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Big Women Have Cash, Too
The trend toward bigness has finally drawn the attention of fashion designers, who have concluded that there’s money to be made in plus sizes. Corseted into a size 18 white denim dress, wearing heels that made her about 6-foot-2, Gwen DeVoe, a former model and fashion-show producer, stepped onto a runway in Manhattan this week…
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Manute Bol Dead at 47
Retired basketball player Manute Bol died at the age of 47 after battling acute kidney failure and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, a skin disease. At 7’7″, the Sudan-born athlete and activist was one of the tallest players in NBA history. He played for 11 years for the Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, Golden State Warriors, and Miami Heat.…
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Obama Will Sue Arizona on Immigration Law
The U.S. Justice Department will soon file a lawsuit against Arizona’s controversial immigration law, some news media are reporting. The Justice Department would not confirm the claim, saying only that “The Justice Department is continuing to review the law.” Federal government lawyers who have been working on the expected challenge for several weeks will most…
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Soccer Mania Disrupts South African Vuvuzela Philharmonic Performances
The South African Vuvuzela Philharmonic is hopping mad because impromptu soccer matches keep breaking out during its performances. The group is world-renowned for being one of the best large-scale, monotonic wind instrument ensembles in the world and does not take kindly to folks playing soccer during its outdoor concerts. They see it as disrespectful to…
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Drop Your Spoons: SpaghettiOs Recalled
What is the world coming to when you can’t feed your little ones Spaghettios? We know that we shouldn’t be serving up canned food to kids, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, and Spaghettios make it easier. Well, Campbell’s soup has recalled 15 million pounds of kid-tested and formerly mother-approved SpaghettiOs for…
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The Tie That Binds: NY Keeps Incarcerated Parents and Their Children Together
In prisons throughout the country, children are separated from parents who commit crimes. The way that timetables work, depending on the length of the sentence, many children are declared abandoned and pushed into the foster care system in hopes of finding a permanent living situation. What typically happens is that children often remain in the…
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Pew Report: 'Muslim World' Disappointed in America and Obama
Although President Obama’s popularity is still decent in the United States, his popularity among Muslims throughout the world has fallen. One year after President Obama’s pioneering speech in Cairo, he is viewed with more skepticism by the Muslim world. His decline in popularity is tied to his perceived lack of follow-through on bridging Western and…
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Lakers Repeat as NBA Champions
The Los Angeles Lakers repeated as NBA Champions with a win over the Boston Celtics in game 7 with a final score of 83-79. This is the first time in the history of one of the greatest basketbal rivalries known to man that the Lakers have been able to pull out a win in game…
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