Provides the latest RSS feeds for Womens Interest News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page San Antonio Post.com http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/cat/dfb5c895ca980c17/ en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:17:11 -0400 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:17:11 -0400 30 Angry women , including a rape victim, staged a demonstration here today and demanded death penalty for rapists. Sudha Dasgupta, a protester, demanded a strong anti-rape legislation that sets a fear in the hearts of offenders and make them refrain them from committing such heinous crime like rape. ". Rapists should realise that even they have mothers and sisters, whose sanctity is important ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215297400/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:01 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215297400/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 American women will be fully integrated into frontline and special combat roles, including elite forces such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, by January 2016, the Pentagon has said. More than 200,000 women are in the active-duty military, representing about 14.5 percent of the overall force, according to Pentagon figures. Most serve in the army. While air force, army, navy, Marine and special ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215295584/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:50:02 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215295584/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Slip dress, a sleeveless dress with narrow straps, is usually worn by women as innerwear, but the same can now be flaunted at parties too. Fashion designer Nicole Richie was spotted at one of the recent awards in a metallic bronze slip dress. To complement her look, she wore a red matt lipstick, chose bronze colour to do up her eyes and slicked back her hair. Femalefirst.co.uk picked out few ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215293904/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:40:02 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215293904/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first large national study to examine links between autism and air pollution across the U.S. The researchers examined data from Nurses' Health Study II, ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288772/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:02 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288772/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women who use talcum powder regularly are at higher risk of developing ovarian cancer, according to a new research. US scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston have warned that powder particles applied to intimate areas after washing can seep into the body, the Daily Express reported. This can trigger inflammation, while increasing the risk of an ovarian tumour by 24 per cent. The ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288443/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:40:02 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288443/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Scientists have found that women are more likely to wear read colour when they are at their most fertile. Scientists asked 124 women, aged 18 to 47, what colour shirt they were wearing and when their last menstrual cycle was and found an association between the peak of fertility and their choice to wear red, Stuff.co.nz reported. According to experts, consciously or subconsciously wearing red ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288000/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:10:02 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288000/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women in the Middle East and Africa had 67.4 percent less annual disposable income than men in the region in 2012, the largest gap in the world, according to Euromonitor International, the consumer markets research group. In many households, women account for a larger share of purchasing decisions and the gap is therefore a threat to the consumer market, according to the study. The statistics ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215313115/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:22:43 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215313115/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Canada's ministers responsible for the Status of Women ended a two-day conference Wednesday in northern P.E.I. expressing concerns about internet luring, cyber bullying and child sexual exploitation. Valerie Docherty, P.E.I.'s minister responsible for the Status of Women, hosted the meeting of federal, provincial and territorial ministers. The conference looked at ways to promote ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311847/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:16:47 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311847/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Nearly five months after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that he would lift the ban on women military personnel serving in combat positions, the service branches said they are firming up their plans for implementing the controversial policy. ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311396/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:30:33 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311396/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 A crew of youngblood rowers are boldly aiming to emulate the efforts of the Oarsome Foursome in the 1990s and dominate their event heading to Rio ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311397/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:27:47 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311397/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Chinese women's basketball team resisted the challenge from their Australian counterpart to hold off the latter 69-64 in Game 1 of Sino- Australian Women's International Basketball Challenge here on Wednesday.About 2,000 fans crowded into Wuyang Coal Mine Sports Center to support Chinese girls. After almost-one-month training in Europe, Chinese team coach Tom Maher called 29-year-old ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310841/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:20:56 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310841/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 A court in Myanmar has found two Muslim women guilty of setting off a recent outbreak of sectarian violence, one of them by bumping into a Buddhist novice monk. Myint Thein of the pro-government National Unity Party, who attended their trial, said Wednesday that the two women in the central township of Okkan were convicted of ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311620/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:12:43 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311620/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 When Jennifer Anderson started her company 10 years ago, she planned to work out of her home, serving just a few clients as a consultant. Today, more than 500 customers later, Anderson says business is good. She long ago ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311398/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:10:48 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311398/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The Scottdale Business and Professional Women's Club will meet this evening as the club's "Nite Out." Hope to see all the members at the meeting; time is 6 ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310625/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:02:15 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310625/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 ’s inaugural Women In Media Awards and I’m not anywhere on it! WTF?! Nowhere? Like I’m totes invisible all of a sudden, Mads? Last time I lend you my padded bra at the last minute just coz some creative