"emergency-stop" Articles & Blogs:
New 5-Day Emergency Contraceptive Approved By FDA
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Fantastic News : The FDA has now approved a "morning" after pill, more like the "week after" pill, hat can be taken to prevent pregnancy up to five days following unprotected sex.
conservative heads explode
I don't have anything more to say on the s...[Read on] |
Potentially life-saving personal safety app designed by a mom for her kids
| Silent Bodyguard iPhone App Sends SOS and GPS Location Without Alerting Onlookers or an Attacker...[Read on] |
Patti Smith to perform in Emergency Benefit Concert in NYC for Haiti
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The sense of urgency for the help needed in Haiti is very self-evident. Time is of the essence. I think the general consensus among the compassionate, is that you need to do something, or you need to do more. Our intentions are true, but we may ...[Read on] |
How do you stop a runaway vehicle?
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In the aftermath of last month's news event involving deaths of a California Highway Patrol Officer and three members of his family, and the subsequent advisories by Toyota and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall more than 3.8 mi...[Read on] |
Are keyless start/stop systems safe?
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I gotta confess, I'm not so good with car keys. I'm always fumbling to find them at the bottom of my purse, and even though I have a designated drop spot for them in the house, half the time I never remember to put them there. Yep: I am the pathetic sap ...[Read on] |
E.P.A. Orders B.P. to Stop Spraying Toxic Chemicals into Ocean in Attempt to Clean Up Ocean
| First, the good news: Last night, a B.P. executive announced that the Gulf Coast oil spill could be plugged up as soon as next week. The company plans to embark on a new process to stop the gusher that involves “injecting a large amount of heavy ‘mud...[Read on] |
Dear Senators: Thanks for extending UI. Now how about a job?
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by Julie Vogtman, Counsel,National Women's Law Center
Yesterday the Senate passed a bill to extend unemployment benefits for approximately 2.5 million people who are unemployed and looking for work. This is an important and long overdue measure to help...[Read on] |
Soles 4 Souls: Lend a hand to Haiti by donating shoes
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The 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti last week is a reminder just how fragile our world is, and seeing the devastation that has affected so many, Soles4Souls is mounting a massive response of emergency relief to victims of the disaster.
The non-...[Read on] |
CFDA to Honor Fashion Icon Michelle Obama
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The Council of Fashion Designers of America will honor First Lady Michelle Obama this JuneThe Etceterist | Today 11:55 am
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Hair up, hair down, sleeves or sleeveless, Michael Kors, Jason Wu, Narciso Rodriguez — or will there be a new favorit...[Read on] |
The One Sarah Palin E-mail We Cannot Stop Thinking About
| Excerpted from Sarah Palin's e-mail.There was something for everyone in the Sarah Palin e-mail dump that took place over the weekend. Fans would have loved that she arranged to read to local kindergartners when her plane was grounded in upstate Alaska. Fo...[Read on] |
Lost, Found: Abby Sunderland, Teenage Sailor
| Photo via Abby's Blog.Good news! A rescue plane made contact with Abby Sunderland, the 16-year-old California sailor who set out to complete a nonstop solo trip around the world. (Had she succeeded, she would have been the youngest person to do so.) On Th...[Read on] |
Cinereach partners with Sundance Institute
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Cinereach is an organization that gives out grants, funds productions in the area of social change. They want to “facilitate the creation of films that challenge, excite, innovate, offer new perspectives and inspire action.”
They are teaming up wit...[Read on] |
Sons of Matriarchy: Boy Rapper Speaks Out Against Objectifying Women
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In an age when teenagers are running amuck, emancipating themselves from their parents left and right, one cool young dude remains loyal to his homestead and isn't afraid to admit he's a mama's boy. Fourteen-year old rapper Brian Bradley, better known as ...[Read on] |
3rd Annual Women In Comedy Festival
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Are you a funny lady? Of course you are! Give the crowds your two cents on airplane food (what is the deal, am I right!?) at Boston's third annual Women In Comedy Festival. The festival has extended its submission deadline and now you have until January ...[Read on] |
Palin's GOP Fans See a Rogue of Their Own
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THE VILLAGES, Fla. (WOMENSENEWS)--Across the country thousands of faithful supporters have turned out at every stop of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue" book tour, and this strongly Republican area famous for retirees and decorated golf carts was no d...[Read on] |
Women Only Pink Cabs Provide Safety and a Beauty Kit In Mexico City
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No, this pink car has nothing to do with Breast Cancer Awareness. Instead its intended to keep women safe in a different way but I’m not sure if this is an incredibly sexist or incredibly smart idea. Mexico has figured out a way to curb sexual haras...[Read on] |
Feel-Good of the Day: First Women-Run Pharmacy in North America Opens
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Sadly, most of the time pharmacists are mentioned on Feministing it's regarding "conscience clause" folks - anti-choice pharmacists (and their buddy Bush) who believe it's their "religious or moral" right to refuse to sell contraception to women even th...[Read on] |
Don't break down over Labor Day Weekend: Tips to try before calling AAA
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Here are some some tips for those planning to travel over the long holiday weekend - keep these in mind to help avoid hefty tow charges over Labor Day. Dead BatteryYour car battery can become dead in several ways. The charging mechanism, called an alte...[Read on] |
Women and the Emmys
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Dearbhla Walsh
Here’s a list of the women (and shows about women) that won at the Emmys.
Comedy Series: “30 Rock,” NBC.
Actress, Drama Series: Glenn Close, “Damages,” FX Networks.
Actress, Comedy Series: Toni Collette, “United States of Ta...[Read on] |
National campaign educates drivers to "Move Over" and protect officers on roadways
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More than 150 U.S. law enforcement officers have been killed in the last 10 years after being struck by vehicles along America's highways, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. To lower that deadly toll, a new coalition of tra...[Read on] |
Japan's Dancing Grannies Defy the Aging Routine
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TOKYO (WOMENSENEWS)--Japan's relations with China may be strained these days, but that didn't stop eight elderly Japanese women from turning up at Shanghai's World Expo 2010 earlier this month to perform one of their famous song-and-dance routines.
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Car insurance claim tips
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We've all been there—pulled off on the side of the road, staring at the back bumper with the huge, fresh dent, wondering who's at fault (them, of course) and if the car insurance company will honor your claim. Filing a car insurance claim doesn't have t...[Read on] |
Mo'Nique's Spreads The Love With New Comedy Tour
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Mo'Nique doesn't stop! After winning a number of awards (including a SAG Award, a Golden Globe and the Washington, DC, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York Film Critics Award) being nominated for an Academy Award, and hosting a successful...[Read on] |
Hurricane Katrina: Five Years Later
| As the water rushed in, knocking down the door of her grandmother's home on Touro Street, Tonya Arrington, right, and nine family members headed to the roof. They spent two days and nights on top of the house before being rescued and taken to the conventi...[Read on] |
AskPatty Mother's Day Gift Guide
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Mom was always there to pick you up from school and shuffle you to and from soccer practice. She drove you to your first school dance, and parked around the corner to save you the embarrassment. Mother's Day is an opportunity to give back to Mom in a wa...[Read on] |
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