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Rant: Mexico Barbie Too Stereotypically 'Colorful' for Some Critics
Posted 9:50 AM 4/12/2013 by ABC(PHOTO COURTESY: AMAZON)
Your thoughts? Meet Mexican Barbie. Some are offended because she's decked out in a colorful dress holding a Chihuahua. Mattel says that this barbie line was meant to respect and teach children about different cultures, but critics say it's an example of cultural insensitivity. What do you (More)
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Covering Louisiana
Legislator Proposes No Visitation for First-Degree Murder Convicts
Posted 3:21 PM 4/10/2013 by Ian Auzenne
An Acadiana legislator has drafted a bill that would prevent first-degree murder convicts serving life sentences without parole from receiving visitation from relatives. Senate Bill 108, written by Senator Jonathan Perry of Abbeville, provides exceptions for visits by legal, medical, and religious personnel. The bill's text says the law is needed provide "maximum protection" to the general public, prisons, and other inmates.
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Bill would ban social media posts while driving
Posted 2:15 PM 4/10/2013
Hold that Twitter thought. If you are driving, a proposed state law would make it illegal for you to post status updates or anything else to social media websites. With an eye toward closing a loophole in the law that prohibits texting while driving, the Senate transportation committee Wednesday (More)
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The Rant: Is the New CVS Health Policy Smart or Invasive
Posted 10:12 AM 3/21/2013 by KATC
CVS, one of the nation's largest drug store chains, has told its 200,000 employees around the country that they must have a doctor verify their weight, body fat, blood pressure and other levels - or face a 600 dollar annual penalty on their health insurance.
In an e-mail, CVS explained (More)
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Fliers call knives-on-planes policy 'common sense'
Posted 10:36 AM 3/6/2013 by AP
Passengers reacted with shrugs but largely agreed with a new policy announced by the Transportation Security Administration that airline passengers will be able to carry small knives and previously forbidden sports equipment on planes.
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"Dancing With the Stars" cast named
Posted 1:56 PM 2/26/2013 by The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A gold-medal figure skater, a country music legend and a kooky comedian are stepping their way onto "Dancing With the Stars." ABC says Dorothy Hamill, Wynonna Judd and Andy Dick are among 11 contenders for the mirrored ball on the new season of the celebrity dance (More)
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National News
First lawsuit already filed in cruise ship mishap
Posted 4:32 PM 2/15/2013 by AP News
MIAMI (AP) - The first lawsuit has been filed in the wake of the crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship that left thousands of passengers in miserable conditions for days. Texas resident Cassie Terry sued Carnival Corp. on Friday in Miami federal court. The suit seeks unspecified (More)
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The Rant: Should Melissa McCarthy be criticized for her weight?
Posted 12:09 PM 2/14/2013
While reviewing "Identity Theft," the number one movie of the week, movie critic Rex Reed called the star of the movie, Melissa McCarthy, "a humongous creep", "tractor-sized" and "a female hippo." Defending his comments on New ...York's WOR-AM, Reed said, "That's what her career is about, she is (More)
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Pentagon lifting ban on women serving in combat
Posted 12:39 PM 1/24/2013 by Melissa Canone
The Pentagon is lifting the military's ban on women serving in combat. That opens hundreds of thousands of front-line positions --- and potentially elite commander jobs --- after more than a decade at war. The groundbreaking move overturns a 1994 rule banning women from (More)
