DENVER—A Colorado adoption agency that specialized in special-needs children said it is closing because donations are down and the economy has reduced the number of families seeking to adopt. ; The Denver Post reported Wednesday ( http://bit.ly/t9xgFo) the Denver-based nonprofit Adoption Alliance is turning over its 200 family clients to other agencies. ; “It’s, unfortunately, a sign of the times, just like many nonprofits,” said Tracey Blustein, executive director of the agency. “It’s difficult for us to sustain our operations.” ; Blustein said a 2005 change in rules for international adoption also reduced the number of adoptions because it added paperwork, travel and expenses.
Lisa Novak, 48, is accused of taking more than $40,000 from clients for adoptions that didn’t come through, Boulder police said. ; Novak, a former member of the Erie board of trustees, ran the Claar Foundation in Boulder until it closed in December, said Sarah Huntley, a police spokeswoman. ; Two families have told police investigators that Novak failed to deliver on adoptions that were being arranged through a Guatemalan orphanage.
Lisa Novak, 48, is accused of taking more than $40,000 from clients for adoptions that didn’t come through, Boulder police said. ; Novak, a former member of the Erie Board of Trustees, ran the Claar Foundation in Boulder until it closed in December, said Sarah Huntley, a police spokeswoman. ; Two families have told police investigators that Novak failed to deliver on adoptions that were being arranged through a Guatemalan orphanage.
LONDON — What many commuters choking on smog have long suspected has been scientifically validated: Air pollution causes lung cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer declared on Thursday that air pollution is a carcinogen, alongside known dangers such as asbestos, tobacco and ultraviolet radiation. The decision came after a consultation by an expert panel organized by IARC, the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, which is based in Lyon, France. “The air most people breathe has become polluted with a complicated m ...
Lisa Novak of Erie was arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of theft and fraud. ; The 48-year-old Novak is a former Erie town trustee. Police say she ran the Claar Foundation adoption agency until it closed in December. ; Investigators say two families told them Novak failed to deliver on adoptions that were supposed to be arranged through an orphanage in Guatemala. Both families say they never got their money back.
Mexico City – Mexico’s leftist presidential candidate said Thursday he has lost faith in Mexico’s main electoral agency, and doesn’t want them overseeing the national recount he is demanding. In an interview with The Associated Press, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Mexico’s widely respected Federal Electoral Institute, or IFE, had abandoned its autonomous role and taken become a tool of the ruling party. “You can’t take IFE people seriously,” he said. “They don’t act according to the law.” ...
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As word spread last week that a house of the Russian Parliament had voted to prohibit adoptions of Russian children by American parents, Russian adoptees in the U.S. made appeals to President Vladimir Putin, asking Russia not to hold needy children hostage to international politics. With the proposed ban apparently rolling through Russia’s legislature, a loose network of hundreds of adoptees and their American parents started writing letters to the Russian leader, and they plan a joint appeal to the country’s ambassador in Washington after ...
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About 250 families took the first steps toward adoption of the 790 children waiting in the state’s foster-care system after Saturday’s “Wait No More” event at New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Religious organizations traditionally help with adoptions, state officials said, but the 1,300-person turnout at the one-day event, sponsored by Focus on the Family and New Life, was unprecedented. It is two to three times the number of people who attend adoption orientations in the seven participating counties in one full year, said Dr. Sharen ...