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MSNBC loves to find a racial controversy in the most unexpected of places and on Wednesday’s NewsNation, anchor Tamron Hall seized a golden opportunity to do just that. Hall brought on Sgt. Jasmine Jacobs, a soldier who started a White House petition asking the president to force the U.S. Army to reconsider its updated appearance and grooming regulations. [T]he U.S. Army just released its updated appearance and grooming regulations and it's drawing sharp criticism for rules many say unfairly target African-American women's hair... [O]ne of the rules which only applies to women is a ban on twists, dreadlocks, and multiple...

BUTT SERIOUSLY By ORLA HEALY June 27, 2005 PEEK-A-BOO g-strings - divine! Runaway bra-straps - sexy! Lumps of puckered lard cascading over the chafing waistbands of skin-tight skirts - absolutely fabulous! Whether it's thunder thighs bursting out of keister-cupping shorts, blubbery bellies drooping over belt lines or deflated bosoms languishing under form-fitting tops - New York is boldly redefining its celebrated status as the nation's fashion capital. The carb-friendly look that's spreading like a pair of child-bearing hips across the city lends itself to creative interpretation, as you'll see in our investigation on the following pages. Never mind that pesky...

<p>AND SO WE RETURN once more to Cinderella. Not to the Disney classic, but rather to the grimmer Grimm brothers fairy tale.</p> <p>As we all know, the morning after the ball, the prince went searching the land for his true love bearing a single clue: her slipper. In the Disney version, the stepsisters tried to stuff a foot in the shoe. But in the original version, they went to an extreme makeover. According to the Brothers Grimm, Stepsister One cut off her big toe. Stepsister Two cut off a bit of her heel. This cosmetic surgery was performed on the dubious advice of their mother who said: "When thou art Queen thou wilt have no more need to go on foot." But the prince found the bloody evidence of their trickery, turned to Ms. Ella, and rode into history. The stepsisters limped into old age.</p>

Funeral services held for Irving waitress Fall from car, not initial hit, killed waitress 01/08/2003 By JENNIFER EMILY / The Dallas Morning News Family and friends said goodbye Wednesday morning to an Irving waitress killed in a Bennigan's restaurant parking lot. Funeral services were held at Arlington Funeral Home for 20-year-old Jennifer Sanchez. Ms. Sanchez, who was struck and killed by the car of a patron who walked out on a restaurant tab, was thrown from the roof and trunk only after the driver braked and accelerated repeatedly for 200 feet, according to documents made public Tuesday. Jennifer Sanchez's...