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...Democratic strategy of couching abortion in other rights issues may be put to the test as early as next week when the Supreme Court will hear the case of Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood, in which a New Hampshire law requiring doctors to notify a parent at least 48 hours before performing an abortion for a teenager is being challenged by a pro-choice group. It will put front and center the basic issue of whether Roe protects the health and safety of the mother. It will also highlight the pivotal role in abortion cases of swing voter Sandra...
...most people built their evening around the prime-time schedule, watching series at their appointed time or waiting for reruns or video. But suddenly, the cafeteria workers who run network TV are loosening their hairnets and offering viewers vending machines and takeout. In October, the Walt Disney Co., the parent company of the ABC network, cut a deal with iTunes to sell episodes of shows such as Lost and Desperate Housewives for $1.99 apiece. A few weeks later CBS and NBC Universal struck deals to sell shows, hours after their airing, via video on demand (VOD) for 99?...
Dissenters (many of them failed Ferberizers) are often drawn to his night-and-day counterpart, Dr. William Sears, another best-selling pediatrician. Sears' ideology of "attachment parenting" has achieved cultlike status among earthy mamas who wield their babies in slings, eschew pacifiers, breastfeed on demand and, at night, curl up with their babies in their (preferably king-size) family bed. Co-sleeping adherents believe Mom and Dad should actively parent into the wee hours, if a sleepless baby so desires. Opponents accuse the Attachmentites of sacrificing adult independence to infant whims and ask what happens when the grownups finally decide...
...reading recently there is this huge wave of women with spectacular educations who are leaving the work force to look after their children. When I was growing up, we thought we had it best because we could have it all: family and career. It is always fragile, being a parent...
...Spanair, Spain's fast-expanding No. 2 airline. Top of his agenda: "Breaking down walls. I want to change the culture in our company," says Nygaard, 39, who was formerly Spanair's CFO. "Where I come from, things are less hierarchical." Nygaard comes from Spanair's parent, the Scandinavian carrier SAS, where he got his start. With his open-plan management and quick response to new ideas, he says, Spanair can thrive in a tough market: "We have a cost structure comparable to [low-cost pioneer] EasyJet," steady profits and room to grow. Passenger numbers have jumped almost 20% this...