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Emergency Birth Control May Not Work for Women Over 176 Pounds
French pharmaceutical company HRA Pharma will begin warning women that their drug, Norlevo, does not work for women weighing more than 176 pounds, Mother Jones reported. Norlevo, which Mother Jones notes is identical to Plan B, will change its packaging information to be transparent about weight limits. The emergency-contraceptive pill begins to lose its effectiveness…
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Prisoners in California Train for Tech Jobs
Inmates at San Quentin State Prison in Northern California are learning how to design and launch tech programs. The Last Mile, a program that pairs computer volunteers with prisoners, teaches complex computer coding to inmates. Graduates of the program who left prison have found employment in the industry, the Associated Press reports. “We believe that…
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Obama’s Leadership Ratings Take a Dip
President Barack Obama’s poll numbers in various measures of leadership have taken a dip, showing the disgruntled state of the American people resulting form the troubles with Obamacare. Only 4 out of 10 Americans think the president can manage the government effectively, a new CNN/ORC International survey shows. This is a 7-percentage-point decrease from June.…
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Obama Working to Soothe Anxious Democrats
President Barack Obama has been busy in the past couple of weeks, flying across the country to attend fundraisers and reassure donors, even though he isn’t up for re-election. The president is hoping to relieve some of the stress caused by the political backlash from the problem-ridden rollout of Obamacare, which has many congressional Democrats…
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Allen West: Obama Policy Caused 'Knockout Game'
According to former Florida Rep. Allen West, left-wing policies such as those that allow immigrants to work in the country and compete for jobs are behind the “knockout game,” Breitbart reports. The knockout game is a troubling new trend among youth, the premise of which is to prey on unsuspecting strangers and try to knock…
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Miami Gardens Police Arrested a Man 62 Times for Trespassing Where He Works
Suppose you were a clerk at a convenience store and the police arrested you there 62 times on one charge: trespassing. You read that right. Arrested multiple times for trespassing while at your place of employment. What’s going on? Well, that’s what Miami Gardens, Fla., store owner Alex Saleh is trying to figure out. One…
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Bill Cosby's Far From Finished to Air on Comedy Central
You thought Bill Cosby was out of the limelight for good, but for some stars, retirement just isn’t an option—and it looks like it’ll be that way for this legend. It’s been 30 years since his last concert special, but now he’s back with Bill Cosby: Far From Finished, a 90-minute stand-up show that will…
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Job Openings and Overall Hiring in the US Reach 5-Year Highs
Job openings and overall hiring reached five-year highs in September, indicating the job market’s current stability and improvement, the Associated Press reports. The Labor Department reported an increase of 69,000 in job postings, making it a seasonally adjusted 3.9 million. A number that hasn’t been seen since March 2008, months after the recession, the AP…
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Russell Simmons: Fake Democrats, Sit Down
Mogul Russell Simmons is not putting up with anyone, especially Democrats, sidling away from Obamacare just because they fear repercussions if linked to the struggling HealthCare.gov website. Oh, no. In a scathing piece published Thursday on Global Grind, Simmons called out Democrats who “couldn’t handle the hate” from Republicans when the backlash came. “So, their…
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House Speaker Boehner Finally Enrolls in Obamacare
Updated, Friday, Nov. 22, 2:20 p.m. ET: It seems that House Speaker John Boehner’s Obamacare woes are over. Forty-five minutes after the speaker blogged his frustrations with HealthCare.gov, he got a confirmation email that he was enrolled, the Associated Press reports. Earlier, the Ohio Republican said he’d spent four hours trying to navigate the website.…
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