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	<title>Care2 Causes &#187; Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</title>
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		<title>Teens in Sexual Relationships Are Less Likely to Act Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abstinence only sex education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Proponents of abstinence-until-marriage sex education may get a bit of an unwanted shock when they discover new research from psychologists at the University of Texas at Austin, which shows that romantic sexual relationships actually deter teens from acting out.  That&#8217;s right &#8212; sexually active teens, far from being disobedient delinquents, are more likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Scientists Receive Less Funding Than Whites</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Even with equal training and research records, black scientists still may have a tougher time getting grants from the National Institutes of Health, according to a new study.  This is despite the fact that hospitals and medical schools are ostensibly trying to correct the dearth of minorities among doctors and scientific researchers. According to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dogs Can Sniff Out Lung Cancer in Humans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lung cancer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A new study out of Germany shows that dogs can predict the presence of early lung cancer in a human&#8217;s body just by sniffing his or her breath.  The dogs were able to accurately sniff out tumors in 71% of patients in a German hospital, making scientists hopeful that dogs could be used in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Designer Releases Sexy &#8220;Loungerie&#8221; For Young Girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women's Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A company called Jours Après Lunes decided to join what seems to be a relentless quest among fashion designers to sexualize girls at a younger and younger age.  Their new line of &#8220;loungerie&#8221; is drawing fire because it&#8217;s basically lingerie, with perhaps a little more coverage, worn by girls aged 4-12.  The advertisements show little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illinois Catholic Charities Can&#8217;t Discriminate Against Gay Couples</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Earlier this year, the state of Illinois sparked controversy when it broke its contract for social services with a network of Catholic Charities.  The state broke ties with Catholic Charities, which had worked with the state on adoption and foster care placements, after they refused to recognize the newly passed civil unions law. Catholic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Pro-Life&#8221; Kansas Governor Cuts Funding for Dying Infants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[infant mortality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A national study published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows that child welfare in Kansas is slipping fast.  The state dropped to 40th in infant mortality, and has the terrible distinction of being the worst in the country in terms of African-American infant mortality.  1 in 5 children are living in poverty in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planned Parenthood Ends Abortions at 70% of Its Arizona Clinics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women's Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Starting today, Planned Parenthood will end abortion services in seven Arizona clinics, to comply with a recent state law that severely restricts access to abortions.  There had previously been ten Planned Parenthoods in the state that offered abortion services, but now Arizona is down to three.  All of the remaining clinics are in Tucson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fired Dwarf Barista Wins $75,000 From Starbucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[americans with disabilities act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Starbucks settled a disability discrimination lawsuit with Elsa Sallard, a Starbucks barista-in-training who was fired from an El Paso Starbucks back in 2009 before she could shed her trainee status.  Sallard, who is small due to a condition called dwarfism, offered to use a stepladder or stool to perform some work-related tasks.  The manager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridal Store Refuses to Sell Lesbian Bride a Gown</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[discrimination]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Trips to the bridal salon can have their ups and downs, but generally, they don&#8217;t end with the store&#8217;s proprietor calling several days later and informing the bride-to-be that she is about to participate in an &#8220;illegal action.&#8221;  Unfortunately for Alix Genter, that&#8217;s exactly what happened after she found an almost-perfect wedding dress at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Battles Insurance Companies to Get Her IUD Removed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Women's Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable care act]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Over at NARAL&#8217;s Blog for Choice, blogger Thomas tells the story of a woman living in West Seattle, Washington, who found herself entangled with insurance companies over the right to become pregnant.  This woman was a busy working mother who had an intrauterine device (IUD) implanted after the birth of her child.  Her husband&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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