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Is Madonna Following Oprah's Lead - School for Girls - in Malawi
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Malawi, Madonna, Oprah, building school, school for girls, girls, new schools built, ground-breaking ceremony, Madonna's children, Raising Malawi charity, education, privileged life )

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- 24 days ago - marieclaire.co.uk
Wow! Positive press for Madonna---finally!! Madonna made a ground-breaking trip to Malawi this week - quite literally - as she grabbed a spade to mark the beginning of construction on a new school for girls. Madonna ...and education? Well...ok.
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Keep Kids Safe This Halloween - SAFETY GUIDE LIST!
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Halloween, halloween safety tips, kids, trick or treat, parents, children, keep kids safe, National Center for Missing & Exploited , safety precautions )

ON VACATI
- 24 days ago - kval.com
Halloween is an especially important time for parents and children to pay extra attention to their surroundings and not let their guard down. Nearly 94% of kids between the ages of 4-12 trick-or-treat.
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Do Skimpy/Sexy Halloween Costumes Work Against Feminist Ideas??
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Halloween, halloween costumes, girls, young women, feminist ideas, feminism, society, society's double standard )

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- 24 days ago - kstatecollegian.com
Does Halloween costumes for girls encourage an unfair double standard by deeming acceptable one night what would be considered "trashy" most other nights? Are girls supposed to look slutty for Halloween? Why skimpy costumes everywhere?
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Halloween Swine Flu Safety Tips!
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Halloween, Swine Flu, Trick or Treating Swine Flu tips, children, health threats, health protection for children, H1N1, candy, dirty hands )

ON VACATI
- 24 days ago - kmox.com
Forget monsters, ghosts and goblins: the real scare for some this Halloween is the threat of contracting swine flu from all the kids going door to door. First, the candy & don't let kids scoop it out of your bowls themselves..dirty hands spread germs.
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Student Shoots Himself in Front of Az State Univ. Professor
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Arizona, ASU, main campus, Design college of ASU, student, professor )

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- 24 days ago - azcentral.com
A graduate student shot & killed himself in a professor's office in the Design College at ASU's main campus in Tempe. No information on the victim or the professor was available as of yet...
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52 Children Rescued in Nationwide Sex Trafficking Sweep
Society & Culture  (tags: US, FBI, Sex Trafficking, nationwide sweep, arrests, pimps, 3-day crackdown, sex raids, children, victims, sex assault, sexual slavery, Operation Cross Country )

ON VACATI
- 24 days ago - latimes.com
Federal officials arrest almost 700, including 60 pimps, in a three-day crackdown on child prostitution. The youngest victim was 10! 1,600 agents and officers took part in the raids; followed investigations in 36 cities!
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AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio/ACLU Battle Over Inmate-Abortion Fight
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Arizona, Maricopa County, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, ACLU, US Supreme Court Case, abortion rights, abortion transport fees, abortion rights, opposition )

ON VACATI
- 31 days ago - azcentral.com
He does...all the way up to the US Supreme Court! In its legal motions, the ACLU contends that "abortion transport is the only type of transport for which (the Sheriff's Office) demand(s) payment."
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Native American Chief Addresses Deaths In SEDONA AZ Sweat Lodge
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Sedona, Arizona, sweat lodge, James Arthur Ray, white man, understtanding, spiritual journey, wealth builders, deaths )

ON VACATI
- 35 days ago - blackhillsportal.com
Chief Arvol Looking Horse Speaks Out! By All Nations Indigenous Native American Indian Cultural Center. "Should be a spiritual event, not a 'For Profit Event' - held by a Native American!"
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NOW Launches Action-Oriented Blog on Women's Equality Day
Society & Culture  (tags: US, women, women's rights, NOW.org, National Oganization for Women, Women's blogs, blog, women's rights, feminism, activism, feminist, Women's Equality Day, 2009, equal rights, 19th Amendment, Constitution )

ON VACATI
- 85 days ago - now.org
is proud to celebrate Women's Equality Day this year by launching Say It, Sister! -- a new blog designed to inform, inspire and instigate feminist activism.
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On Pay Day, Women Are Still Not Equal
Society & Culture  (tags: US, women, equal pay, 19th amendment, economic equality, US Constitution, pPaycheck Fairness Act )

ON VACATI
- 85 days ago - forward.com
Women have sought economic equality - achieving a great victory in 1963 with the passage of the Equal Pay Act. But it has been a rocky road, and we are at another milestone in the struggle for equal pay.
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Study Shows Rise in Average Borrowing By Students
Society & Culture  (tags: US, college, students, bachelor's degrees, college loans, college debt, college loan increases, parents’ borrowing, credit-card debt, graduate school loans )

ON VACATI
- 100 days ago - nytimes.com
Although about a third of the students who earned bachelor's degrees in 2007-8 graduated with no debt, nearly the same as four years earlier, the average amount students borrow has increased, according to a policy brief released Tues.by College Board.
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Mentally Ill Offenders Strain Juvenile System
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Ohio, Mentally ill, prisoners, juvenile system, psychiatric disorders, drugs, mood stabilizers )

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- 101 days ago - nytimes.com
As cash-starved states slash mental health programs in communities and schools, they are increasingly relying on the juvenile corrections system to handle a generation of young offenders with psychiatric disorders. 2/3 inmates have 1 mental illness.
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17 Percent of US Children Under 5 May Face Hunger
Society & Culture  (tags: society, US, children, hunger, health, food, nutrition, illness, risks, diet )

Dee
- 197 days ago - news.yahoo.com
An estimated 3.5 million children under the age of 5 are at risk of hunger in the United States, according to a look at government numbers by an anti-hunger group. That's more than 17 percent of children who could suffer cognitive and developmental damage
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Phone Number in Texas Polygamy Case Linked to Colorado Woman
Society & Culture  (tags: US, cult, phone call, call-tip, polygamy case, polygamist sect, Texas, Colorado, court, court document )

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- 575 days ago - abcnews.go.com
A court document says one phone number used to report alleged abuse at a polygamist retreat in Texas had been used previously by a 33-year-old Colorado woman.
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Sam's Club and Costco Limit Rice Purchases!
Society & Culture  (tags: US, Sam's Club, Costco, rice, food shortages, supply shortages, supply and demand, world food shortage )

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- 575 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Rising Rice Demand in U.S. May Be Driven by Food Shortage! The news came as rice prices surged, with U.S. rice futures hitting an all-time high Wednesday on worries about supply shortages.
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