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...long-running battle for custody of 9-year old Sean Goldman ended Thursday morning with the boy's Brazilian stepfamily delivering him to his American father in Brazil, bringing to an end the five-year saga. Sean Goldman was brought into the U.S. consulate by his maternal grandmother and his stepfather, entering the compound's front door as a throng of reporters and cameramen tried to get close. His father, David Goldman, was waiting for him inside. Sean cried as his Brazilian relatives and family lawyer tried to get him through the scrum. He carried his luggage and wore...
...case neared its conclusion Wednesday when lawyers for the boy's Brazilian stepfamily said they were giving up the fight and handing him back to his American dad. "There comes a time when you have to say the war is over," Sergio Tostes, lawyer for Sean's step father João Paulo Lins e Silva told TIME. "We could appeal but that would only prolong the suffering. We don't want to prolong this any more...
Tostes said he was speaking with representatives from the office of Brazil's Attorney General to make the practical arrangements for handing over the boy. The AG's office is the plaintiff in the case, and the legally proper authority to decide where and when Sean would be returned to his father, Tostes said. He promised the step family would work to ensure the transition was "as smooth as possible" and suggested the handover would not take place until Christmas Eve at the earliest. That deadline was given added weight later on Wednesday when a federal court in Rio later...
...despot, Josef Stalin. The grand hall was packed beyond capacity with more than 2,000 revelers - some of whom wept as patriotic poems were read. Famous actresses sang ballads with the backing of a full military orchestra. And towering over the stage was an enormous portrait of the birthday boy in his military regalia, adding an element of the surreal to the entire scene...
...sellers in Seattle - and on the Internet. His Facebook fan club has 8,000 members, and a hokey ballad on YouTube sings his praises. Harris-Moore's supporters see a deeper meaning to his popularity: During hard economic times, they say, why not celebrate a poor boy who robs from the island vacation homes of Seattle's dotcom gazillionaires? But Harris-Moore apparently steals just as often from Camano's ordinary folk as he does from the rich. (See the top 10 Facebook stories...