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NY gov's women's rights bill faces abortion fight
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10-point proposal calling for women's rights protections from the work place to the shadowy world of human trafficking was endorsed by several women's advocates Tuesday, but faces strong opposition in the Senate over its abortion provisions. Cuomo released the bill Tuesday, detailing his women's rights proposal for ...
Charice comes out as lesbian, apologizes to family
Charice Pempengco, a Filipino singer who played an exchange student in "Glee," says she's a lesbian and has apologized to her family in an emotional TV interview. The 21-year-old said on Sunday's talk show on ABS-CBN TV that she wants to apologize to those who do not understand and cannot ...
Cuomo to push his abortion proposal amid obstacles
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to begin his last major push Tuesday for his proposal to strengthen abortion rights even as Senate opposition builds. Cuomo drew swift opposition in January after he issued his rousing, repeated battle cry of: "Because it's her body, it's her choice!" in his State of ...
SKorea's gay film maker in news over wedding plans
The first time a South Korean celebrity announced he was gay, in 2000, the reaction was quick and without empathy. Popular actor and entertainer Hong Suk-chon was banished from television and radio programs for three years, and he said in a talk-show interview this year that he regrets coming out. ...
SPOTLIGHT: Researchers teach lessons about sharks
Chris Fischer wants to change the background music that people think of when they see shark footage from the "Jaws" theme to Disney's "Under the Sea." Along with music, the expedition leader of Ocearch, the ocean-going research team backed by Caterpillar Inc. also wants to change the conversation when it ...
Best-selling author, outspoken Rev. Greeley dies
The Rev. Andrew Greeley was, it seems, always writing. At home on a typewriter, later on a computer, then on a plane with a laptop and even in his car dictating into a tape recorder as he drove. By the time he finished, the outspoken Roman Catholic priest and Chicago ...
Danny Glover joins protest in South Africa
Hollywood actor Danny Glover has made an appearance at a union protest in downtown Johannesburg. Glover, also a labor rights activist, is in South Africa as part of a trade union delegation from the United States that seeks international support for auto workers in Canton, Mississippi. The workers want to ...
Barbara weakens to tropical storm, kills 2 people
Hurricane Barbara drenched a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Pacific coast with rain Wednesday after making the second-earliest landfall since reliable record-keeping began in 1966. It quickly lost strength over land but not before killing at least two people, including a man identified by local officials as a U.S. ...
UK museum staff to strike over cuts to pay, jobs
Workers at museums and galleries in Britain — including top tourist spots like the British Museum and the National Gallery — are going on strike. The strikes, part of a campaign by members of a national civil service union, are over government cuts to pay, pensions and jobs. London's National ...
Judge limits texts, photos in Trayvon Martin case
Attorneys won't be able to mention Trayvon Martin's drug use, suspension from school and past fighting during opening statements at the trial of a former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot the teen, a judge ruled Tuesday. However, Circuit Judge Debra Nelson left open the possibility that the defense could ...
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