Read more wowOwow stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/37440/wowowow.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:18:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47517/ill-fight-for-hardworking-families-solis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s pick for labor secretary vowed today to “improve the opportunities for hardworking families,” CNN reports. “My vision for the Department of Labor is rooted in who I am,” said Rep. Hilda Solis, the daughter of two union members. The four-term congresswoman from Los Angeles, considered one of the...http://www.newser.com/story/47517/ill-fight-for-hardworking-families-solis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 14:35:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47522/first-grandma-moving-into-white-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichelle Obama’s mother is moving into the White House, at least temporarily, the New York Times reports. Marian Robinson, 71, is already in Washington helping out the family, much as she did with the Obamas’ daughters during the campaign. “She will determine in the coming months whether or not she...http://www.newser.com/story/47522/first-grandma-moving-into-white-house.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 14:05:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47524/baltimore-mayor-indicted-on-corruption-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mayor of Baltimore was indicted today on 12 charges related to alleged corruption and influence peddling in her current job and during her tenure as city council president, the Sun reports. Sheila Dixon, the first woman to hold the job, faces charges of perjury, theft, fraudulent misappropriation, and misconduct...http://www.newser.com/story/47524/baltimore-mayor-indicted-on-corruption-charges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 13:55:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47472/baby-born-in-uk-screened-to-be-cancer-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK’s first “cancer-free” baby was born yesterday, but not without a shower of criticism for the parents and doctors, the BBC reports. Doctors screened the embryo for the altered BRCA1 gene, whose carriers have an 80% chance of developing breast cancer. “The parents will have been spared the risk...http://www.newser.com/story/47472/baby-born-in-uk-screened-to-be-cancer-free.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 13:10:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47504/palin-slams-media-for-salacious-reports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSarah Palin attacked the “personal, salacious nature” of media reports about her during the 2008 campaign, accusing journalists of taking her remarks out of context “to create adversarial situations,” CNN reports. A statement from Palin’s office today specifically criticized the Atlantic (probably mostly just Andrew Sullivan) and other bloggers for...http://www.newser.com/story/47504/palin-slams-media-for-salacious-reports.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 12:02:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47461/barbies-secret-creator-was-kinky-swinger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you always thought Barbies were a little creepy, this might be why. The doll's creator was a "full-blown seventies-style swinger" with "a manic need for sexual gratification," a new book reveals. Jack Ryan, who was once married to Zsa Zsa Gabor, held orgies at his LA mansion and often...http://www.newser.com/story/47461/barbies-secret-creator-was-kinky-swinger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 11:53:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47435/you-may-kiss-off-bride-wars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's only January, but Bride Wars looks like a perfect match for the Worst Film of 2009 title, say critics. It's a "synthetic chick-flick-rom-com-formulaic-retread," writes Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post . Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway star as a best friends who become fierce enemies when their weddings at New...http://www.newser.com/story/47435/you-may-kiss-off-bride-wars.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 10:37:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47486/ambassador-anna-rumors-have-vogue-ed-paris-bound.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRumors are flying that Vogue editor Anna Wintour will become ambassador to France, the New York Post reports. Wintour's rumored replacement at the pinnacle of fashion journalism would be Carine Roitfeld, editor of French Vogue . But is the scuttlebutt, which appears to have originated with the Fashion Week Daily website,...http://www.newser.com/story/47486/ambassador-anna-rumors-have-vogue-ed-paris-bound.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 10:25:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47280/anti-bulimia-ads-catch-college-women-in-act.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA German women’s advocacy group is employing crafty means to get bulimics’ attention, Animal New York reports: Pro Mädchen (translated as “for girls”) is smacking pink splatter stickers, with a phone number and the tagline “Bulimia is curable,” onto the undersides of toilet seats at Düsseldorf-area colleges.http://www.newser.com/story/47280/anti-bulimia-ads-catch-college-women-in-act.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 14:51:02 CST