Calling Live Action's Videos Doctored, Planned Parenthood Responds With Retraining 11,000 Staff Members by April 2011

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RedTracker| Responding to the undercover video by Live Action’s Lila Rose that Planned Parenthood is “willing to aid and abet sex trafficking and exploitation of minors and young women”, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has ordered a retraining of more than 11,000 staff members at more than 800 centers across the US.

Last week, Live Action released undercover videos of four Planned Parenthood health centers in Virginia and one in New Jersey. Planned Parenthood officials fired a staff worker in the New Jersey office, but defended the others by saying they behaved professionally and appropriately reported the incidents to the U.S. Justice Department. via CNN

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Big Think | Apple Is The Top Style/Fashion Icon Of 21st Century

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Dots| Today’s WWD analyzes winners and losers in the holiday season. Before all the rah rahs come out in press releases, we must remember that the American retail pie is not growing. It shrank substantially and may get back to 2007 levels this holiday season, depending on late-December weather impact.

Because retailers generally held tight on inventories, the profit margins should be better than in past years.

As expected Apple led the pack, making Craig R. Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, comment so relevant:

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Four in 10 Americans Believe in Strict Biblical Creationism

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RedTracker| Gallup confirms the four in 10 Americans believe in strict creationism, that God created humans in present form within the last 10,000 years. A majority (52%) of self-identified Republicans believe in Creationism, versus 34% of Independents and Democrats.
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