MTV’s ‘Teen Mom’ documents lives interrupted for teens having babies

‘Teen Mom’ shows interrupted lives

NEW YORK — Amber Portwood’s lunch with a friend keeps getting interrupted by a crying baby. The problem is, the baby is Amber’s. She packs up and leaves the restaurant before she can finish eating.

Top 10 source countries for foreign adoptions by Americans in 2009

Top source countries for foreign adoptions in 2009

Adoptions of foreign children by Americans drop to lowest level since 1996

Foreign adoptions by Americans fall in FY 2009

Death did them part in a hurry: Dying Ky. groom expires hours after wedding; his daughters sue

Family contesting deathbed marriage of Ky. man

Gunshot residue found on both women involved in Calif. murder suicide that left 4 dead

Gun residue on both women in Calif. murder suicide

Jon Gosselin’s lawyer calls divorce decree ‘work in progress,’ expects it finalized in 2010

Lawyer: Jon & Kate divorce likely final in 2010

Deputies will do DNA tests to determine killer of family in California

DNA tests aim to identify Calif. family killer

Investigators piece together clues in shooting deaths of 4 family members in Orange County

Custody dispute may have led to shooting deaths

Cops: 4 family members, including 2 young kids, found dead in upscalde Calif. gated community

4 family members found dead in upscale Calif. home

Final hearing set for February on SC first lady’s request to divorce cheating governor

Final divorce hearing for SC gov, wife set for Feb

Ravens LB Suggs agrees to protective in domestic violence case, denies wrongdoing

Protective order granted against Ravens LB Suggs

CBS News pays for trip to Samoa for family in adoption saga

CBS pays for trip in adoption story

NEW YORK — CBS News helped pay for a Wisconsin family’s trip to Samoa and an emotional meeting that was a key moment in Saturday’s “48 Hours” special on an adoption scam involving children taken from their South Pacific homes under false pretenses.

Wash. man pleads guilty to raping adopted child from China, faces more than 18 years in prison

Wash. man pleads guilty to raping adoptee

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A man has pleaded guilty in Washington state to raping his 7-year-old adopted daughter from China.

Text of statements from SC first lady, gov, about her filing for divorce over his affair

Text of divorce statements from SC first lady, gov

Text of SC first lady’s statement that she is filing for divorce after gov’s Argentine affair

Text of divorce statement from SC first lady

SC first lady announces she’s filing for divorce from gov who called mistress his soul mate

SC first lady files for divorce from cheating gov

SF Bay area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address other biases

SF Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

Bay Area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address more kinds of bias

Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

Maine reporter says he was wrongly fired over e-mail calling gay marriage supporters hateful

Maine reporter fights firing for gay marriage note

Despite adoption setback, Elton John and David Furnish plan to support Ukrainian boy

Elton will support Ukrainian boy he can’t adopt

Ali’s odyssey: Escaping death as baby, adopted in Iran and tearful reunion in Iraq

A lost son returns to Iraq killing fields

HALABJA, Iraq — Six families nervously awaited the DNA tests on the young man who returned from Iran. They wondered: Could this be their son who was just an infant in 1988 and somehow lived through a deadly chemical attack by Saddam Hussein’s regime?

Father of 2 girls found slain along with their mothers in Wisconsin charged in 2 of the deaths

Police search for Wis. father linked to 4 slayings

Ill. judge: Mother’s hiding of her son for nearly 2 years during custody fight is neglect

Ill. judge: Mom’s hiding of boy amounts to neglect

2 women, 2 girls found dead in Wisconsin; police say girls’ father is ‘person of interest’

Police search for man linked to 4 Wis. slayings

Police: SUV involved in chase runs into Indianapolis day care center, injuring 4 children

Cops: 4 kids hurt in crash at Ind. day care center

‘Big Brother 9′ winner ordered to Mass. treatment center as he awaits trial on drug charges

‘Big Brother 9′ winner ordered to drug center

ON THE BOOKSHELF: ‘Julie & Julia’ author Julie Powell is back with a meaty book on butchering

‘Julie & Julia’ author returns with a meaty course