director has asked you out for drinks! Mads promised there were heaps of hectic categories that I was a shoe in for like ‘Creative’ and ‘Marketing’ and ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311399/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:01:57 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215311399/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women are participating more in the labour market, but they have more difficulty finding work, earn less and are more likely to work part time than men. This puts them at a disadvantage under our superannuation system. Helen Hodgson and Ruth Medd compare Labor and Coalition ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310447/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:11:01 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310447/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Outlook Could an infusion of women on to trading floors be the catalyst to reform the toxic culture that led to the Libor interest rate scandal, not to mention a string of others down the years? It's one of the more intriguing suggestions made by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, which wants banks to publish figures and fix any imbalance that is ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215309483/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:07:15 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215309483/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Adding Lung Brick to some channels - AM 300709 --> Remove Lung Brick SYZ 20090811 PID 732; re-added 20090902 same PID ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310448/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:54:00 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310448/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 At least five pedestrians have been injured by electrical equipment exploding under London sidewalks since January 2012, officials say. In the most serious case, a woman was burned over about 20 percent of her body by an explosion in the Edgeware Road last year, the Evening Standard reported. Two other women suffered less serious burns in the same blast. Indran Sivarajah told CNN he had a near ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310061/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:50:34 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215310061/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Return to Bay Street Award winners, from left, Sheralyn Mills, Mary Ann Mendes and Catherine Staveley at the BMO offices in Toronto. Women in Capital Markets wants more women to rejoin Bay Street's capital markets teams after periods of absence such as maternity ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215309237/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:20:18 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215309237/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Meet the Women for Weiner.The former congressman, who apologized for the lewd picture scandal that ended his House career before launching a bid last month for New York City mayor, is holding a fundraiser hosted by "Women for Anthony" next week at the Manhattan home of an education activist and ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215309238/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:17:05 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215309238/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 There's been a lot of talk this week about the "seriousness" of women's magazines, which all started with a cover story from U.K. magazine Port hailing a ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215308448/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:51:52 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215308448/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Video: How do these university grads feel about job prospects in 2013? All of us feel overburdened by the sheer number of things we have to do. When you're trying to manage all the different responsibilities and needs of a family and yourself, you can't hang onto ideals of perfection that are impossible to achieve. You'll lead yourself to certain disappointment.Don't waste ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215307954/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:14:44 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215307954/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 TOKYO (Reuters) - Days after Kaoru Shimada and other Japanese mothers rallied in Tokyo this year to press for more public daycare, she was shocked to read a local politician's blog blasting their "shameless" demands and asserting kids should be raised at ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215306861/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:59:32 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215306861/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 women problems . Weiner is one of those guys, having apologized for tweeting a photo of his crotch, and explained in an excruitiating interview with The New York Times Magazine that he did it because ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215307955/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:54:44 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215307955/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 I served in the Navy for over 32 years, and worked with female sailors, and have found that they are equal in many ways to any man with whom I served ("Navy SEALs to allow women, report says," June ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215306607/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:03:34 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215306607/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Even the dimmest prospect of peace would be welcome in most countries that have endured more than three decades of conflict, but news this week that ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215305800/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:37:39 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215305800/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Italy became the fifth country Wednesday to ratify the Istanbul Convention, which aims to curb violence against women. The Senate held a moment of silence in memory of victims of violence before the vote, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The treaty must be ratified by at least 10 countries including eight members of the European Council before it takes effect. So far, it has been approved ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215305847/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:28:32 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215305847/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 CBS affiliate , which reports that "Bob Dylan ditched his microphone for an easel last Thursday (June 13) when he was spotted in Central Park, seemingly painting portraits of topless models lounging in the grass." The singular musician was reportedly there with American photographer and painter Richard Prince, as well as the aforementioned females, who were reading copies of David ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215305226/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:58:08 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215305226/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Canada's Kadeisha Buchanan, left, and Germany's Dzsenifer Marozsan challenge for the ball during the international friendly women's soccer match between Germany and Canada in Paderborn, Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (Martin ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215304554/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:56:37 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215304554/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Cpl. Michelle Berglin posts security outside a compound during a in preparation for an upcoming deployment. Experienced female soldiers like Berglin won't be allowed into new combat roles until ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303989/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:50:45 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303989/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 A normal story repeated anywhere in the world perhaps, but what is special about Lydia is that her husband is 12 years into a 25-year prison sentence in an Israeli jail.There are certainly no conjugal visits for Palestinian security prisoners, who the Israelis consider to be terrorists. Instead, Lydia - whose first child was born before her husband was jailed for being a member of the Al-Aqsa ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303036/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:40:29 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303036/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Huron County OPP have arrested a man for allegedly stealing women's underwear over a 12-year span. The OPP first picked up the trail in September 2001 while investigating a break and enter in which the only items that appeared to have been stolen were women's underwear. Over the next three years, seven similar thefts were reported in the Morris-Turnberry and Huron East areas. In ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303356/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:29:45 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303356/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 YANGON, Myanmar - A court in Myanmar has found two Muslim women guilty of sparking a recent outbreak of sectarian violence, one of them by bumping into a Buddhist novice monk. Myint Thein of the pro-government National Unity Party, who attended their trial, said Wednesday the two women in the central township of Okkan were convicted of "insulting religion." Both were sentenced to two ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303373/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:18:08 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303373/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 At least 77 people have been killed in two separate attacks against vigilante groups in northern Nigeria, police and witnesses say. At least 50 people were killed in the Zamfara state village of Kizara in an early morning attack by 150 gunmen on motorcycles, the newspaper Leadership reported Wednesday. An eyewitness said the men besieged the village about 4 a.m. Tuesday and began shooting at ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303267/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:12:14 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215303267/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Fresh white spuds aren't allowed in a government supplemental nutrition program for women and children because, unlike other fruits and vegetables, potatoes aren't lacking in the typical ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215302684/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:36:23 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215302684/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 David Jason Jenkins, shown here, and his cousin Anthony Ray Jenkins, from Harlan County have been indicted for kidnapping and beating a gay man based on his sexual orientation, This is thought to be the first federal prosecution in Eastern Kentucky under the federal hate-crimes ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215302708/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:33:43 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215302708/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Goodwill Industries International is expected to announce Thursday an initiative to help find 3,000 women military veterans employment over the next two years.Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill, will be joined by Keith Kelly, an assistant secretary with the U.S. Department of Labor, to make the announcement at the National Press Club Newsmaker news conference in Washington, D.C.According ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215302709/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:32:45 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215302709/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 MORELL, PEI, June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women met in Morell, Prince Edward Island, on June 18 and 19, 2013, to discuss priority issues such as promoting women's leadership and ending violence against women and girls. The 31st annual meeting was co-chaired by Susan Truppe, Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women, on ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215302710/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:20:44 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215302710/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women referees and assistants have been preparing for UEFA Women's EURO 2013 at a Nyon workshop, part of UEFA's drive to help female referees progress in step with the ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215299069/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:41 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215299069/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 By Karen ParrishAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 19, 2013 – With proxy tests and surveys, consultations and validations, the nation's military services and U.S. Special Operations Command are preparing to map the path -- and the obstacles -- to opening jobs for women, officials said here yesterday. "The department's goal is to ensure that the mission is met with ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215301065/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:16:21 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215301065/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 , the excellent new documentary about backup singers from director Morgan Neville that opened on Friday. ';It’s a pretty long walk.'; Ambition and bravado are important and difficult-to-quantify factors in professional success. And ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215301102/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:12:22 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215301102/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 famous female writers who have committed suicide , in the act of committing suicide. There's Sylvia Plath kneeling before the oven, historian Iris Chang with a gun in her mouth, Charlotte Perkins Gilman clutching a chloroform-soaked rag to her face. All wearing kicky retro blouses and drapey, romantic gowns, of course. The spread created so much controversy--"ghoulish," wrote ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215301103/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:55 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215301103/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 urged them to raise the issue of forced abortion in China. The following Open Letter catalogues the atrocities related to the One Child Policy so far this year. Dear Presidents Xi and Obama, As you meet at Sunnylands today, we urge you to discuss ending the coercive enforcement of China's One Child Policy. This brutal policy causes more violence against women and girls than any other ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215299940/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:13 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215299940/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Three-time European runner-up Viktorija Cmilyte on Monday moved a step closer toward the highest of the medal podium at the 2011 European Individual Women Chess Championship by winning one more of her games.The ninth-seeded Lithuanian beat twice and defending champion from Sweden, Pia Cramling, to claim the full point for 7.5 points out of nine games so far.On Tuesday Cmilyte plays black with ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215299887/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:43:17 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215299887/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The