A Brazilian university student expelled for causing an uproar while wearing a pink miniskirt has sued her school.
Brazilians will be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She's agreed to march in the nation's famously flesh-baring Carnival parades.
Fresh from an appearance on one of Brazil's most popular TV shows, the young woman whose short, pink dress got her kicked out of college is enjoying her newfound fame, yet has her eye on getting back to class.
Brushing back freshly dyed blond hair as she posed for pictures, the Brazilian woman whose short pink dress got her kicked out of college said Tuesday she's enjoying her newfound fame, but wants go back to school — with a security guard.
Brazil's case of the pink mini-dress that went viral on the Internet has left many scratching their heads: How could it be that an outfit, no matter how short, would cause such an uproar in a tropical nation where skimpy clothing and tiny bikinis barely raise an eyebrow?
Baseball fans in Los Angeles and New York may be thrilled their teams swept into the league championship series — but for broadcaster TBS, the fun may be over all too soon.
Writer-producer Neal Baer is accustomed to 12 million or so Americans flipping on their TV sets for an episode of his drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."
Jim Caldwell spent an entire offseason trying to fix the Colts' ground game.
From elevator shoes to step-up boxes behind podiums, and even his own tippy-toes, Nicolas Sarkozy and his handlers have tried to compensate for his height — or lack thereof.
Nominees in major categories for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
The last time he came up short at a major, Chad Campbell at least knew he'd been beaten by a great shot.
List of awards presented during Sunday's telecast of the 51st annual Grammys:
A Wal-Mart employee in Mississippi is accused of rolling back prices — way back — on about $550 worth of merchandise.
Old mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger — naturally, not poisoned.
Amaury Leveaux of France set a world record Thursday in the 50-meter freestyle at the European short-course championships, finishing the semifinal in 20.48 seconds.
Stock exchanges now are maintaining lists of companies that can't be shorted, and perhaps fittingly, the "no-short" lists keep getting longer and longer — and they are adding some unexpected names.
Katie Hoff is collecting Olympic medals — just not in the color she expects of herself. Brendan Hansen's only chance at an individual medal disappeared in the wake of his Japanese rival.
Nominees in major categories for the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
As Congress moves ahead with efforts to fix the mortgage mess — and head off another million or more foreclosures — a lot of readers are wondering: Why should homeowners who got in over their heads get help from the government?
The Village at Green River in Corona, Calif., began marketing 19 newly-built townhouses in July 2007, just as the national real estate market began flagging. The average price of the homes, which vary in size from 1,400 to 1,640 square feet, was $505,000 at the time. Three price drops later, the homes finally began selling in March — at an average price of $309,000, says listing agent Dominic Kurtyan.
List of awards presented during Sunday's telecast of the 50th annual Grammys:
Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
The rest of the two days were taken up with cross examination of Freshwater by David Millstone, attorney for the Board of Education, [added in edit:] and redirect examination by R. Kelly Hamilton, Freshwater's attorney.
This is a very condensed summary (three days of testimony in a bit over 2,000 words). If you have questions about specific issues or topics please ask them in the comments and I'll respond as I can.
Hamilton had Freshwater go into more detail into what he would have told the investigators, including that he did not teach creationism or intelligent design, and would not teach creationism in a public school because it is based on faith and science is based on the scientific me …
The administrative hearing on the termination of John Freshwater as a middle school science teacher in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, resumed on December 3, with truncated sessions both the 3rd and 4th.
There was a fine article about short sales in the Scottsdale and Phoenix Arizona market today. Since we, The Urban Team, are considered short sale specialists we really liked some truths about short sales revealed.
One of the low points for the defense in Kitzmiller was the testimony of Alan Bonsell, who was President of the Dover Area District Board of Education at the time of the adoption of the policy that provoked the lawsuit.
This was the last of three October hearing sessions. The next sessions are scheduled for November 17-19.
Terri Mahan testified earlier in the hearing when the Board was putting on its case in chief. Hamilton elected not to cross examine at that time because he would call her now.
The main burden of Daubenmire's testimony was that he took responsibility for having organized the April 16, 2008, public demonstration in Mt. Vernon to bring attention to the Freshwater situation.
To hear the shouts of the masses about the performance of our President, it would be easy to miss that he is just over an eighth into his first term.
Small male seahorses suffer from 'short man' syndrome, a new study from the University of Zurich claims, and are the ocean's equivalent of Bernie Ecclestone or Rod Stewart as they chase after the tallest females in order to mate with them.
The evolutionary secret of how the dachshund got its short legs has been uncovered by scientists with the discovery of a gene that explains the diminutive stature of at least 19 breeds.
The trustees for Medicare and Social Security reported Tuesday that both programs are on track to run short of money earlier than forecast, due to a recession-driven drop in tax revenue.
Having the world's most amazing penis, a gift or a curse? This is the story of one such man. A story he wants to be kept quiet. Schweppes Short Film Festival
A good report on the failure of the "cram down" Senate vote, and the reasons why banks prefer to foreclose rather than finance short sales of real estate. This costs far more than short sale losses to both seller and bank.
Thousands of people have thronged the streets of the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, to see one of the country's shortest people get married. Masire Kamara is well known in the city where she sells tea in a market.
Watch this 4-minute short film that won the Cannes 2008 online short film competition. Beautiful! With a stroke of the pen, a stranger transforms the afternoon for another man in this short film by Alonso Alvarez.
Tiffara Steward, four feet 6 inch Tiffara Steward is an unlikely basketball hero at SUNY... See more irresistible headlines
But don't worry, reliable sources tell me Nate jumps over stage manager Biff Henderson and Dave makes a joke about being 6'2" and playing a little Mexican ball and ... well, just watch it, Americans. See more irresistible headlines
A researcher and investor who foresaw the banking crisis, the residential and commercial real estate crashes and the downfall of General Growth Properties has set his sights on stock in Wynn Resorts Ltd. as a short-sell candidate.
A police officer with one leg longer than the other has been left with permanent injuries after a failed operation took too much off the leg, leaving it several centimetres shorter than the other, according to a report in Hallands Nyheter.
Sure, Barack Obama appointed a number of women to prominent positions in his national security team, but he is still a patent misogynistic.