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NEWS ABOUT: hip

hip stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 Obama Wrecked 
 Brainy-Black-Guy Cred 

Nation's first hip president renders formerly-hip a bit square

May 26, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, in his first 100 days President Obama made much-publicized strides forward. But he also ruined the game of “black male intellectuals” everywhere, writes G’Ra Asim for Salon: “This dude is destroying our street cred.” Whereas Asim, once “the only African-American male in Advanced Placement... More »

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Barack Obama • hip • President Obama • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - The recession hasn’t done anything to stem the tide of young people pouring into places like Portland, Austin, and Seattle, the Wall Street Journal reports, and that’s straining those cities’ job markets. If anything, hipsters who’ve lost jobs elsewhere are more likely to set out for... More »

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migration • Austin • unemployment • youth • Seattle • Portland • hip

A-Rod to Undergo Minor Hip Surgery

Yank puts off bigger procedure until winter; back in 6-8 weeks

Mar 8, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Faced with the choice between playing through pain and undergoing an invasive surgery, Alex Rodriguez chose Hidden Option C: an arthroscopic surgical procedure that will put off the major operation until after the baseball season. He'll still be out for 6-8 weeks, but the scandal-plagued slugger prefers that to the... More »

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surgery • Alex Rodriguez • cyst • hip

 Patients Have
 Bone to Pick With
 Squeaky Fake Hips 

Noisy ceramic joints worry doctors

May 11, 08 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ceramic artificial hips are far more durable than their metal and plastic counterparts—but frustrated patients are complaining that they squeak. It's embarrassing. “It can interrupt sex when my wife starts laughing,” said one. But some doctors fear it could be a sign that the ceramic replacements aren’... More »

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health care • joint pain • hip replacement • hip

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