UN Convention on the rights of people with disability notes that women and girls with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse.? About 25 per cent of women with intellectual disabilities have been raped and six per cent forcibly sterilised. The Kenya Society for the Mentally Handicapped puts the number of mentally challenged people in Kenya at 3.6 million.? Mary is one of ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215297827/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:16:28 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215297827/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Pregnant women may be able to consume between three to seven glasses of alcohol per week without causing any neurodevelopmental problems in their unborn children, HealthDay reported.In a study published in BMJ Open, researchers analyzed the self-reported drinking habits of 7,000 mothers, at both 18-weeks into the pregnancy and again when their children were 4 years old.When asked during pregnancy ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298686/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:13:11 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298686/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 dropped its fight to restrict over-the-counter emergency contraception for young women. Now, Plan B will be available without a prescription for women of all ages — but that move hasn’t ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298709/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:01:36 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298709/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 1 of 2. Ariel Castro (R), 52, enters the court room for a pre-trial hearing on charges including rape, kidnapping and murder in Cleveland, Ohio June 19, ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298297/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:52:19 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298297/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 A tentative Aug. 4 trial date has been set for an Ohio man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home for about a decade. Ariel Castro, with his wrists and ankles shackled, appeared in court in Cleveland for a brief hearing Wednesday. As in previous court appearances, he kept his chin tucked in his chest. He answered "yes" and "no" to the judge's ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298298/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:49:12 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298298/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Laura Sydell covers the intersection of technology and culture for NPR, but she doesn't encounter many women on her beat who are willing to talk about being ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298710/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:47:31 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298710/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 smartphone is an invaluable tool for the connected foodie. Great deals, recipes, recommendations, restaurant ratings, reservations & home delivery options are just an app ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298711/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:44:49 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215298711/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The night of Feb. 12 was the perfect example of the Republican Party’s suicidal tendencies. Sen. Marco Rubio, having spent his work day voting against the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act, was selected to represent the party in rebutting President Obama’s State of the Union address. This is the party’s immigration stance all over again, except that this time they ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215296394/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:59 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215296394/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The numbers of female executives in business and industry are falling despite efforts to boost the representation of women in senior positions in large companies, ministers were warned ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215295677/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:58:24 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215295677/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - About 300trade unionistsfrom the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Unionwill gather at the DeltaHotel inOttawa from Thursday, June 20,to Saturday, June22,to share experiences and strategize onhow to protect and advance the rights of women in the workplace, the home and the community. "From the time they were elected in 2006, theHarperConservatives have ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215297242/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:46:32 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215297242/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Representatives from Department of Defense and US military detail plans for implementing women into more military positions. Photograph: Win Mcnamee/Getty ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215296209/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:39:03 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215296209/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 WBBH NBC News-2 in Fort Myers. The duo then allegedly began to drink the wine while walking around the store, Deputies had to pepper spray Potter after she attacked them as they tried to put her into a patrol car, according to the report. Get the DUHtails ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215297195/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:38:03 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215297195/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Waiting for Congressional Action on Climate Change Would be Too Late, League Says WASHINGTON - August 7 - The League of Women Voters today called for a moratorium on new construction of coal-fired electric power ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215295951/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:59 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215295951/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 NGOs join together in international campaign to expand access to female condoms to stem the spread of HIV. MEXICO CITY, Mexico - August 5 - Women leaders from around the world attending the XVII International AIDS Conference held a press conference today to call on governments and international donor agencies to provide greater access to female condoms to slow the spread of HIV. "It is ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215296427/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:26:56 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215296427/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 ST KILDA star Stephen Milne has agreed to sit out the club's next two matches but will fight a longer ban. Saints insiders last night said the forward may have played his last AFL game after the club yesterday ordered him to take "indefinite leave". The AFL Commission met to consider the crisis last night and announced it backed the club's actions. AFL chief executive Andrew ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215296819/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:19:12 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215296819/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The military catching flak over its new order to integrate women into combat, including special operations forces. Women could be eligible for Army Ranger training in 2015 and the Navy SEALs the following year. The Center for Military Readiness fears standards will be lowered to allow women into those elite fighting teams. The center says instituting gender-neutral standards could mean removing ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215295329/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:43:09 