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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
INDIANA FLOODING Chrysler donates $50k to help Ind. flood victims (Information in the following story is from: Kokomo Tribune, http://www.ktonline.com) KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) — Flood victims in two Indiana counties are getting some help from Chrysler....Tags: Indiana University, Small Businesses, Transportation Accidents, Good Morning America (tv program), Politics
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Filmmakers to ask women, 'What ... if you weren't afraid?'
There's a new energy in the women's empowerment movement, experts say, one that focuses on issues far beyond suffrage or equal pay. Women today are asserting that they can have it all: The career, the family and the dreams. Two Chicago filmmakers are...
Tags: Sundance Film Festival, Kickstarter, Danica Patrick
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Justice Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade not 'woman-centered'
Tribune reporterForty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case is not her "ideal picture" for resolving the controversial issue of abortion. Instead, the landmark decision gave...Tags: Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Colleges and Universities, Bill Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Feminists oppose Berlin's Barbie Dreamhouse
The opening this month of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many a little girl, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist icon. With her ironed-straight blond tresses, doe-like baby blue...Tags: Berlin (Germany), Media Industry, Occupy Wall Street, Toys, Barbie (fictional character)
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Doctoring in a family way
Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy. A single mom to a rambunctious 5-year-old girl, Jennifer was struggling economically and battling depression. We talked about the options...
Tags: Family, Health Treatments, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture, Drugs and Medicines
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Women's prayer at Western Wall sparks protest
JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Old City’s Western Wall Plaza early Friday in a boisterous and sometimes violent protest against a group of female activists exercising a newly court-affirmed right to pray at the holy...
Tags: Riots, Police Arrests, Israel, U.S. Embassy, Christian Orthodoxy
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Uganda widow wins compensation after fight
KASANA, Uganda — When Joyce Birabwa's husband was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, 1,000 miles away, her whole world fell apart. Left to raise two children alone, Birabwa barely had time to grieve before discovering her in-laws had...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Somalia, Family, U.S. Department of State, Bombings
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San Juan mayor fosters Latina power in Orlando
Sauntering down a public street wearing a gentleman's pantsuit and hat, Puerto Rican labor and women's rights activist Luisa Capetillo knew her fashion choice was revolutionary in 1919. She was arrested, questioned and eventually released from custody,...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Minority Groups, Cultural Development, U.S. Department of Commerce, Labor Legislation
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Girl power: Camp uses music to deliver positive message about female leaders, self-confidence
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — Girls ages 8 to 16 will learn about women's rights, self-protection and rock and roll at a weeklong summer camp aimed to build their confidence. The Girls Rock! camp will be held at the International School of Indianapolis...Tags: Entertainment, Music
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Israel seeks to end back-of-the-bus gender segregation
Reuters* Gender segregation at centre of secular-religious divide * Women "won't sit at the back of the bus" -justice minister By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, May 9 (Reuters) - Back-of-the bus seating for women on any public transport in Israel will soon be...Tags: Radio, Benjamin Netanyahu, Crime, Law and Justice, Israel, Tzipi Livni
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Turkish Airlines backs down on lipstick ban
Reuters* Ban was mistake by over-zealous junior managers - CEO * Secular Turks worried country becoming too Islamic * Turkey 99 percent Muslim with secular constitution By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Turkish Airlines is quashing a ban on...Tags: European Union, Corporate Officers, Religion and Belief, Turkey, NATO
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'Tea by the Sea' benefits women's group
Severe storms and a heavy downpour did not dampen the big hats seen at this year's YWCA annual tea. "Tea by the Sea" was staged in Malcolm's at the Omphoy Hotel. Large bouquets of bright-colored Gerber daisies, antique teacups and saucers adorned the...Tags: Civil Rights, AFLAC Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Palm Beach County, Justice and Rights
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