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children&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;St. George Daily Spectrum&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Fox said the group has been in Southern Utah for about two and a half years and The &lt;b&gt;Foster Care&lt;/b&gt; Toy Run has become an annual event. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dQoXryKkjVOVUCM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>San Mateo County photo exhibit shines positive light on foster care - San Mateo County Times</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidebayarea.com%2Fsanmateocountytimes%2Flocalnews%2Fci_13739876&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-6s0Hi5cIrDvlv2jxrfbQI_UqEA</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_13739876</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:52:31 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidebayarea.com%2Fsanmateocountytimes%2Flocalnews%2Fci_13739876&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE-6s0Hi5cIrDvlv2jxrfbQI_UqEA"&gt;&lt;b&gt;San Mateo County photo exhibit shines positive light on &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Mateo County Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Bay Area Heart Gallery features photos of children in need of &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; and adoptive homes, and it highlights some local families that were brought &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dUsLR9nFD5xwV6M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>A voice for a child - News-Leader.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news-leader.com%2Farticle%2F20091108%2FLIFE%2F911080306%2FA%2Bvoice%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bchild&amp;usg=AFQjCNFzknxRw5EB0HjUNoWAXcUUOlDBRw</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.news-leader.com/article/20091108/LIFE/911080306/A+voice+for+a+child</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:08:04 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news-leader.com%2Farticle%2F20091108%2FLIFE%2F911080306%2FA%2Bvoice%2Bfor%2Ba%2Bchild&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFzknxRw5EB0HjUNoWAXcUUOlDBRw"&gt;&lt;b&gt;A voice for a child&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News-Leader.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;For 20 years, CASA volunteers have been voices for children in the &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; system. The group needs another 60 advocates to reach its goal of serving &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=drLqtyznBNH4MTM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Judge halts state cuts to group foster homes - San Francisco Chronicle</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fc%2Fa%2F2009%2F11%2F05%2FBA3V1AFC7A.DTL&amp;usg=AFQjCNHK75taOZhFmPYlxGQbnxDO1-N8Yg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/05/BA3V1AFC7A.DTL</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:44:34 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Farticle.cgi%3Ff%3D%2Fc%2Fa%2F2009%2F11%2F05%2FBA3V1AFC7A.DTL&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHK75taOZhFmPYlxGQbnxDO1-N8Yg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judge halts state cuts to group &lt;b&gt;foster&lt;/b&gt; homes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;A federal judge blocked the state Wednesday from cutting reimbursement rates by 10 percent to &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; group homes, saying the reductions may violate &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcbs5.com%2Fpolitics%2Ffoster.care.cuts.2.1292990.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFLTO36IJ0xgi-0jecv3OF2wiJA0w"&gt;Federal Judge Blocks Calif. &lt;b&gt;Foster Care&lt;/b&gt; Cuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CBS 5&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=duteCh-WiEjTPRMyBAGjIW_YbQqFM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 6 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Too few relatives involved in foster care vetted - Hiqa - Irish Times</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Fireland%2F2009%2F1105%2F1224258099888.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNH3fxn2ps0R_GapP_MxYv6wBBLF4A</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1105/1224258099888.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:16:57 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Fireland%2F2009%2F1105%2F1224258099888.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH3fxn2ps0R_GapP_MxYv6wBBLF4A"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Too few relatives involved in &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; vetted - Hiqa&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Irish Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;MANY CHILDREN are in &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; with relatives who have not been vetted and this is an “unsafe” situation, according to a new report from the Health &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rte.ie%2Fnews%2F2009%2F1104%2Fcare.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFCDlE6XOC5ZMvMkTtNRt18joM40w"&gt;Shortcomings in State &lt;b&gt;care&lt;/b&gt; for children - HIQA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTE.ie&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.examiner.ie%2Fbreakingnews%2Fireland%2Freport-finds-shortfalls-in-care-of-vulnerable-children-432941.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGix67wOB-AlceehEVbeJzWcCeXmw"&gt;Report finds shortfalls in &lt;b&gt;care&lt;/b&gt; of vulnerable children&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;IrishExaminer.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imt.ie%2Fnews%2F2009%2F11%2Ffoster_care_slammed_in_hiqa_re.