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"Although black people represent only about one in eight Americans, one in every two people living with HIV in the United States is black," according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Marvelyn Brown is one of them.
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BOOK REVIEW: Black women of substance share philanthropy, sisterhood and success
Strike up a passionate conversation with this gem of a book titled, "Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50." This delightful coffee table volume presents reflections on living from women of various hues, backgrounds and achievements.
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Doctor focuses on hips at risk
A new computer tool developed by a University of California-Davis doctor can help predict - and may help prevent - potentially deadly hip fractures in women.
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Fewer women filing claims for sexual harassment
More than 40 years after federal law made it illegal, 30 years after courts widely began recognizing it as a form of discrimination and at least 20 years after many companies inaugurated programs to prevent it, sexual harassment remains a stubborn blemish on the American workplace that not only ...
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Navy gives new urgency to retaining pregnant sailors
The Navy's most recent survey found 14 percent of all women in the Navy were single mothers in 2005, up from 11 percent in 2003 and 7 percent in 2001. Fourteen percent isn't unprecedented - similar statistics were found in 1989 and 1999 - but military officials say they don't know the reason for...
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What young women miss when they opt out of the political process
Neglecting to cast a ballot is especially self-defeating for this group because many are single mothers who don't have enough health insurance or are workers who are paid less than their male counterparts. They have a lot to lose - or gain.
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Latin American women rise in nations long dominated by men
Defying Latin America's longtime reputation as a bastion of machismo, women in South America are winning political power at an unprecedented rate and taking top positions in higher education and even, albeit more slowly, in business.
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Women running historic Athens marathon to raise $50,000
On Nov. 4, a field of about 4,000 runners and walkers will commemorate the Athenian messenger in the Athens Marathon. Somewhere in that crowd will be Key Biscayne, Fla.'s Kathy Lubbers and Jeanne Cadwallader.
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When their instructors battle breast cancer, students share the struggle
There's no lesson plan for teachers dealing with breast cancer. But most teachers can find someone at their school who has gone through the highs and lows. At Lexington Middle, five teachers have dealt with breast-cancer diagnoses in the past five years.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Retailers in the pink to support breast cancer research
In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, stores and Web sites are awash in pink - everything from diamond jewelry to designer dresses to vacuum cleaners. Even Campbell's is offering limited-edition pink-and-white labels on its chicken noodle and tomato soups for the month.
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Soldier's wife fights for wounded, families
Sarah Wade went last week to a hearing of a House Education and Labor subcommittee, arguing for legislation that would allow family members to leave their jobs for six months to care for a loved one wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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