<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption: News &amp; Videos about Adoption - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Adoption</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Adoption from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:17:09 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Adoption: News &amp; Videos about Adoption - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Adoption</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Adoption from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Let Elton John and his partner adopt</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/24/behar.gay.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/24/behar.gay.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On a recent tour of a Ukrainian orphanage, Elton John and his partner met Lev, a 14-month old HIV-positive boy.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Let Elton John and his partner adopt</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/09/23/behar.gay.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/09/23/behar.gay.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On a recent tour of a Ukrainian orphanage, Elton John and his partner met Lev, a 14-month old HIV-positive boy.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Katherine Heigl's Husband Calls New Baby 'Awesome!'</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20305794,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20305794,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>"It's like I have Gerber all over my knee, and it doesn't even matter," musician Josh Kelley tells an audience</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Charity urges caution over Elton John 'adoption plan'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/14/adoption.elton.john/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/14/adoption.elton.john/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A leading international children's charity has warned that Elton John's desire to adopt a 14-month-old baby boy could lead to more children being abandoned.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Uruguay passes same-sex adoption law</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/10/uruguay.gays/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/10/uruguay.gays/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Uruguay became the first Latin American country to allow same-sex couples to adopt children after the Senate voted to approve a bill modifying the country's adoption statute.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>In China, a U.S. adopted teen finds his roots</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/vause.family.reunion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/30/vause.family.reunion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>His father and uncle fall to the ground, crying uncontrollably. After 11 years of not knowing, relief of finding a child they thought had been lost forever pours out of them.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Uruguay nears same-sex adoption law</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/27/uruguay.gays/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/27/uruguay.gays/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Uruguay drew one step closer to becoming the first country in Latin America to allow same-sex couples to adopt children with the passage of a bill by the lower house of Congress.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Single black women choosing to adopt</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/01/bia.single.black.women.adopt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/01/bia.single.black.women.adopt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Wendy Duren thought she did everything right.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Custody Hearing over Jackson's Children Postponed</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20290772,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20290772,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Katherine Jackson and Debbie Rowe both request that the guardianship hearing be pushed back</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Madonna Wins Adoption Appeal in Malawi</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284827,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284827,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>David, Rocco and Lourdes have a new sister, Mercy James, a court decides Friday</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sis finds long-lost brother living across the street</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/20/louisiana.brother.next.door/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/20/louisiana.brother.next.door/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For years, Candace Eloph searched for her half-brother, who was given up for adoption in 1977. She found him -- living across the street.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Unconventional and unforgettable dads</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/05/19/oprah.unforgettable.dad/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/05/19/oprah.unforgettable.dad/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Oprah Winfrey often says that moms have the hardest job in the world, but plenty of fathers carry the burden of raising a child all by themselves. In fact, 2.5 million single fathers in the United State are doing it all-- juggling schedules, putting food on the table and going to school plays or soccer games -- single-handedly.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 20:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Madonna's adoption appeal begins in Malawi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/04/madonna.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/04/madonna.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Madonna took her effort to adopt a 3-year-old girl before Malawi's highest court Monday, as a man claiming to be the girl's father said he was fighting for custody of the child.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 21:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Finding a home: Fewer children up for adoption in China</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/china.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/10/china.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At a foster home on the outskirts of Beijing, 13 special-needs children are waiting to be adopted. 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Separately, they visited orphanages in Egypt. Hagelof adopted a child, and Botros was in the process of adopting twins, when they ran foul of authorities. Now they are in jail, accused of being part of a conspiracy to traffic children.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Adoption seekers using YouTube, Facebook to find birth moms</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/10/adoption.internet.advertise/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/10/adoption.internet.advertise/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Their paths crossed on YouTube on an August night last year.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Woman answers ad for bird by offering kids as payment</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/27/kids.for.bird/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/27/kids.for.bird/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Trading two children for a bird landed three people in jail in Louisiana, authorities say.