply for the entry permits to Britain required for new adoptees, bringing the babies home instead as tourists--a possible immigration...
Turns out Network was just a joke. Sidney Lumet, the director of that scathing satire of TV, has adapted his social-issues subject matter into a talky, intriguing, if spotty, series about New York City courts. The dialogue can be as heavyhanded as, well, a Sidney Lumet picture. But Alan Arkin is powerful yet subtle as a liberal judge under attack for setting free a petty crook who then kills a cop. Worth putting on your docket for a probationary period...
...least Alan Greenspan says size doesn't matter...