Robbery attempt ends when victim offers iced tea

"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A mother and her 6-month old girl escaped unhurt after she calmed down a knife-wielding robber with a glass of iced tea and a chat, Tokyo police said Wednesday. The 30-year-old housewife was in the hallway of her apartment building Monday when a man...

Saying "Yes" to Spam: One Woman's Experience

Below is the story of a spam masochist. Tracy Mooney agreed to answer all the spam sent her way for a month, just to see what happened. It was part of a research project by McAfee, to see what sort of spam was out...

Cuba Gets Cell Phones.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly Castro's brother is taking minute baby steps in  allowing certain  Freedoms such as Cell Phones, most Cubans can ill afford, choosing food over cell...

Housewife arrested as suspect in murder of her own children

"A 35-year old allegedly depresssed housewife, Ismiati, was arrested at her home in Bekasi on Friday on suspicion of having murdered her own two young children - Mutiara Yusuf (2) and Aldi Rasyid (four months). The bodies of the two infants were found by a neighbor at around...

Women still do most of the dishes: census

I recently read an article that pointed out an interesting double standard.  Men who are handy in the kitchen are often perceived as cultured and arty, whereas domestically dexterous women are more likely to be...

Peace Caravan Lead Into Tense Oaxaca City Scene

Another source to read on Oaxaca..."In response to the violence and repression in Oaxaca, the women of Las Abejas proposed a caravan, said Ernestine Pérez Pérez, part of a team of members making a video of the...

Brazilian wacks wife, fails

"A woman was released from the hospital a day after she was shot in the head six times in an attack police blamed on her ex-husband, Brazilian media reported Saturday. Patricia Goncalves Pereira, a 21-year-old housewife, was shot Friday after an altercation with her...

Woman shot six times in head lives

"A Brazilian woman who was shot six times in the head after an altercation with her ex-husband was out of the hospital and talking to the media on Saturday. "I know this was a miracle," 21-year-old housewife Patricia Goncalves Pereira told Globo TV. "Now I just want to...

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