Word: fosters
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...federal law, however, covers only those children who are already in a state's foster-care system when a biological parent seeks custody. Cornilous missed out on qualifying because his mother, while on probation for the murder of her daughter, allowed Laura Blankman, a woman she had befriended at the public defender's office, to take custody of her son informally. Blankman, 28, now a police officer, has cared for and supported Cornilous since he was three months old. Last fall she decided to adopt him. Pixley, by then in a part-time detention facility, resisted--even though...
...know that Taiwanese are not Chinese citizens [WORLD, June 22]. It is pointless to ignore the fact that Taiwan is its own sovereign nation and should never be a part of China. The U.S. should recognize Taiwan as an independent nation. It should be able successfully to maintain and foster diplomatic relations with both China and Taiwan, while acknowledging that they are two distinct countries with separate governments. KENNETH M. YU New York City...
...STARR Supremes rule Vince Foster's notes still protected; no posthumous peeking...
WASHINGTON: Well, it's official: Dead men tell no tales, not even to Ken Starr. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that notes of a conversation Vince Foster had with his lawyer nine days before his suicide will remain sealed under attorney-client privilege. Although the decision leaves Starr without some potentially juicy evidence, lawyers everywhere were deeply relieved...
...Starr, don't shed a tear; TIME Washington correspondent Viveca Novak says that the dogged prosecutor was just being thorough: "The part of Starr's case that Foster was involved in is essentially closed already. This was just one last road he needed to travel down." One might imagine that Starr, as a lawyer, might be a little relieved himself -- just as long as Bruce Lindsey keeps breathing...