This story of a Wisconsin family that adopted seven children - many of them special needs kids - ran in the Twin Cities Star-Tribune a few days ago:
Wis. family: Adopted, adapting, Amen
Dates, author, etc., are in the story. The article was published in print on the front page of the local section, page B1 (I think).
You can also find some relevant data here:
Adoption facts
This was a sidebar to the main story. The data is mostly specific to Minnesota.