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| Nebraska reforms 'safe haven' law (AFP via Yahoo! News) |
| Nebraska has reformed a law that had allowed 35 children and teenagers to be abandoned in hospitals, the office of a state senator told AFP. |
| Nebraska Revises Child Safe Haven Law (New York Times) |
| The revision to a law permitting parents to hand children over to state custody limits its reach to infants. |
| Bloomberg slips in polls after NY term limit law (Reuters via Yahoo! News) |
| New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's popularity fell to its lowest level in three years after he pushed through a law allowing him to seek a third four-year term, according to a poll released on Friday. |
| Nebraska changes law on abandonment of children of all ages (AFP via Yahoo! News) |
| Nebraska state lawmakers on Friday overhauled a law that allowed people to abandon their children of any age legally at hospitals, a senator's office confirmed. |
| Nebraska lawmakers vote to limit safe-haven law (CNN) |
| Nebraska lawmakers voted Friday to change a controversial safe-haven law by restricting the age under which a child can be dropped off at a hospital without the parents being prosecuted. |