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Friday, February 08, 2013  Starting Friday, February 15, shelter hours will be from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Saturday, February 02, 2013  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri's incentive for parents seeking to adopt children from other countries could be coming to an end.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  The show provides national exposure to the shelters across the country that provide the puppy athletes and the kittens that star in the halftime show.

Saturday, September 03, 2011  The seizure of more than 150 cats from a Kansas City home has animal control personnel scrambling to house them.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011  Two more furry friends said goodbye to the Joplin Humane Society. They boarded a plane to meet their new owner, Mike Bettes from The Weather Channel.

Friday, February 25, 2011  More than 40 wild horses and burros will be available for adoption this weekend at the Boone County Fairgrounds.

Friday, January 21, 2011  Woman kidnapped as newborn in NYC in 1987 reunites with family as police seek kidnapper.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010  The Hyde family added to their family by using the foster care system. Read through the LIVE CHAT about adoption and foster care.

Thursday, September 16, 2010  Missouri is getting a $500,000 bonus from the federal government for increasing the number of foster care children who were adopted.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  The Obama administration on Tuesday asked a federal judge to lift a restraining order that it says could undercut federally funded embryonic stem cell research.

Monday, August 23, 2010  UPDATED 3:45 p.m. CDT. The nonprofit group Nightlight Christian Adoptions contends that the government's new guidelines will decrease the number of human embryos available for adoption.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  Health insurance companies would have to cover adopted children under a bill approved by the Missouri Senate.

Thursday, April 15, 2010  Foreign Ministry says Russia has suspended all US adoptions of Russian children

Saturday, April 10, 2010  Columbia Second Chance moves to bigger, better property near Booneville.

Friday, April 09, 2010  Russia threatens to suspend US adoptions after woman sends 7-year-old boy back to Moscow alone