Boy, 13, held in foster sister's stabbing

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Police arrested a 13-year-old boy this morning after he allegedly
stabbed his foster sister with a kitchen knife on the Northeastside.

The boy stabbed Anastasyia Jacobs, 19, while she was sleeping with her
2-year-old son in an upstairs bedroom in a home in the 6000 block of
East 43rd Street at about 8:10 a.m., Sgt. Matthew Mount said.

Mount said the foster mother told police the boy came downstairs naked,
sat in her lap and said "I killed Anastasyia."

Moments later, Mount said Jacobs came downstairs bleeding from several
stab wounds. The 2-year-old also suffered a small wound to his right
leg, Mount said.

The suspect was taken to the Marion County juvenile center, Mount said.

Police did not release his name this morning. The boy had been in state
custody for about eight years and had lived with this family for five
months, Mount said.

Jacobs and her son were taken to Wishard Memorial Hospital where they
were listed in stable condition this morning, Mount said.
Call Star reporter Vic Ryckaert at (317) 444-2761.

Teacher Placed On Administrative Leave After Abuse Allegations
Jill Del Greco, Reporter

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POSTED: 6:05 pm EDT May 15, 2008
UPDATED: 1:59 pm EDT May 16, 2008

DAYTON, Ohio -- A Dayton foster mother and teacher accused of
endangering children has been placed on administrative leave.

Representatives for Dayton View Academy said Joynae Jones has been
placed on leave pending the outcome of the investigation against her.
Officials said she will not have any contact with school children during
the period of leave.

Police said Jones, 29, was arrested after her foster son arrived at
school covered with bruises.

According to police reports, students at Belmont High School spotted
bruises on the 14-year-old boy's body during gym class. The incident
reports says "the bruising showed evidence of hand prints, belt and belt
buckle marks on (the student's) body."

Foster child accused of stabbing pregnant teen multiple times

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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A 13-year-old foster child faces attempted murder
charges for stabbing a pregnant teenager while she slept.

Family members said they don't know what provoked the stabbing.

IMPD officers were called out to Gloria Jacobs east side home on the
6000 block of East 43rd just before 8 a.m. on Friday.

Jacobs told police she was watching TV with her 13-year-old foster son.
According to family members, the boy got up, grabbed a kitchen knife,
went upstairs, and then stabbed 19-year-old Anastasyia Jacobs' five
times while she slept. Jacobs' one-year-old son who was sleeping with
her was also cut on the leg.

"Before the step mom could react, Anastasia came in the room. She had
been stabbed multiple times. She made the comment, look at what he did
to me. I was sleeping," said Sgt. Matt Mount of the Indianapolis Metro
Police Department.

Paramedics rushed the pregnant teen to Wishard Hospital. Police arrested
the 13-year-old child.

ELDORADO
Raid, aftermath's early cost: $7.5 million

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Senate panel to examine expenses of largest child removal in U.S.
By Corrie MacLaggan
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, May 16, 2008

The massive child welfare operation that began in early April with a
state raid of a West Texas ranch owned by a polygamous sect cost nearly
$7.5 million in the first 19 days, according to records from Gov. Rick
Perry's office.

A spokeswoman for Perry cautioned that the numbers — obtained through
the Texas Public Information Act — are preliminary and unaudited, and
Perry's office has yet to release official costs.

But the numbers do reveal clues about the financial impact of what Texas
officials have said is the largest removal of children in U.S. history.

Separation From Mom, Dad Linked With Learning Trouble In Kids

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080516094416.htm

ScienceDaily (May 16, 2008) — In the wake of divorce, illness, violence
and other problems that can unsettle homes, countless young children are
liable to experience temporary separations from one or both parents
before packing their knapsack for kindergarten. Published in the
May/June issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics, a new, community-wide study
from Rochester, New York, warns that such kids are at increased risk for
learning difficulties and that these separations are good predictors of
which children may require special educational interventions to succeed.

Previous research on parent-child separation has concentrated on
children in foster or kinship care, who are known to often experience
considerable emotional, behavioral and developmental problems. Yet
little is known about the impact of separation more generally,
especially in less formalized situations in which one or more parents
temporarily leaves.

"In most cases, separation is a marker of instability. We suspect that
homes in which children are separated from their parents may be less
nurturing environments.

State social worker charged with DUI while transporting a child
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears
VHONEYCUTT@HERALD-LEADER.COM

http://www.kentucky.com/779/story/407010.html

A state social worker has twice been charged with driving under the
influence of drugs -- once while transporting a child for a family court
hearing.

Justin Prater was arrested in Knott County on April 7, when he arrived
with the child after driving 115 miles from Greenup County to Knott County.

Eight days before that arrest, Prater was ticketed by police in Boyd
County for careless driving. He paid a fine.

The case reveals an inequity in the child-protection system, one of the
state's leading child advocates says.

Families seeking to regain custody of children are typically subjected
to drug screens, and any new charges against them can cause social
workers to recommend that visitation be revoked.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/17/usa.saudiarabia

Frustration for Bush as pledge to Saudis fails to win oil concession

The US agreed yesterday to help Saudi Arabia protect its oil industry
from terrorist attack, while offering to back conservative Arab
countries resisting Iranian influence spreading across the Middle
East.

The White House announced new agreements with the kingdom as President
George Bush flew to Riyadh for private talks with King Abdullah at his
ranch outside the capital. But the king was not persuaded to boost
Saudi oil production to ease the effect of the $127-a-barrel price on
the US economy.

Bush arrived from Israel, where he spent two days celebrating its 60th
anniversary, an event which brought the release yesterday of another
threatening message from the Saudi renegade and al-Qaida leader, Osama
bin Laden.

Study: Big gaps in foster vs. traditional homes

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-05-15-gap-foster-traditional-homes_N.ht...

FOSTER CARE VS. TRADITIONAL

Foster children tend to live in households that are poorer, less
educated and more crowded than the typical U.S. household with children.

Homes with foster care

Household income: $56,364

Household with at least 3 children: 50%%

Parent with no high school diploma: 21%%

Parent didn't work last year: 20%%

Homes without foster care

Household income: $74,301

Household with at least 3 children: 21%%

Parent with no high school diploma: 14%%

Parent didn't work last year: 13%%

Source: William O'Hare of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, based on Census
Bureau's 2006 American Community Survey

US soldier refuses to serve in 'illegal Iraq war'

May 16 10:49 AM US/Eastern
Matthis Chiroux is the kind of young American US military recruiters love.

"I was from a poor, white family from the south, and I did badly in
school," the now 24-year-old told AFP.

"I was 'filet mignon' for recruiters. They started phoning me when I was
in 10th grade," or around 16 years old, he added.

Chiroux joined the US army straight out of high school nearly six years
ago, and worked his way up from private to sergeant.

He served in Afghanistan, Germany, Japan, and the Philippines and was
due to be deployed next month in Iraq.

On Thursday, he refused to go, saying he considers Iraq an illegal war.

"I stand before you today with the strength and clarity and resolve to
declare to the military, my government and the world that this soldier
will not be deploying to Iraq," Chiroux said in the sun-filled rotunda
of a congressional building in Washington.

They started the, "We are afraid of Saddam" War in which a hundred
thousand Troops were deployed to save them from their childish fears.