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November 2008
- Developers Use Auctions to Move Condos
  
  New York Times | Nov 28, 08 1:22 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - With buyers scarce and prices in Florida's condo market plunging, sellers are increasingly turning to auctions to move units in new developments. No longer just a means of unloading foreclosed homes, the auctions also keep agents from having to guess what the public is willing to shell out, the New York Times reports. “In this market, it’s not easy to determine value,” says one auction exec. More »
October 2008
- Developers Plan Feast on Thoreau's 'Silver Platter'
  
  Bloomberg | Oct 1, 08 4:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It was once Thoreau’s “gleaming silver platter,” and now developers want to eat off it. A Seattle developer wants to put 1,000 hotel rooms and condos around Maine’s Moosehead Lake, Bloomberg reports. The proposed construction on mostly private land abutting a huge tract of forest has won supporters among officials eager to create jobs and pragmatists saying it beats haphazard construction. More »
July 2008
- Wall Street's Wealthy Can't Nab Apartments
  
  New York Times | Jul 12, 08 1:50 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Manhattan’s most rabid real estate buyers are finding that a million-dollar bonus doesn't cut it anymore, the New York Times reports. With markets in turmoil, Wall Street bankers' staggering bonuses are in jeopardy, and apartment sellers are taking note. “They’re looking for people who have stable incomes that are not so market dependent,” one mortgage company president said. More »
April 2008
- Brazil's Condoms Go Tropical
  
  BBC | Apr 8, 08 6:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Brazil buys more condoms and boasts more rainforest than any other country; now officials hope to connect the dots, the BBC reports. The government will use rubber from Amazon trees to make 100 million condoms a year, given out freely as part of the country's anti-AIDS program. Rubber can be obtained without destroying trees and is widely available. More »
February 2008
- 'Get Some' Condoms Free in NY
  
  MyFox New York | Feb 14, 08 1:49 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Last Valentine’s Day, New York City unveiled the “NYC Condom,” a free prophylactic designed to make safe sex cool. Today, the program gets a facelift with new packing for the condom—and an ad campaign that urges New Yorkers to "get some." “Good design can help bring condoms out of the closet,” the man behind the new look tells MyFox New York. More »
December 2007
- US Teen Births Rise for First Time in 15 Years
  
  Associated Press | Dec 5, 07 5:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Teenage births have risen in the US for the first time in 15 years, say government statisticians. CDC officials say it's too early to tell whether the data represent a statistical blip or a real trend. But some experts blame the spike on the administration's focus on abstinence-only sex education, which doesn't teach teens how to use condoms and other contraception, the AP reports. More »
October 2007
- Bank Gives Shy Thais Condoms
  
  Reuters | Oct 2, 07 11:10 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some unusual withdrawals will be taking place later this month as Thailand's Kasikorn Bank begins giving away free condoms, branded with the bank's logo, at its 600 branches. Called "Condoms for Confidence," the campaign to combat the spread of AIDS seeks to alleviate embarrassment felt by many in conservative Thailand. “Women who buy condoms from convenience stores always get a strange look,” a health official told Reuters. More »
September 2007
- Catholic Leader: Condoms in Africa Carry HIV
  
  BBC | Sep 27, 07 12:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Catholic opposition to condom use as an AIDS preventive in Africa took a bizarre turn yesterday when a respected archbishop in Mozambique charged that condoms imported from Europe had been deliberately infected with HIV. Maputo Archbishop Francisco Chimoio made his comments at an Independence Day celebration and reiterated them to the BBC. More »
August 2007
- Online Daters Get Hotter on First Night
  
  Houston Chronicle | Aug 30, 07 6:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A third of women have sex on the first date with men they've previously met online, and 77% of those don't use condoms, a new study reports. "They may not think of it as being risky sex," the survey's author tells the Houston Chronicle, citing "virtual intimacy" as a factor in unsafe behavior. More »
July 2007
- Condom Testers Needed Down Under
  
  Sydney Morning Herald | Jul 6, 07 9:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - One of the world's largest manufacturers of condoms has posted what the Sydney Morning Herald calls the world's best job - condom tester. There is a catch, well actually several. You must be Australian, there is no pay, and you have to state your, er..., qualifications in a written application. More »
June 2007
- Fox, CBS Block Condom Ad
  
  New York Times | Jun 19, 07 7:08 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Trojan says it's conceived of a new ad to promote condom use—but has hit a big rubber wall at two of the four major networks. Fox and CBS turned away the "Evolve" spot, set to premiere tonight, in which anthropomorphic pigs fail to tempt the interest of a female barfly, until one buys a rubber and becomes a prince. Tagline: "Evolve. Use a condom every time." More »
March 2007
- Condom-Hating Health Official Steps Down
  
  Boston Globe | Mar 30, 07 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bush's top family planning official resigned unexpectedly yesterday, on the heels of a legal action against him in Massachusetts, the Boston Globe reports. The lawsuit initiated by Medicaid targets Dr. Eric Keroack's private practice in Marblehead. Abortion rights groups protested his appointment five months ago, claiming he opposed birth control and comprehensive sex education. More »