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>George Clooney Places Himself Up for Adoption</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20255237,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20255237,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>"I'm very wealthy. 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</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20232272,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20232272,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The actress, who had intended only to adopt, says she feels "even sexier" after having their babies</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Madonna's Son David's 'Mama' Dies in Malawi</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20218162,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20218162,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The woman who raised the boy in his native country succumbs to pneumonia</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Survey: Men Adopt More Than Women</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1830555,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1830555,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The first federal survey of both men and women on adoption, challenges some stereotypes and offers some surprising findings</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Teen fears disputed adoption could lead to deportation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/11/guatemalan.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/11/guatemalan.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Allie Mulvihill may seem like your typical American teenager, but she has something weighing on her mind that most 15-year-olds do not: deportation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Malawi Approves Madonna's Adoption</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1809894,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1809894,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Malawi judge has approved Madonna's adoption of a Malawian
 boy she met in an orphanage in 2006</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Halted foreign adoptions leave would-be parents in limbo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/28/international.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/28/international.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The crib in Ellen Darcy's Boston home has sat empty for more than a year. And in suburban Washington, Laura Teresinski has prepared a nursery for a baby that may never arrive.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 08:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Should Race Be a Factor in Adoptions?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1809722,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1809722,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The law requires adoption in the U.S. to be color-blind, but a new study suggests that approach may be less than ideal</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 20:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transracial Adoption Overhaul Urged</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809589,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809589,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Leading child welfare groups Tuesday argue that black children in foster care are ill-served by a "colorblind" approach when dealing with adoption by white families</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Viewpoint: What the California Gay Ruling Won't Do</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807109,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1807109,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The court demolished the key arguments against gay marriage. But the presidential candidates still need convincing</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Adoptees More Likely to be Troubled</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1737667,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1737667,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new study shows that adopted kids are more likely to require mental health help as teens than non-adopted ones</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The trouble with Steve Jobs</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/02/news/companies/elkind_jobs.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>In October 2003, as the computer world buzzed about what cool new gadget he would introduce next, Apple CEO Steve Jobs - then presiding over the most dramatic corporate turnaround in the history of Silicon Valley - found himself confronting a life-and-death decision.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>France Overruled on Gay Adoption</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1706514,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1706514,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The European Court of Human Rights has overturned French court rulings that prevented a single lesbian woman from adopting a child</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Can an Adopted Child Be Returned?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695735,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695735,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Citing her emotional problems, a Dutch diplomat couple gave their adopted Korean daughter back to Hong Kong's social welfare bureau, sparking outrage in Asia and Europe</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. joins international treaty on adoptions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/12/international.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/12/12/international.adoptions/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States on Wednesday joined an international treaty on adoptions -- a move that will protect both children and parents, and make the State Department a central registry tracking all adoptions coming in and out of the country, officials said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Guatemala seeks to slow exodus of babies to U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/10/03/guatemala.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/10/03/guatemala.adoption/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For many years, Guatemala has been a place of relatively uncomplicated adoptions for American parents. The small country's government estimates as many as 17 babies leave each day for adoptive parents in the United States.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cleaning Up International Adoptions</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1657355,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1657355,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Under pressure from both the U.S. and its own citizens, Guatemala is trying to crack down on its corrupt adoption business</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Madonna's Adoption of David Challenged Again</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20050042,00.html</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20050042,00.html</guid><description>The adoption hell that Madonna faced last fall in the African nation of Malawi may be flaring up all over again - amid reports that the star's custody of young David Banda could be in fresh jeopardy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gay adoption: A new take on the American family</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/gay.adoption/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/gay.adoption/index.html</guid><description>For 5-year-old Jackson Manford-Roach, Mother's Day means it's time to see his grandmothers.