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women's issues stories: 171 news summaries

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Women's Star Lieberman Wants to Play Obama

Hall of Famer, 51, takes exception to all-male White House games

Oct 30, 09 6:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taking exception to all-male White House basketball games, Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman today challenged President Obama to some one-on-one. “To score some real points with the public, stop arguing and just play ball—with the best,” Lieberman, 51 and coming off a stint last year in the... More »

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WNBA • basketball • Nancy Lieberman • President Obama • Basketball Hall of Fame • women's issues • battle of the sexes • one-on-one

life imitates art

 Most of 
 Manhattan 
 Is Single 

Census shows 50.3% live alone

Oct 30, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Depending on your point of view, New York is either a very lonely city or a great place to get laid. The number of singles in the Big Apple, already at a historic high, keeps rising, according to new Census data. In Manhattan, a whopping 50.3% of people live... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • marriage • US Census • Census data • single people • singles • women's issues

Analysis


 Clinton Talk 
 Annoys 
 Pakistani 
 Women 

They wanted to discuss security; she channeled 'The View'

Oct 30, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton was relaxed in her town hall-style address to professional Pakistani women today in Islamabad, discussing “habits of the heart,” like tolerance and compromise, and touting the female doctors sent on US aid missions to Pakistan. It was nice, she said with a chuckle, to not talk... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Pakistan • security • women • State Department • secretary of State • Kashmir • Muslim women • women's issues

 King's Daughter to Head SCLC 

Bernice King to be first woman to head group

Oct 30, 09 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bernice King was elected to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference today, becoming the first woman to helm the civil rights organization her father, Martin Luther King Jr., co-founded. King wasn’t there for the board vote, which she won 23-15 over an Arkansas judge, so interim president Byron Clay... More »

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civil rights • Martin Luther King Jr. • Southern Christian Leadership Conference • Martin Luther King III • Bernice King • women's issues • Byron Clay

SLIDESHOW


 How Skulls 
 Took Over 
 Fashion 

Once scary, now stylish, skulls are trendy—and not just at Halloween

Oct 30, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Skulls, once seen as sinister symbols, are now used on everything from children's shirts to underwear. Sara Dickerman of Slate takes a look at how the trend developed:
  • In the 16th century, artists like Albrecht Dürer were still using skulls to remind people of their mortality.
  • French
... More »

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fashion • skull • Grateful Dead • pirates • Halloween • Vivienne Westwood • trend • Jay-ZTV • women's issues • trends • Alexander McQueen

MOVIE REVIEW

 Skin Has 'Poignant Power' 

Tale of black girl born to white parents taps apartheid's madness

Oct 30, 09 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A true-life tale of the struggles of a dark-skinned girl born to white Afrikaners in '50s South Africa, Skin scored with critics, though some found it a bit too black-and-white.
  • Skin "serves as a stirring allegory for birthright and the assertion of one's identity in the face of
... More »

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South Africa • movie review • apartheid • women's issues • drama • Sophie Okenedo

Interview

Pelosi to Liberals:
Cheer Up, Shut Up

Get on board, says speaker, and don't expect amendments

Oct 30, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The health care bill Nancy Pelosi unveiled yesterday may not be as liberal as some of her colleagues would like, but she says they’d better get over it. The speaker intends to keep debate to a minimum, and squash any attempt to add an amendment that would strengthen the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Medicare • House of Representatives • health care reform • interview • public option • women's issues

Abused Wife Wins
Political Asylum in US

Decision sets precedent for women fleeing domestic abuse

Oct 30, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration has recommended that a Guatemalan woman who came to America fleeing horrific domestic abuse be granted political asylum. Rody Alvarado Peña's case has been in the courts since 1995 and lawyers say the decision will finally clarify the rules on whether abused women in foreign countries... More »

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domestic violence • asylum • Central America • Guatemala • domestic abuse • political asylum • women's issues

 Somali Man, 112, 
 Marries Teen Bride 

Father of 80-year-old says he wants more kids with wife

Oct 30, 09 3:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 95-year age gap is no barrier to love, according to a 112-year-old Somali man who married a 17-year-old bride this week. Ahmed Muhamed Dhore—who told the BBC he still has his 1897 birth certificate written on goat skin—says he realized a dream by marrying his sixth wife.... More »

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Somalia • marriage • centenarians • women's issues

girls allowed

 Obama's Golf Game Goes Coed 

Presidential foursome includes a woman for the first time

Oct 25, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Within hours of a New York Times story spotlighting the West Wing's alleged "boys' club" atmosphere, President Obama played golf with a woman today for the first time since being sworn in. Melody Barnes, the White House chief domestic policy adviser, hit the links as part of Obama's foursome... More »

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golf • White House • domestic policy • Obama administration • President Obama • women's issues • Melody Barnes • Fort Belvoir

