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Outspoken 12-year-old in India shows country's shift role for women
In conservative parts of India, women were expected to be shy, and reserved -- seen, and not heard. But that's changing, as more girls become educated and aspire to independence. And 12-year-old Sarita Meena is the embodiment of that change.
Texas scientists develop super microwave that stops bread from molding
A system designed by the Texas-based company, Microzap, has designed a system that eliminates mold from bread for up to two months. The process could be an effective way to reduce the amount of additives in food....
Chinese food blogger shines a light on country's suspect food safety system
China's diet is evolving as the country becomes more economically powerful, and that's suddenly put the country's food safety system under a great deal of strain. Thousands have been sickened, and the Chinese people want answers and, more importantly, solutions....- Oregon to try paying pregnant women to quit smoking
- Judge rules Plan B must be available to all without a prescription
- Scientists find surprisingly good health levels in ethnically homogeneous neighborhoods
- In Sudan, women moving to shed pounds as ideal body image changes
- A.D.H.D. an under- (and over-) diagnosed problem
- Understanding animals could help doctors treat human patients, says UCLA cardiologist
- New report urges doctors to test and alert patients to genetic conditions
- Dermatologist suggests Botox as a possible treatment for depression
- Best care for ovarian cancer poses problems for patients
- Military uses war simulations to help prevent PTSD in soldiers
- Hispanics going to college in record numbers, but graduation numbers still lag
- Tour guide recalls African river journey that included time in hippo's mouth
- Syrian refugees find success, welcome in Egypt
- Spain trying to combat joblessness by promoting entrepreneurship
- In Japan, banker tries to cash in on compassion, clean energy
- In wake of this week's attacks, pressure cookers will need an image makeover
- Paid paternity leave, offered for men only, offers dramatic changes in workplace, home dynamics
- Tattoo culture prominent in Texas along Mexico-U.S. border
- Online bridal business sells canceled weddings
- U.S. workforce grows older as workers postpone retirement
- Isabella Rossellini's new TV show about motherhood set to debut on Sundance Channel
- American actor vies to play role of Napoleon on 200th anniversary of Waterloo
- Fake accents, well-done, can make all the difference
- Magicians face rash of trickster thieves
- For Mexico's Maya people, baseball, or bax’abola, a way of life
- Online video streaming company Netflix works to revolutionize television
- Al Jazeera expansion to U.S. met with both skepticism and support for diverse perspectives
- NFL accused of putting business before safety
- Edie Falco, TV star, finds her place on screen playing strong, troubled women
- Renowned Holocaust denying artist addresses provocative art, beliefs
- Scientist finds beauty in search for elusive dark matter
- U.K. researchers develop new grass type to better capture water runoff
- Supreme Court grapples with question of whether human genes can be patented
- Australia's 'magnetic' termites interesting to study, tough to understand
- New research seeks to determine what dreams mean
- Planck satellite scientists release picture of early universe
- Science Hack Day promotes creative collaboration through hacking
- Meteorite explodes over Russia, hundreds injured in blast wave
- Scientists, naturalists finding increasingly large number of undiscovered species in unexpected place
- Mexican scientist make saving bats his life's work
- N.Y. senator leads call to reform sexual assault procedures in U.S. military
- Historic election marks transition in Pakistan
- Firestorm brews over IRS targeting of right-wing groups for additional scrutiny
- Famed Spanish restaurant El Bulli reopens as foundation and food lab
- Mexican families separated by border look to immigration reform to reunite them
- Reporter ignites controversy by asking what is most average place in America
- As China prospers, residents increasingly demand more rights, freedoms
- Newtown, like others before them, struggling with how to deal with site of mass shooting
- Jason Collins makes waves as first active, male major sport athlete to come out as gay
- Handwriting a much debated window into people's inner thoughts -- maybe
- 2012 in review: These PRI.org stories captured your interest most
- Young New Yorkers form club for adventurous eaters
- Company in Prague turns to homeless people to show city's less-seen side
- American cars a sign of status, admiration in Kosovo
- Ukrainian Sleeping Beauty art exhibit seeks to awaken political slumber
- Mosque leader suspected of framing Pakistani teenager for blasphemy
- London Paralympic Games open to high expecations
- Colombia government pursues talks with FARC rebels
- Mexicans near border rely on Texas media for news on drug violence
- Swedes develop an affection for classic American muscle cars
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Alexander Smartg (16 May, 2013 06:00:20)Outlaw employers, the modern plantation owners, hire the emminently exploitable, down-trodden all in the name of lowering the sacred "bottom line"! -
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