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Senators to Komen: Restore Planned Parenthood Cuts

22 Democrats sign letter to breast cancer charity

(Newser) - The outcry over the Susan G. Komen foundation's decision to cut Planned Parenthood funding has made its way to Capitol Hill. Some 22 Democratic senators—a large number for such an undertaking, notes the Plum Line blog at the Washington Post —have signed a letter calling on Komen...

Komen Website Gets Hacked
 Komen Website Gets Hacked 
Feb 2, 2012 9:51 AM CST

Komen Website Gets Hacked

Meanwhile, founder Nancy Brinker tries to 'set the record straight'

(Newser) - It looks like the Susan G. Komen Foundation isn't quite done taking flak for its decision to cut its funding of Planned Parenthood . Komen.org was hacked in the wee hours of the morning, reports the Atlantic Wire . A section of the homepage that read, "Help us get...

After Komen Cut, Donations to Planned Parenthood Rise

Backlash fierce as foundation cuts cancer screening funds

(Newser) - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation's decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood has sparked a fierce backlash, with at least two petitions cropping up urging the cancer foundation to change its mind, and a slew of donations flooding into Planned Parenthood itself, the LA Times...

Komen Cancer Charity Cuts Planned Parenthood Funds

Abortion at the center of controversial move

(Newser) - Big news on the women's health front: AP reports that the breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure is cutting its ties with Planned Parenthood. The move, which centers on abortion, will mean the end of "hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants" for breast cancer...

Charity Races Just Aren't Very Effective

A lot of the cash ends up being spent on staging the event itself

(Newser) - Jeff Sigmon wanted to do something in honor of his 3-year-old niece, who has Down syndrome. And so he signed up for Special Olympics Virginia's "Over the Edge" fund-raiser, pledging to raise at least $1,000 (he raised $2,520) then rappel off of Richmond’s second-highest building,...

Conan Follows Random Woman on Twitter

'Sarah Killen, your life is about to change,' late-night exile warned

(Newser) - Since Conan O'Brien joined the ranks of the unemployed, he's taken Twitter by storm and brought fame to his beard and assorted other associates. Now the ousted Tonight Show host, who has more than a half-million Twitter followers but before Friday wasn't following anyone—not even his own beard, squirrel,...

Lieberman's Wife Attacked for His Health Care Stand
Lieberman's Wife Attacked for His Health Care Stand
Kathleen Parker
Dec 16, 2009 12:38 PM CST

Lieberman's Wife Attacked for His Health Care Stand

Leftie smear campaign against Hadassah is as anti-feminist as it gets

(Newser) - Now that Joe Lieberman has made himself Public Enemy No. 1 on the left, his wife has become the victim of an "anti-feminist" smear campaign, writes Kathleen Parker. An online petition calls for her removal as global ambassador for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure organization, which fights...

'Save the Boob' Ads Turn Heads, Spark Complaints

Cutting-edge ads seek to reach younger women

(Newser) - Just because breast cancer is serious, does that mean PSAs have to be?  "Save the boob" is the tag line on one irreverent video in a campaign for breast cancer awareness that's drawing fans—and furious complaints. Designers of the public service announcements aim to grab the attention younger...

Cynthia Nixon: I Survived Breast Cancer

'Sex and the City' star comes clean about her battle 2 years ago

(Newser) - "Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon quietly fought breast cancer two years ago while performing on Broadway, she revealed for the first time yesterday. "I didn't really want to make it public while I was going through it. I didn't want paparazzi at the hospital," the...

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