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215295329/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Prince Edward Island Minister of Community Services and Seniors and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, will host a media availability ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215293742/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:34:00 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215293742/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Pakistani have authorities closed Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University and Bolan Medical Complex in Quetta after terrorist attacks killed nearly 90 ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215292830/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:13:56 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215292830/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 WAM ABU DHABI, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- The Department of Applied Communication Systems in Abu Dhabi Women's College have organised an exhibition of innovative projects for fifteen students of the final year bachelor's programme. The exhibition, put together by students under the title of "The Beginning of Work in Graphic Design, Video, Audio, Animation and Photography" to ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215293743/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:09:42 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215293743/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Postmenopausal women had better improvement in verbal learning and memory after receiving treatment with testosterone gel, compared with women who received sham treatment with a placebo, a new study found. Results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "This is the first large, placebo-controlled study of the effects of testosterone on mental ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215291781/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:38:58 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215291781/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 ORCHID Recovery Center is an organization that provides targeted substance abuse treatment to women who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. As such, the facility is interested in supporting other initiatives across the country that are working to achieve the same goal (namely, long-lasting sobriety and healthier, happier lives for their patients). ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215292377/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:25:37 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215292377/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 In this Sept. 18, 2012 file photo, female soldiers from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division train on a firing range while testing new body armor in Fort Campbell, Ky., in preparation for their deployment to Afghanistan. The Pentagon is lifting its ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215292378/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:25:36 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215292378/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Durban - The Turkish government has issued a warning to women to exercise ';extreme caution'; if they audition to work as cabaret dancers at a nightclub in ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215291899/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:23:14 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215291899/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Newcomers from Sweden and four past champions are among 54 teams from 46 nations in the running for the 2013/14 UEFA Women's Champions League- with the 27 June qualifying round draw in Nyon streamed live on UEFA.com from ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215290938/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:41:02 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215290938/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 diabetes , a new study finds. The results, which were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, suggest that regularly skipping breakfast over time may lead to chronic insulin resistance and thus could increase an individual's risk for type 2 diabetes. "Our study found that acute insulin resistance developed after only one day of skipping ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215290831/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:34:21 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215290831/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Memory improves in older, overweight women after they lose weight by dieting, and their brain activity actually changes in the regions of the brain that are important for memory tasks, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. "Our findings suggest that obesity-associated impairments in memory function are ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215289883/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:29:37 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215289883/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 WASHINGTON – By 2016, women could be permitted to train for most combat roles, including infantry and artillery positions, under detailed plans released by the Pentagon on Tuesday describing how to integrate female troops throughout the armed forces. But military leaders made clear that they will move cautiously as they lift remaining barriers to women in combat and indicated that, after ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215289502/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:35 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215289502/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215289072/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:54:32 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215289072/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The 71-year-old actress took aim at cases of ultra-Orthodox Jews targeting women while speaking at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Monday.The star, who herself was born in a Jewish family, said that it was distressing that women in Israel were forced to sit at the back of the bus, CBS News reported.She said she was also disturbed when she read about 'Women of the Wall' having ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288225/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:22:29 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288225/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 One-in-5 employees age 45-74 say they expect to take time off of work to care for a spouse, a parent or relative in the next five years, AARP officials say. An AARP report, "Keeping Up with the Times: Supporting Family Caregivers with Workplace Leave Policies," also said 1-in-4 retirees said they left the workforce earlier than planned to care for an ill spouse or other family member. ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288658/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:52:31 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215288658/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 MONTCLAIR, N.J. - Hope Solo appears ready to return to the starting lineup for the United States women’s soccer team. While Tom Sermanni isn’t ready to say whether Solo will start Thursday against South Korea at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J., the U.S. coach said Tuesday that just having his goalkeeper - less than four months after having wrist surgery - back on the field is a plus ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215287880/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:12:03 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215287880/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 That’s how many engineers graduate in India every year. And they have never found it so hard to land a job. Some blame the slack job market, others point to poor quality of colleges and ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215287142/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:53:05 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215287142/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 POINT CLEER — Attalla's Ashleigh Whisenant will face Virginia Green of Point Clear in the 81st Women's State Amateur Golf Championship in the round of 16 ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215287881/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:46:57 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215287881/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Adele Stan, senior Washington correspondent for RH Reality Check, talks with Rachel Maddow about the extreme and sometimes bizarre Republican perspectives on the reproductive rights of American women and they influence they're having on actual legislative policy ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215286530/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:01:37 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215286530/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Scandal A Saudi court sentenced two women to ten months in prison, along with a two-year travel ban, after they tried to help a Canadian woman who, with her three children, was denied adequate food and water and was subjected to violence by her Saudi husband. On June 6 2011, the two human rights workers Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Oyouni received a text message from Nathalie Morin, the ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215285777/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:56:45 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215285777/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 The new class of trainees includes four women and four men. From left, Josh A. Cassada, Victor J. Glover, Tyler N. Hague, Christina M. Hammock, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Anne C. McClain, Jessica U. Meir and Andrew R. ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215286098/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:47:55 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215286098/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 MONTGOMERY — The Auburn and Alabama women's basketball teams now are led by energetic recruiters with winning track records hoping to lead a return to the halcyon days when both were NCAA tournament ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215286099/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:34:30 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215286099/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Cuba's four-member women's judo team, led by Olympic champion Idalis Ortiz, will compete in Russia and Brazil, sports news website JIT said Tuesday.The women will first compete at the World Universiade of Kazan, Russia in July, then travel to France for training before attending the World Championship next August in Brazil, coach Ronaldo Veitia said."We will attend the 27 ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215284786/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:59 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215284786/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Photo credit: As of March, there were 1.387 million people on active duty -- about 15% -- were women. (Getty) It's a great step, but the march to equality is yet long. That was the response of women veterans yesterday to newly released details from the Department of Defense as to how women will be integrated into combat positions previously closed to them in the ultimate old boys' ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215284357/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:46:19 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215284357/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 EDMONTON - Canada's national women's golf championship is set to get a new name in 2014.With CN ready to pull its sponsorship of the Canadian Women's Open into the station for a final time Aug. 19-25 at Edmonton's Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Golf Canada and tournament director Brent McLaughlin are putting the finishing touches on securing a new sponsor for the first time in eight ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215283709/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:40:59 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215283709/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top U.S. military official declared "the days of Rambo are over" as the Pentagon unveiled its plans on Tuesday for integrating women into combat infantry positions following 12 years of war in which they fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan while barred from front-line fighting ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215283742/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:38 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215283742/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215283257/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:53 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215283257/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Physical standards will not be lowered for women, who will be required to do the same tasks as the men they work alongside. Women have already been battle-tested under enemy fire in Iraq and Afghanistan, and some say if women are given the chance, they'll make the cut. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215282834/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:37:26 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215282834/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Pentagon ordered in January to open combat jobs for women Plans allow for women to serve in special forces units, including SEALs Not all commanders share same enthusiasm for integration program Commanders concerned about impact on women, others on ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215283258/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:38 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215283258/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215282061/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:05 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215282061/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women may have better odds of getting a membership at Augusta National Golf Club than becoming the chief executive officer of an energy company in ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215282085/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:31:32 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215282085/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Women soon could be training for elite combat roles on the front lines the army navy airforce and Marines are exploring the best way to integrate women into jobs that have historically been ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215282086/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:20:23 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215282086/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 '); NASA new astronaut candidates (from top left to bottom right): Josh Cassada, Victor Glover, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Christina Hammock, Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir and Andrew ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215280945/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:54 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215280945/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Air Force Brig. Gen. Gina M. Grosso, right, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, to discuss women in combat. From right to left are: Grosso, Navy Rear Adm. Tony Kurta, Army Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick, Marine Col. Jon Aytes, and Army Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg. The military services announced their plans to break down the final barriers for ... http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215280953/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:40:03 -0400 http://www.sanantoniopost.com/index.php/sid/215280953/scat/dfb5c895ca980c17