"Feminists of my mother’s generation argued that both mom and dad should work a little less and each do some of the household chores. My parents, for example, split everything 50/50. Even though my father is a terrible cook, he still made dinner exactly half the time. Lately, feminists have been resisting this argument and confessing that they may want to stay home." Well it sure took them long enough!!
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"INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana woman put on death row at age 16 for killing an elderly Bible school teacher is scheduled to be released Monday.
Paula Cooper, 43, was 15 when she and three other teenage girls showed up at Ruth Pelke's house on May 14, 1985, with plans of robbing the 78-year-old Bible school teacher. Pelke let Cooper and two of the teen's companions into her Gary home after they told her they were interested in Bible lessons.
As the fourth teen waited outside as a lookout, Cooper stabbed Pelke 33 times with a butcher knife. Then she and the other girls ransacked the house. The four girls fled with Pelke's car and $10.
After getting in trouble 23 times during her time in prison, Paula Cooper turned to education, earning a bachelor's degree in 2001."
Most middle income families struggle to pay for their kids college education but a murderer can attain a BACHELOR'S degree for FREE. Why isn't the U.S. talking about that?
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"1 in 28 children have a parent who is incarcerated."
Again, why aren't we talking about THIS? Oh wait, maybe they're there for an education!
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"Innocent man jailed 24 years, and his ex-wife wants cut of his payout.
This one isn't going to do much for the reputation of ex-wives. Many folks might argue that Steven Phillips deserves any break he can get: Convicted of a number of sex crimes in the '80s, Phillips was exonerated by the courts after spending 24 years in prison when DNA implicated another man. He was provided with a "compensation package" totaling around $6 million for those two and a half decades — and the woman who divorced him while he was in jail, Traci Tucker, wants a cut. "To make a claim on those years I spent in prison is really freaking outrageous," he says."
I feel really bad for this guy! His ex isn't just giving exes a bad name though. Wow!
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"He thought the box was empty, but a California husband accidentally sold his wife's $23,000 diamond wedding ring for $10 at a garage sale on June 1.
"Every year our community holds a garage sale. I was in the hospital, I just had a baby, so my husband thought it would be fun for my other kids if they could sell some things at the garage sale."
"He didn't know that before I went to the hospital, I put my ring in that box. I wanted the ring to be in a safe place and out of reach from my 2-year-old twins," Cloutier told ABC News."
Oh come on! NOBODY...EVER...in the history of human curiosity (think Pandora) has NOT looked into an empty box. The story had a happy ending and the buyer returned the ring. That poor husband ought to go back to his home planet and finish his studies on human nature though.
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"The American Medical Association has decided to classify obesity as a disease that needs medical treatment & prevention."
Umm, no it's not. I'm fat but it's because I'm old and I don't exercise or eat less. That's not a disease. My husband is a recovering alcoholic but he doesn't believe alcoholism is a disease. It's an addiction and it's a choice. But it's not a disease that you're just one day stricken with. You know, like CANCER. geez.
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