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Why I'm Not Married

April Salchert | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Abortion, Divorce, Abortion Rights, Tracy McMillan, Patriarchy, Same-Sex Marriage, Gender, Birth Control Pill, Government, Marriage, Gender Equality, Religion, Corporations, Religion and Politics, Birth Control, Gay Marriage, Sweden, Hollywood, Weddings News
April Salchert

Unlike McMillan, though I may 'have the badge' in marriage AND divorce, I hardly feel that gives me some authorial position on the subject. In fact, when I read she was divorced three times, I was miffed to why she was advocating the institution of marriage.

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PHOTOS: Royal Baptism In Sweden

AP | LOUISE NORDSTROM | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Sweden Princess Victoria, Sweden Crown Princess Victoria, Sweden Estelle Baptized, Sweden Princess Baptized, Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary Baptized, Sweden, World News

STOCKHOLM — Princess Estelle, the future heir to the Swedish throne, was baptized Tuesday amid pomp and pageantry in the chapel of the Royal Pal...

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Seeking a Perfect Victim

Jane Wells | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Hunt Alternatives Fund, Sweden, Liam Neeson, Rachel Lloyd, Taken, 000 Men, Child Sex Trafficking, Demand Abolition, Boston, Sex Trafficking, Julia Roberts Pretty Woman, 10, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth, Impact News
Jane Wells

To me, she's a perfect victim, but I question who wants to watch her story? It is so grim few could stomach it. She is the ravaged face and body of the commercial sex industry in this country.

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Hurried Takeoff Lands Ryanair Stewardess In Hospital

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Ryanair, Goteborg, Budget Airlines, Airlines, Air Travel, Sweden, Travel News

A Ryanair stewardess was hospitalized after falling out of a passenger jet during a hurried takeoff in Sweden Tuesday. The woman fell roughly 10 feet,...

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Immigrant Shooting Suspect Charged

AP | KARL RITTER | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Sweden Serial Killer, Peter Mangs Trial, Video, Malmo Shooting, Malmo Sweden, Peter Mangs, Sweden Serial Shooter, Peter Mangs Shooting, Sweden Immigrant Killings, Sweden, Sweden Peter Mangs, Sweden Immigrant Shootings, World News

STOCKHOLM -- Prosecutors on Monday charged a 40-year-old Swede with three counts of murder and 12 counts of attempted murder in a string of shootings ...

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Is Criminalization of HIV Transmission Effective? Swedish Case Reveals Why the Answer Is No

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abuse, Criminalization, Human Rights, Health, Unaids, Amnesty International, Hiv Transmission, Sweden, Domestic Violence, World News
Marianne Mollmann

The highly publicized use of the criminal law in Sweden to punish those living with HIV for being timid about their health status does not make it easier for anyone to disclose.

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Swedish 'Stonehenge' Sparks Big Debate Among Scientists

Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Ales Stenar, Stonehenge, Video, Ales Stones, Swedish Rocks, Sweden, Swedish Stonehenge, Science News

By: Crystal Gammon, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/19/2012 07:57 AM EDT on LiveScience Ancient Scandinavians dragged 59 boulders to a sea...

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A Provocative Artistic Idea to Set a Taboo Right That Has Gone Wrong

Sreedhar Pillai | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Makode Aj Linde, Art, Sweden, Exhibition, #Lrose, Female Genital Mutilation, Racist Cake, Media News
Sreedhar Pillai

How can Makode Aj Linde talk and get awareness on an unspeakable issue except by a shocking visual which everyone can understand? The problem here is that the number of people who misunderstood his vision are far greater than those who got the message right.

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PHOTOS: Open And Closed Street Photography

Peter Levi | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Photography, City, Street, Street Photography, Black and White Photography, Stockholm, Sweden, Urban, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, Arts News
Peter Levi

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PHOTOS: Move To An Entire IKEA City!

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Ikea, Solar Energy, Urban Planning, Ikea City, Renewable Energy, Strand East, Ikea Urban Planning, Sustainability, London, Sweden, Home Furnishings, City Planning, Business News

Do you ever dream of an entire city filled with Swedish meatballs and do-it-yourself furniture? That dream could soon be a reality. IKEA, the Swed...

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Coach Sizes Up Competition At Olympics Of Food

Gavin Kaysen | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Competition, Cooking Competitions, Bocuse D'Or, Norway, Food Competition, Food, Europe, Slidepollajax, Gavin Kaysen, Denmark, Sweden, Food News
Gavin Kaysen

Gavin Kaysen is the head coach of the 2013 Bocuse d'Or U.S.A. team and represented the U.S. as a competitor in the 2007 Bocuse d'Or. The Bocuse d'Or, ...

