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NEWS ABOUT: facial hair

facial hair stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

Don't Let This Army Captain Wear a Beard

Uniform, appearance exceptions a slippery slope to ruin

Nov 12, 09 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Following the Fort Hood shootings, top Army brass have worried about a “backlash” against Muslim soldiers. Funny, then, that the Army itself is creating the climate for backlash by eroding the uniform code with concessions to religious custom, writes Elaine Donnelly . Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi, a Sikh, was granted... More »

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uniforms • US military • US Army • American Muslims • Sikh • facial hair • religious attire • code

Chuck Todd Chickens Out
on Goatee Bet 

Dodger-loving reporter donates to charity rather than shaving

Oct 23, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chuck Todd isn’t shaving off his goatee, despite having lost a baseball bet to Jake Tapper. The NBC talking head has taken the coward’s way out and will donate to charity instead. Todd was supposed to shed his trademark goatee if the Dodgers lost the NLCS; had they... More »

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gambling • betting • feud • NBC News • sports betting • NLCS • baseball • ABC News • Robert Gibbs • beard • facial hair • Chuck Todd • Jake Tapper

 Drunk Fan 
 to Brad: 
 Lose the 
 Ugly 'Stache 

Goatee is 'just horrible,' according to party guest

Jan 14, 09 12:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Thank goodness someone finally said aloud what we’ve all been thinking. A drunken guest at a Golden Globes after-party asked Brad Pitt to shave his "horrible" goatee, the Daily Mail reports. The woman also “went on and on about how the aging make-up in The Curious Case ... More »

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Brad Pitt • award show • Golden Globes • drunk • facial hair

Niners Hope to Ride 
'Staches to Victory Sunday

Facial hair grown for game in throwback uniforms

Dec 23, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - 49ers' coach Mike Singletary can only hope his players are working as hard on their drills as they are on their mustaches. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that many on the team have been growing out their whiskers for Sunday's "throwback game"—in tribute to the glorious, cheesy... More »

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NFL • football • San Francisco 49ers • mustache • Shaun Hill • Mike Singletary • facial hair

US Troops in Afghanistan Battle Beard Ban

Clean-shaven troops complain lack of facial hair makes it harder to win Afghan respect

Nov 19, 08 3:34 AM CST
(Newser) - American troops in Afghanistan want to take a razor to the military's long-standing rule banning beards, US News & World Report writes. Beards are a sign of manhood in traditional areas of Afghanistan, and clean-shaven troops grumble that the rule—which the military maintains is essential for hygiene and... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • US troops • Special Forces • beard • facial hair

 The Best All-Time Beards 

These guys have the most notable chin hairs in history

Nov 15, 08 6:49 PM CST
(Newser) - To celebrate the public premiere of Charles Darwin's beard (or at least hair from it his great, great grandson found in a small leather box) at the British Natural History Museum, the London Times lists the best all-time chin hairs:
  1. Karl Marx. The collapse of the Soviet Union may
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Charles Darwin • Charles Dickens • Karl Marx • Jesus Christ • beard • facial hair • Rasputin

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