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Today's Buzz stories</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/04/25/showbuzz/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/04/25/showbuzz/index.html</guid><description>Angelina Jolie has filed legal papers to change the name of her newly adopted son to Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jolie files to adopt in Vietnam</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/02/pysk.jolie/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/02/pysk.jolie/index.html</guid><description>Angelina Jolie has filed papers to adopt a Vietnamese child, the country's top adoption official said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Your e-mails: When celebrities adopt</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/25/madonna.feedback/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/25/madonna.feedback/index.html</guid><description>Madonna is defending her recent adoption of a year-old child from Malawi, after human rights groups questioned how the adoption was handled. The international pop star says she just wants to give the child a good home, and that the media is doing a "great disservice" to all African orphans by pursuing negative stories.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court avoids gay parental rights issue </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/22/scotus.adoption/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/22/scotus.adoption/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. Supreme Court has again avoided wading into the contentious issue of parental rights for gay and lesbian couples, in effect allowing a California woman to go forward with plans for a "second-parent" adoption.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 14:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Boy has forgotten mother's name</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/20/child.death/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/20/child.death/index.html</guid><description>A couple on trial for starving their daughter to death with a strict vegan diet held each other and fought back tears as their oldest son told a Miami jury that he has forgotten his mother's name.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>State: Starved boys to get $12.5 million</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/01/starved.boys/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/01/starved.boys/index.html</guid><description>Lawyers for four New Jersey boys allegedly starved by their adoptive parents have agreed to a $12.5 million dollar settlement from the state of New Jersey, a spokesman for the Division of Youth and Family Services said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 10:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House passes embryonic stem cell bill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/24/stem.cells/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/24/stem.cells/index.html</guid><description>After impassioned debate, the House passed a controversial bill Tuesday that would expand public funding for embryonic stem cell research -- a measure President Bush  threatened to veto last week.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2005 18:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attorney: Child porn victim adopted</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/14/porn.child/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/05/14/porn.child/index.html</guid><description>A young girl whose sexually explicit poses were distributed over the Internet has been adopted by a new family and is living under a new name, a U.S. attorney said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2005 20:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Custody dispute after fertility clinic mistake</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/24/colb.dna/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/09/24/colb.dna/index.html</guid><description>Last month, Susan Buchweitz recovered a million dollars in a settlement with a fertility clinic. Doctors at the clinic had mistakenly given her an embryo intended for another family.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2004 20:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Adoptive parents indicted in child starvation case</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/06/malnourished.children/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/06/malnourished.children/index.html</guid><description>A New Jersey couple accused of starving their four adopted boys were indicted by a grand jury Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2004 06:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>China adoptions suspension call</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/china.measles/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/china.measles/index.html</guid><description>U.S. federal disease experts have called for adoptions of children from one Chinese orphanage to be suspended because of a measles outbreak.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2004 05:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fiddler on the Couch A leading maker of violins             moonlights as a psychotherapist.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/04/01/366650/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/04/01/366650/index.htm</guid><description>BOB CHILDS, 51 Cambridge, Mass. </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mother to take custody of kidnapped daughter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/03/08/girl.reunited/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/03/08/girl.reunited/index.html</guid><description>(CNN) -- A long-lost daughter will be returned to her Philadelphia mother by the end of the day Monday, the mother's attorney said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Priceless That's how adoptive parents describe their children. But adoption is also a financial transaction. A look at the inter</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/04/01/339706/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2003/04/01/339706/index.htm</guid><description>Alana West had had enough. West, an actress and set costumer, had spent years in infertility treatments and was on the brink of taking the next step, in vitro fertilization. But as she stood in the...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Emmy for Best Performance as an Evil Geek Goes To...</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/12/07/252123/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/12/07/252123/index.htm</guid><description>Here in the hinterlands of Oregon, in the middle of a wind-swept wheat field, twirls a crazed dervish of a man in cutoff jeans and a tie-dyed T-shirt. 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The law...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 1988 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Loss and found</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/11/23/69869/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/11/23/69869/index.htm</guid><description>What a difference time makes. 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