Female Saudi Journalist Gets 60 Lashes for Sex Show

During episode, man boasted of conquests

Oct 24, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A female Saudi journalist has been sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a TV show that featured a man detailing his sexual conquests. The court also banned Rosanna Al-Yami from leaving the country for two years, sources tell CNN. She is believed to be the first Saudi journalist... More »

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Saudi Arabia • punishment • women's issues • female journalists

Cell Phones May Raise Risk of Tumors: WHO Study

Lead researcher says kids' use should be restricted

Oct 24, 09 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the most thorough reviews yet of the health risks of cell phones suggests that longtime users face a higher risk of brain tumors. The World Health Organization study is not definitive, but it bolsters the case that precautions make sense. The lead researcher tells the Telegraph she thinks... More »

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cancer • cell phones • public health • communication • cell phone industry • brain tumor • hands-free cell phone • women's issues

First Lady's 10 @ Ten

 Michelle Wants Prez 
 to Lose (to Her, at Tennis) 

But won't spill girls' Halloween costumes to Jay Leno

Oct 24, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(AP) - What's President Barack Obama's most annoying habit? Practicing his speeches for hours in front of the bathroom mirror? Talking too much foreign policy at the dinner table? No—First Lady Michelle Obama said last night it's his tennis game. When they play, the president usually wins. "He beats me... More »

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Michelle Obama • tennis • Jay Leno • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Bo Obama • women's issues • The Jay Leno Show • Bo

Broke Aussie Author Inspires Bidding Frenzy

Rebecca James' debut has publishers seeing next JK Rowling

Oct 24, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The publishing world is in a frenzy over a debut novel whose Australian author is drawing comparisons to JK Rowling (Harry Potter? Perhaps you've heard of it.). “Beautiful Malice was one of the most extraordinary manuscripts I’ve read in a very long while,” one editor with... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • literature • publishing • bidding war • women's issues • Rebecca James • Beautiful Malice • teen literature


 Disney Offers 
 Refunds for Failed 
 Baby Einsteins

Videos may mesmerize kids, but they don't prompt development

Oct 24, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parents disappointed that junior isn't a prodigy can get now get a refund from Disney. Threatened with a class-action lawsuit, the makers of Baby Einstein products have withdrawn claims that the ubiquitous videos are beneficial to childhood development, and offered to refund the $15.99 parents shelled out if they... More »

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parents • Baby Einstein • babies • women's issues • children's videos • educational videos

secret weapon

 Michelle Pushes 
 for Health Reform 

First lady makes case for overhaul in  personal terms

Oct 23, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama rejoined the push for health care reform today, making the administration's case in an event at the White House and an online video message. Speaking with Jill Biden at a gathering for breast cancer survivors, Obama decried the fact that patients can’t get insurance because cancer in... More »

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health care • breast cancer • Michelle Obama • health care reform • women's issues • health insurance industry • pre-existing condition

'White Wine With Seafood' Rule Is No Fish Story

High-iron reds make a poor accompaniment, scientists confirm

Oct 23, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers conducting intensely necessary studies have confirmed what connoisseurs have always told us: Red wine doesn’t go with fish. Tasters tried 38 red wines and 26 whites while noshing on scallops. They discovered that wines with higher iron content—meaning most reds—unpleasantly accentuated the seafood's “fishy” taste.... More »

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study • wine • seafood • dining • women's issues • wine pairings

food critic's lament

 70-Year-Old Lobster 
 Deserves Freedom 

Larry's plight stirs conscience of restaurant writer

Oct 23, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Restaurant writer Ryan Sutton has dined on his share of lobsters, but the plight of one venerable crustacean has left him without an appetite. "Larry" is a 70-year-old lobster at New York's Oceana restaurant awaiting its fate as a $275 entree. Sutton admits he's never given much thought to... More »

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New York • restaurant criticism • animal rights • seafood • lobster • women's issues • Oceana

WATCH The Copycats




 Michelle Sparks 
 Hula Hoop Craze 

Newscasters can't resist getting in on the hip action

Oct 23, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama has started a trend…at least among America's female newscasters. After the First Lady managed an impressive 142 rotations in a hula-hooping video that went viral, a score of “awkward female news anchors” just had to try it, notes Azaria Jagger on Gawker. Watch videos at left... More »

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entertainment • Michelle Obama • Kathie Lee Gifford • hula hoop • women's issues • Michelle Obama hula hoop

 Leibovitz Shoots First Family 

Sasha, Malia throw arms around parents in White House portrait

Oct 23, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - New screen saver, anyone? The White House released a new Obama family portrait taken by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. The First Family sat in the White House’s Green Room for the picture, at left. More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • photography • Annie Leibovitz • first families • portrait • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • women's issues • Obama family portrait

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