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Common sense on Plan B
Last week, a federal district judge in New York ruled that girls younger than 17 should be allowed to purchase the Plan B contraceptive pill over the counter. Unlike the Obama administration, Judge Edward Korman got this one right. The 2011 decision by...Tags: Birth Control, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health Organizations, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mollie Michala Lyman, model and artist, 1926–2013
As a girl, Mollie Michala Lyman, created paper dolls with custom wardrobes, illustrated her own daily newspaper and drew with crayons on an iron radiator because she liked the way the colors melted in the heat. "Even as a child she was unconventional,"...
Tags: Fine Artists, Marshall Field, South Side, Arts, Philosophy
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Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton and the glass ceiling
Margaret Thatcher was a historic, transformational figure who did many amazing and contradictory things in her life. She was a free market authoritarian who metaphorically bashed her opponents with her famous handbag until they submitted to her will. In...Tags: Government, The New York Times, Politics, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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On TV, a new breed of Modern Woman
A ruthlessly self-aware political wife reconsidering her choices. A sensual socialite facing down an oppressive age with informed good humor. A group of young women so busy defying social expectations they've forgotten to have any of their own. A...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, 30 Rock (tv program), Dexter (tv program), The Good Wife (tv program), Tina Fey
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Rape of 5-year-old ignites furious protest in India
NEW DELHI — Several hundred people protesting the rape and kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl descended on police headquarters Saturday, waving signs, overrunning barriers and calling for the resignation of the capital city's police commissioner. The...Tags: Justice and Rights, Manmohan Singh, Human Rights, Politics, New Delhi (India)
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The Twist: The swivel that shook the world
It's been just over 50 years since a new dance craze called the Twist swept the nation. Though tame as near-beer by today's standards, the dance so upset the guardians of public morality that Dick Clark ordered the cameras turned away when teens on...
Tags: Organized Crime, Entertainment Events, Dance, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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June 3 memorial for late first lady Helen Milliken
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — A memorial service for former Michigan first lady Helen Milliken will be held June 3 in Traverse City. Son Bill Milliken Jr. says the service is to take place in the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College's Dennos...
Tags: Human Interest
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Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello and the spectrum of sisterhood
While former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton considers the pros and cons of trying, once again, to become this nation's first female president and Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as the bumbling but pencil-skirt-rocking fictional vice president in...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Multiple Sclerosis, Golda Meir, Annette Funicello, Hillary Clinton
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LAPD: Occidental College students reported 3 rapes in 3 years
Los Angeles police say they have investigated three rape cases involving Occidental College students in the last three years, far fewer than current and former students outline in a civil rights complaint. In the U.S. Department of Education complaint...
Tags: Prosecution, Sexual Assault, Google+, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sexual discrimination lawsuit against Orland Fire moved to federal court
A lawsuit claiming gender discrimination and harassment filed against the Orland Fire Protection District by the only female member of command staff has been moved to federal court. "Since it's a federal statute, we figure the federal judges are more...Tags: Justice System, Minority Groups, Judges, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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A Wary But Resilient Boston Keeps It Together, Defies Blasts That Tried To Tear It Apart
The Hartford CourantThe bombs did not stop a field trip of first-graders from making a picnic lunch on the sidewalk outside the Old South Meeting House Tuesday afternoon. No, the gruesome pressure cooker devices did not dissuade a Kansas City couple from setting out for...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Running, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Awards and Prizes, Deval Patrick
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Fearing the 'F' Word: Are you now or have you ever been a 'feminist?'
You know, I was going to offer up a very calm, middle-of-the-road argument saying that it’s perfectly fine if some women — women in positions of power, no less — seem to be running like scalded cats from the word “feminist”...Tags: Justice and Rights, Minority Groups, Colin Powell, Corporate Officers, Marissa Mayer
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