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHYq-nih4FGMK46rWXPylz4Km5hzg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Foster care&lt;/b&gt; slammed in HIQA report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Irish Medical Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Fbreaking%2F2009%2F1104%2Fbreaking65.htm&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEJ7XQFhVT0dh_zUveKg-EonrPi3A"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Irish Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Fbreaking%2F2009%2F1104%2Fbreaking53.htm&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFhNaX63l-ZVNswid9MVl_pmjJ2wQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Irish Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnewspaper%2Fbreaking%2F2009%2F1104%2Fbreaking68.htm&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFyDWmuvIjR82-hVfT1eFpaFBC_2w"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Irish Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dc4u64_ObYXlbCM-3hoVfnl06e57M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 42 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Democrats Pose Health Bill Hurdle - Wall Street Journal</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB125745986461331951.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNH14Rhd6SgW7kgAfGH7kCIHhHn4-Q</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125745986461331951.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:32:10 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB125745986461331951.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH14Rhd6SgW7kgAfGH7kCIHhHn4-Q"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Democrats Pose Health Bill Hurdle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Her husband, Frank Snellings, and their two children, Connor and Mary Shannon, are all adoptees, and she has made adoption and &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; a top cause. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dW5-4SheOVGWgvM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Dog rescued in Iraq now in foster care in North Providence - Providence Journal</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projo.com%2Fnews%2Fcontent%2FIRAQ_DOG_11-07-09_EKGCG0R_v8.38b25e9.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKI2xVIjIKRcWGSUeXXy7RKc26nQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.projo.com/news/content/IRAQ_DOG_11-07-09_EKGCG0R_v8.38b25e9.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:09:50 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewsblog.projo.com%2F2009%2F11%2Flucy-the-dog-from-iraq-will-be.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE5NiK2MPFrVW11Lxx8MzKhZJNiVQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/wdiBwcJeHfKfNM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Providence Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projo.com%2Fnews%2Fcontent%2FIRAQ_DOG_11-07-09_EKGCG0R_v8.38b25e9.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFKI2xVIjIKRcWGSUeXXy7RKc26nQ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dog rescued in Iraq now in &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; in North Providence&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Providence Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Lucy, the dog from Iraq that was up for adoption because her owner must return to Iraq, has been placed in &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; in North Providence &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.turnto10.com%2Fjar%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Farticle%2Firaq_dog_placed_in_temporary_foster_care%2F26382%2F&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHWR6qPuiUwDwqoBoiw67LgavCuVw"&gt;Iraq dog placed in temporary &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Turn to 10.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dvQ-aXQTrrWOOWMErX2mBGD5boQlM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 3 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Making the Holidays Brighter for Foster Children - iSurfHopkinsCo</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fisurfhopkinsco.com%2Flocal-news%2F4358-making-the-holidays-brighter-for-foster-children.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNGyix1U0-UEy69Y286kzlxf2NxzjQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://isurfhopkinsco.com/local-news/4358-making-the-holidays-brighter-for-foster-children.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:04:18 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fisurfhopkinsco.com%2Flocal-news%2F4358-making-the-holidays-brighter-for-foster-children.html&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGyix1U0-UEy69Y286kzlxf2NxzjQ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Making the Holidays Brighter for &lt;b&gt;Foster&lt;/b&gt; Children&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;iSurfHopkinsCo&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Pennyrile Region &lt;b&gt;Foster Care&lt;/b&gt; and Adoption Association invites the community to join in bringing joy this coming holiday season for displaced and hurting &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dvujZyEUcyZTrKM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Save the Date: 10th Annual National Adoption Day Set for Nov. 21 - Reuters</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FpressRelease%2FidUS210493%2B03-Nov-2009%2BPRN20091103&amp;usg=AFQjCNEoqLn_2TQ-kA6EZtrhpmRq96a2zQ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS210493+03-Nov-2009+PRN20091103</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:01:06 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thanhniennews.com%2Fpolitics%2F%3Fcatid%3D1%26newsid%3D53466&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGF89mEi6EkacnnZSYNWixoqgFaBw"&gt;&lt;img src="http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/p1nNoZBAp9dd7M/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;Thanh Nien Daily&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;amp;sa=T&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FpressRelease%2FidUS210493%2B03-Nov-2009%2BPRN20091103&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEoqLn_2TQ-kA6EZtrhpmRq96a2zQ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Save the Date: 10th Annual National Adoption Day Set for Nov. 21&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Communities nationwide will celebrate the adoption of 4500 children from &lt;b&gt;foster care&lt;/b&gt; 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