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Americans are afraid of this economy. As a result, they're getting locked and loaded. To wit: Jacquita Baker, a soft-spoken single mother from Kentwood, Mich., near Grand Rapids. She works as an administrative assistant at the Grand Rapids Urban League and is studying criminal justice at a local university. As of Monday, she's the proud owner of a shotgun. Why bear arms now? "The economy played a large part in my decision," says Baker, 27. "When people don't have jobs, they might go breaking into people's homes. I want to be safe in my home...
...indeed seen crime tick higher during the downturn. But in the wrong psyche, this sentiment can carry deadly consequences. For example, the mother of the Pittsburgh man who shot and killed the police officers said her son had been stockpiling guns and ammunition "because he believed that as a result of the economic collapse, the police were no longer able to protect society...
...brouhaha is the result of a marketing strategy by porn company Digital Playground, which last summer started offering complimentary copies of Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge (a hard-core homage to Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean, with animated skeleton pirates and all) to students on 100 college campuses. Many schools have already screened the film in venues ranging from a dorm room at Southern Connecticut State University to an 850-student audience in December at UCLA, where the film's stars responded to questions and criticism about the porn industry. (See pictures of pinup queen Bettie Page...
...from Hillary Clinton to Joe Biden - Obama has favored civil unions while opposing gay marriage. Although he has promised to work for the repeal of DOMA and to end the ban on gays serving openly in the military, these are not priorities in the Obama White House. As a result, any momentum gay-rights activists may be enjoying now is unlikely to be sustained...
...result, the stigma AIDS carries today in China remains strong - and potentially dangerous. In a 2008 survey by the China AIDS Media Partnership, of the more than 6000 people surveyed, nearly 48% said they wouldn't knowingly eat with an HIV positive person. Thirty percent said HIV positive children should not be allowed to study at the same schools as uninfected children, and 40% said they would not willingly share workspace with a colleague they knew was HIV positive. The government has taken steps to improve these attitudes, including implementing an anti-discrimination law in March 2006, but perceptions like...