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Swedish Man Blames Nutmeg Overdose For Llama-Like Spitting Attack

HuffPost Weird News | David Moye | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Nutmeg Spitting Attack, Nutmeg Overdose, Nutmeg, Video, Dumb Crime, Weird Sweden, Nutmeg Hullucinogenic, Sweden, Spitting Attack, Weird News News

An excess of one common seasoning has left a Swedish man spitting mad. The man, a 28-year-old from Gävle, a city in eastern Sweden, was behind a s...

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Fandom, Fathers and the Violence of Football

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Grantland, Baseball, Football, Nathan Hegedus, Charles Pierce, Parenting, Basketball, Stockholm, The Story, Aik, Sports, Nfl, Daddyland, Soccer, Sweden, Fathers, Parents News
Nathan Hegedus

If Dad laughs, cries and high fives about the Red Sox, his kids are going to use the Red Sox to laugh, cry and high-five with him.

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Street Photography from Stockholm (PHOTOS)

Peter Levi | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Photography, Magnum, Street Photography, Stockholm, Magnum Photos, Sweden, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, World News
Peter Levi

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In Praise of the Dude Teaching at My Son's Preschool

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Gloria Steinham, Politics, Preschool, Masculinity, Parenting, Socialism, Feminism, Sweden, Gender, Parents News
Nathan Hegedus

Challenging gender roles should not stop at the preschool door, and it should not just be about getting my daughter to see princesses in a different way or letting my son wear pink mittens.

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Tips For Traveling Stockholm On The Cheap

Off Track Planet | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Cheap Travel, Travel Tips, Backpacking, Free Travel, Swedish, Travel, Free, Budget Travel, Stockholm, Otp, Freebies, Sweden, Culture, Travel News
Off Track Planet

No need to sell your entire ABBA vinyl collection in order to have a quality good time in Stockholm.

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WATCH: The Most Beautiful Hotel Restaurant In Europe

Honest Cooking | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Honest Cooking, New Nordic, Kalle Bergman, Berns Hotel, Berns, Noma, Stockholm, Sweden, Travel News
Honest Cooking

The hotel is great if you are a single, with a group of friends or half of a couple looking to party, but perhaps not ideal for a family. Just a word of caution.

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Pay In Cash? Not In This Country

AP | MALIN RISING | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Cashless, Eurozone, Sweden Cashless Society, Currency, Swedish Currency, Euro Zone, Spending Cash, Cash, Sweden, Money News

STOCKHOLM -- Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now it's come farther than most on the path toward getting rid of ...

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Swedish Christian Art Exhibition Depicting Jews As Rats Should Be Canceled

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Sweden, Anti-Semitism, Israel, Art, Christian, Palestinians, Propaganda, Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

We call on all Swedes, whatever their political views, to denounce this hate masquerading as art and join in demanding an investigation as to whether government grants directly or indirectly are being used for this presentation.

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Talking About Education in the Information Age

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Sat, Politics, Seth Godin, Education, Schools, Bosnia, Children, Sweden, Zadie Smith, Video, Education News
Nathan Hegedus

I have bought into the idea that our schools are built for an industrial age long past. I do not want my daughter sitting at a desk all day.

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Pippa Middleton To Ski 56-Mile Race To Fight Child Hunger

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Pippa Middleton, Vasaloppet, Charity, Per Strid, Ski Race, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, Child Hunger, James Middleton, Magic Breakfast, Sweden, Video, Impact News

STOCKHOLM -- Pippa Middleton will be strapping on the skis for charity. The sister of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is tackling Sweden's traditiona...

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SECOND IN LINE TO THE THRONE

AP | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Sweden Princess, Princess Estelle, Sweden Monarchy, Sweden Princess Estelle, Sweden, Ap, World News

STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish Royal Court has released the first close-up pictures of the Nordic country's newborn princess and future monarch. ...

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Black Is Back in "Half-Light Over the Baltic Sea"

Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Video, Daniel Hutchinson Half-Light, Angell Gallery Toronto, Seascapes, Half-Light, UK Arts, Sweden, Hutchinson Angell Gallery, Daniel Hutchinson, Arts News

"Half-light alludes to the time of day when the sun is just below the horizon, flooding the atmosphere and landscape with its last light." Daniel ...

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PHOTOS: 10 Coolest Music Venues Around the World

Off Track Planet | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Sweden, Concerts, Berlin, Sydney, Colorado, Travel, Music, Concert, Otp, Off Track Planet, Frankfurt, London, Live Music Venues, Ireland, Budapest, Mumbai, Amsterdam, Slidewide, Travel News
Off Track Planet

If you like your tunes live and loud, these spots turn the decibels way up.

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Christina Wilkie

Next Gen Diplomat's Wife

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Video, US Embassy, Swedish, Stockholm, State Department, Mark-Brzezinski, Sweden, Natalia Brezinski, US Ambassador, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Natalia Brzezinski arrived in Stockholm, Sweden, on a freezing night in November with her husband, newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Mark ...

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