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Archive for Sunday, November 30, 2014
For These Millennials, Gender Norms Have Gone Out Of Style
Many millennials say they find traditional notions of gender too confining. And they are rewriting the rules and refashioning clothes so that they can dress and accessorize in whatever way they want.
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Hong Kong Police Push Back Pro-Democracy Protesters
The student-led demonstrations calling for greater freedom in the Chinese territory have been going on for more than two months with no sign of compromise from Beijing.
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Uruguay Tries To Tame A ‘Monster’ Called Cannabis
Uruguay's audacious new law not only legalizes pot, it mandates that government grow and distribute it. Some say the government has pinched more than it can roll.
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Kabul’s Police Chief Steps Down Amid Stepped Up Taliban Attacks
The resignation of Gen. Zahir Zahir came after a series of attacks against foreigners in the capital that are attributed to the Taliban.
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Black Friday Sales Down At Stores, Surge Online
More shopping on Thanksgiving Day diluted the Black Friday numbers somewhat, according to a ShopperTrak survey. A separate survey by IBM showed a nearly 10 percent increase in online sales.
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Police In Cairo Disperse Anti-Mubarak Protests
The protests came after the 86-year-old former strongman saw charges of murder against him overturned by an appeals court.
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The History of Campus Sexual Assault
Sixty years of research on campus rape yields scholarly insight into prevention and accountability.
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With Shopping, Holy Sites, Najaf Offers Respite From Iraq’s Violence
When you think of Iraq, you may picture a desert battlefield. But life is not like that everywhere. The southern Shiite heartland of Najaf is full of religious pilgrims and bustling business.
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Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Resigns
Wilson, the Ferguson Police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown nearly four months ago, writes in a resignation letter that he hopes stepping down will "allow the community to heal."
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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand Dies At 80
The Canadian-born poet was known for his wit and introspection. He also won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and Yale University's Bollingen Prize.
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