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September 5, 2004 12:48 PM posted by lisa : track it (0)

For men without a partner, help may be at hand - in the form of a virtual girlfriend.

The Hong Kong company Artificial Life, which developed the new game, says the girl will appear as an animated figure on the video screen of a mobile phone.

Ex-Hooters manager gets 5 years in prison

The former Hooters manager who secretly videotaped dozens of job applicants while they undressed in West Covina was sentenced Tuesday to five years in state prison and has to register for the rest of his life as a sex offender.

Heinz Kerry campaigs on women's issues

Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic nominee John F. Kerry, is talking about the economic pressures facing women as she campaigns in targeted states.

Heinz Kerry, her husband's presidential campaign said, is scheduled to appear this week in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan, where she will talk with women about the rising costs of healthcare in the United States and the economic pressures women must confront in the current economy

Military's sodomy ruling backs airman's conviction

The U.S. military's ban on sodomy is constitutional when it involves service members who hold different military ranks in the same chain of command, a military appeals court said this week.

Police: Springfield hookers tracked cops on Web

Police departments use computers to catch criminals and log their arrests. Now, authorities say, prostitutes in Missouri are using the Internet to share information about undercover police officers.

Even the commander of the St. Louis County vice squad, Rick Battelle, found his own cell phone number was listed. "That was the shocking thing," Battelle said. He said the number had been given out once to try to apprehend a suspected prostitute.

German prostitutes reject employment contract

German prostitutes have rejected the first ever employment contract created by union officials.

The refused to sign the deal, which includes six weeks holiday and a pension, because they are to embarrassed to admit what they do.

The union contract attempts to regulate everything from the duties of a "sex worker" to working hours and holiday claims.

Judge Stops Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

A federal judge declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Thursday in the second such ruling in three months — even though he called the procedure "gruesome, brutal, barbaric and uncivilized."

No one listening, says runaway

THE past eight days have been harrowing for Peta who is one month short of 14 and who, with her older sister, has spent two days on the run from the Department of Child Safety.

When The Courier-Mail met with her at a coffee shop in inner Brisbane's West End she told of her ordeal since departmental officers collected the sisters from school on August 16 after obtaining a protection order.

Priests in abuse cases avoid defrocking

Three priests accused of sexual abuse, among them one of the most infamous clerics in the Seattle Archdiocese, have been formally barred from ministry with an edict from Rome. But the Vatican stopped short of defrocking any of the men, leading some to wonder where the concerns of the church lie -- with victims, or with priests.

Pregnant Inmate Forced To Undergo Abortion To Be Eligible for Death Penalty in China

Chinese prison officials have forced a pregnant inmate found guilty of transporting heroin to undergo an abortion so that she could be eligible for the death penalty, according to a report published on Wednesday, AFP/Yahoo! News reports.

Ma Weihua in January was arrested in Gansu province for transporting 56 ounces of heroin from Xinjiang province. Under China's criminal code, individuals convicted of trafficking that amount of heroin can be executed.

Planned Parenthood in Trouble With IRS, Justice Dept Over Support for Kerry

After being recently named the subject of several complaints of racism and discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Los Angeles-based chapter of the pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood now faces another formal complaint with the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Justice Department. The group is being charged with actively campaigning for and supporting Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kerry.

Tempest in a C cup: Bras wave again

Talk about busted. About 20 bras recently were cut off a fence between Frank Cooper and Shirley Cleary's property and the Stickney Creek fishing access on the Missouri River, after Fish, Wildlife and Parks employees decided the "bra fence" posed an "attractive nuisance."

Cardinal's attack wins pledge on sex lessons

ACK McConnell moved quickly yesterday to try to head off a damaging fight with the Catholic church after being accused of ushering in "state-sponsored sexual abuse" of children.

The First Minister was responding to an unprecedented attack by Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the leader of Scotland’s Roman Catholics, who warned him not to liberalise sex education guidelines.

Cardinal O’Brien claimed the Executive was preparing to give sex education lessons to children as young as three and provide free contraceptives to teenagers without their parents’ knowledge.

EMILY's List Takes Heat in Florida Primary

Controversy has erupted in a key Senate race in Florida. EMILY's List, the political action committee that supports pro-choice female Democrats, is being charged with illegally coordinating campaigns with Democratic front-runner Betty Castor

Off-Color Fashions Accessorize Elections

A cottage industry of political T-shirts and underwear for women is springing up this election season. Designers hope that the frequently off-color fashion statements will fire up political participation by young women who didn't vote in 2000.

Hostages plead: Lift headscarf ban

Two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq have pleaded for Paris to meet their captors' demands and reverse a ban on Muslim headscarves for girls in public schools.

Welfare Series: Block Grants Starve State Budgets

The federal government funds welfare with so-called block grants to states, which have not been raised since 1996 and provide no adjustment for inflation. Even though programs are getting pinched, no increase is on the horizon.

Abu Ghraib Pulls 'Better Angels' Down to Earth

The latest word on the prison-abuse scandal is that medical people were also involved. The revelation should help to deflate high-flown and actually harmful ideas about any category of people--including women--being morally superior.

600 Pro-Choice Republicans Crowd 'Big Tent' Gala

Pro-Choice Republicans made their presence known this week at the Republican National Convention. Speaking out against the anti-choice views of Bush and the party platform, these delegates say they provide the "Big Tent" for their party.

Women's Poverty Deepens Amid Slow 2003 Recovery

Even though 2003 was a year of economic recovery, it was not a good year for women. As the gender wage gap widened, the poverty rate for women and girls increased for the third straight year while more single-mother families were pulled into poverty.

Barbara Bush Tells Women What 'W' Stands For

On the first day of the Republican National Convention, the Bush-Cheney campaign reached out to female votes with the "W Stands for Women" event. Over the weekend, protestors voiced opposition to Bush's record on women's issues.

Single gene removes sex differences in mice brains

Significant structural differences in the brains of males and females may result from selective cell death orchestrated by just a single gene during early development, according to a new study.

Does Dick Cheney Favor Same Sex Marriage

The headline in the August 25 USA Today read, “Cheney says he opposes marriage amendment.” What does this mean? Has the Vice President become an advocate for legal recognition of gay marriage?

Muslim Feminists?

Religion in Islamic societies constantly binds you in a fear of being an apostate on questioning customs, rites and rituals. It is commendable to see how a small group of women has created introspection in Malaysia.

Interview with Alix Olson

Described by Ms. Magazine as “a road poet on a mission,” Alix Olson is a poet and activist who has been featured on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and was voted the 2004 OutMusician of the Year. She recently brought her combination of fierce feminism and queer pride to the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, where she performed a rousing set of poems accompanied by guitarist Pamela Means for the opening night celebrations.

Computer clues in 'suicide pact'

Computer experts are being brought in to help police work out why two schoolgirls apparently entered into a suicide pact.

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