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June 3 memorial for late first lady Helen Milliken
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — A memorial service for former Michigan first lady Helen Milliken will be held June 3 in Traverse City. Son Bill Milliken Jr. says the service is to take place in the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College's Dennos...
Tags: Human Interest
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Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello and the spectrum of sisterhood
While former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton considers the pros and cons of trying, once again, to become this nation's first female president and Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns as the bumbling but pencil-skirt-rocking fictional vice president in...Tags: Golda Meir, Annette Funicello, Conservative Party (UK), Ronald Reagan, Multiple Sclerosis
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LAPD: Occidental College students reported 3 rapes in 3 years
Los Angeles police say they have investigated three rape cases involving Occidental College students in the last three years, far fewer than current and former students outline in a civil rights complaint. In the U.S. Department of Education complaint...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Justice System, Sexual Assault, U.S. Department of Education, Los Angeles Police Department
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Sexual discrimination lawsuit against Orland Fire moved to federal court
A lawsuit claiming gender discrimination and harassment filed against the Orland Fire Protection District by the only female member of command staff has been moved to federal court. "Since it's a federal statute, we figure the federal judges are more...Tags: Discrimination, Justice System, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Minority Groups
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A Wary But Resilient Boston Keeps It Together, Defies Blasts That Tried To Tear It Apart
The Hartford CourantThe bombs did not stop a field trip of first-graders from making a picnic lunch on the sidewalk outside the Old South Meeting House Tuesday afternoon. No, the gruesome pressure cooker devices did not dissuade a Kansas City couple from setting out for...Tags: The Boston Globe, Running, Deval Patrick, Awards and Prizes, Road Running
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Prostitution policy splits NGOs in top court AIDS case
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Supreme Court case that challenges a law requiring anti-prostitution policies for HIV/AIDS programs seeking federal money has generated a split among nonprofit groups that counsel sex workers overseas. The case involves a 2003...Tags: Trials, Sex Crimes, United Nations, Malaria, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Fearing the 'F' Word: Are you now or have you ever been a 'feminist?'
You know, I was going to offer up a very calm, middle-of-the-road argument saying that it’s perfectly fine if some women — women in positions of power, no less — seem to be running like scalded cats from the word “feminist”...Tags: Marissa Mayer, Science and Technology, Labor Legislation, Corporate Officers, Civil Rights
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Denice Wolf Markham
Denice Wolf Markham clearly remembers her aunt's bruises and black eyes and, just as infuriating, the silence that hung in the air around them. "It was just sort of tacitly accepted," Markham recalls. "No one ever said a thing about it. And I thought...
Tags: University of Chicago, Human Rights, Sex Crimes, Loyola University Chicago, Justice System
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Muslim women fire back at the 'Topless Jihad'
When topless protesters decided to take aim at Islamism, some Muslim women fired back. “Nudity DOES NOT liberate me -- and I DO NOT need saving,” one wrote on a sign, held up to the camera in an image posted on Twitter. A furious debate...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Islam, The Huffington Post, Jihad, Tunisia
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TV picks: Louis C.K., 'Veep,' Wonder Woman, woolly mammoths
"Louis C.K.: Oh My God" (premieres Saturday, HBO). Funny, deep and unsparing of himself, Louis C.K. is arguably the most important comic going, both for his adventures in form -- his FX series "Louie," now on hiatus between its third and fourth seasons,...Tags: Four Lions (movie), PBS (tv network), Veep (tv program), Sarah Palin, National Geographic Channel (tv network)
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Deadline for Hispanics, women to file discrimination complaints against USDA is May 1
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the extension of the voluntary claims process for Hispanic and women farmers and ranchers who allege discrimination by the USDA in past decades. All claims must be filed by May 1. The process offers a...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Minority Groups, Social Issues
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Sheryl Sandberg's 'Lean In' offers a feminist view from the top
Sheryl Sandberg's explosive "Lean In" — a muscular manifesto on the gender inequities of the professional world — is being published within weeks of the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." It's a convergence destined...
Tags: Carly Fiorina, Civil Rights, Mark Zuckerberg, Justice and Rights, Conservation
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