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Baltimore-based artists Rebecca Nagle and Hannah Brancato didn't like the way <em>Playboy</em>'s annual list of party schools described women. So they decided to make <a href="http://partywithplayboy.com/">a list of their own</a> — one that celebrates consent in <em>Playboy</em>'s distinctive voice.

'Playboy' Gets Pranked: Group Flips The Script On Sex

A Baltimore-based group is working to change the messages companies are sending about sex. So far, it has created convincing, fake websites pretending to be Playboy and Victoria's Secret — but putting an emphasis on consent.

Kansas City is one of the cities making technology a bigger priority in its procurement processes.

A Few Places Where Government Tech Procurement Works

HealthCare.gov's troubled rollout highlights a systemic problem — the way governments purchase and plan for tech projects. Even President Obama is now calling for procurement reform. But a handful of places are finding ways to solve the problem.

Some of the remains of the old Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit. Firefighters say they respond to fires at the plant monthly.

Winning bidder for crumbling Packard plant plans to build modular homes and offices at site

Last Friday, Jill Van Horn of Ennis, TX put in a winning $6 million bid for the 40 acre vacant Packard plant site in Detroit.Today, we hear plans for what…

British Maj. T.J. Monaghan (left) and Pvt. H. Farabrother of the Inniskilling Regiment of Northern Ireland, walk through wreckage after riots destroyed parts of the Punjab suburb of Amritsar, India, in March 1947.

India's 1947 Partition And The 'Deadly Legacy' That Persists To This Day

In his new book, Midnight's Furies, Nisid Hajari describes the riots and massacres that ensued after Pakistan was established as a separate state, and how those tensions are still playing out.

Cash-strapped Detroit doesn't test water at beach

DETROIT (AP) - Officials say Detroit stopped testing water at Belle Isle Beach in the Detroit River for E. coli last year because of its financial…

Alice Snyder, with her parents Mary and Ryan, during a checkup with Dr. John Herzenberg, who treated her clubfoot without surgery.

How Parents And The Internet Transformed Clubfoot Treatment

Clubfoot is a common birth defect that can make walking difficult. It used to be treated with surgery, which could have serious side effects, but a simple nonsurgical solution is now the norm. It took years of pushing by parents for that treatment to become accepted.

Former University of Michigan player Robert Traylor died in Puerto Rico today.

Robert Traylor, former Michigan basketball player dead at 34

Robert "Tractor" Traylor died of apparent massive heart attack in Puerto Rico.From ESPN:Traylor played for the University of Michigan from 1995 to 1998.…

Three little-known facts about charter schools in Michigan

Today, on State of Opportunity, I report on a troubling fact of charter school expansion in Michigan: Some of the state's best charter schools are…

<p>A photograph of Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen is seen Thursday at a vigil. Olsen was severely injured during a standoff between police and protesters in Oakland, Calif., two days earlier. He remains hospitalized.</p>

Injured Iraq Vet Becomes Symbol For Occupy Oakland

Witnesses say Scott Olsen was struck in the head by a projectile when clashes broke out Tuesday between Occupy Oakland protesters and police. At a vigil Thursday night, veterans gathered with protesters to pay tribute to Olsen. They say his story is a reminder of the dangers of excessive force.

People walk through debris Tuesday. The region is still recovering from a 7.1 quake in September.

Rescuers Dig For New Zealand Earthquake Survivors

A powerful earthquake struck Christchurch, one of New Zealand's biggest cities, Tuesday at the height of a busy workday, toppling tall buildings and churches, crushing buses and killing at least 75 people in one of the country's worst natural disasters.

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