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Adoption freeze rumors swirled today as fallout continues over the 7-year-old russian boy who was sent packing by his american family. according to the russian foreign minister, adoptions to u.s. families have been suspended. today, the u.s. state department said that is not so. it says adoptions are continuing. confused? well, so are the families waiting to bring their new sons and daughters home to the states. jill dougherty has one familys story. >> reporter: its literally a handful. >> we ar...

For doing this? >> thank you so much. >> it was great. thank you. >> volcanic ash grounding thousands of flights. new details tomorrow. well tell you about it. russians suspending all adoptions to america. [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. im going to work with kids. im going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, im going to start a band. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe youre never done growing. thanks, mom. i just want to g...

Inmate, i can get you $4,500 in a tax return. it will cost you $500. >> the irs has done its own investigation of the fraud. but experts say its slow. inmates are still filing falsified returns in the meantime. all of this, of course, at the expense of the american taxpayer. and of course, the "am fix" blog is up and running. we want to hear from you, sfln.com slash am fix. first, the case of a tennessee woman who sent her 7-year-old adoptive son back to russia on a plane with a note. her ac...

15-year-old phoebe prince killed herself in january after what prosecutors say was months of relentless bullying at her school. six teenagers face charges that range from criminal harassment to statutory rape. the school board chairman stepped down although he says it has nothing to do with the bullying controversy. the timing was interesting. he made the announcement with a meeting with parents that got to heated that police had to escort folks from the room. >> first amendment rights. >> this ...

Im tamron hall. right now on msnbc news live, president obama will leave shortly for cape canaveral to make what is already being called a tough sell. the president revealing his vision for americas space program and the future of many of its workers. and tax day tea party. live pictures from washington as tea party supporters continue with their protests. this is a new poll shows more than half of tea party members think they are paying fair taxes. tea party favorite republican congressman ro...

All of its suv models in the wake of that "consumer reports" warning on the lexus gx-460 model. the carmaker has suspended sales because of the reported rollover risk but said it has not yet decided on whether to issue a recall. russia is suspending all u.s. adoptions of russian children. the move comes a week after a tennessee woman sent her adopted son back to russia by himself after claiming he was too violent. there are protests in poland ahead of this weekends state funeral for presiden...

Engine and destroy the plane great britain and scandinavia is shut down, leaving tens of thousands stranded, all rirps -- airports in the u. -- in the u.k., at a standstill for the first final since september 11th, 2001, aviation officials shut down british air space for the rest of the day and that will affect thousands of flights. in iceland itself, hundreds of people have had to evacuate, not because of the ash, but because of flooding concerns, the volcano sits beneath a massive glacier that...

Russian officials and american agencies to follow up on the treatments and the care for the russian children adopted by american families, until that agreement is reached between the u.s. and russian governments, it is going to freeze future american adoptions. lets take a listen to what the russian foreign ministry spokesman just said on russian tv. >> translator: further adoptions of russian children by american citizens which at present have been suspended will only be possible in case such a...

Some future date. but its clear by the action in the congress to date, those people dont exist. bart stupak voted his own personal convictions for being pro-life for a quarter million dollar airport improvement and a vote for health care. i think largely youre seeing the candidate support, the kind of turn-out of conservative candidates is primarily around the republican party which i believe is the right way to go at this time. >> youre a radio guy. a lot of radio hosts have been talking about ...

People here, care about the future of these children. so, adoptions will continue. in some cases, there may be delays. but, they havent been cut off. martha: there is no freeze, that has been reported today that that is not the case? >> we have had clarifications with the ministry of foreign affairs, russia, and, as well with the embassy and they say that that is -- there is not a freeze. martha: all right, there have been so many children, you know, 55,000, i believe in the neighborhood of that...