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Hugo Chavez hearts Sean Penn

15:32 H — Jennifer

A Hollywood bad boy in the '80s and an activist in the 2000s, Sean Penn is Hugo Chávez's new favorite guy. Penn is in Venezuela this week doing what he does best -- visiting poor neighborhoods -- and the president... Read more »

Topics: Celebrities - Politics - Venezuela

Dora Teaches Kids : Can you Say Lead Paint?

14:51 H — Maegan la Mala

Reason 3,254 why that screamy Dora the Exploradora has never been a toy of any of my kids : she makes kids eat lead paint, seriously. Today toy company Fisher Price initiated a recall of nearly a million toys in... Read more »

Topics: Business - Children - Health

Pinochet May Be Dead But His Legacy & Pals Aren't

13:47 H — Maegan la Mala

It's been almost a year since former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet died but today police captured one of his henchmen, Retired Gen. Raul Iturriaga, a fugitive general who fled in June before he was to start a five-year jail term.... Read more »

Topics: Chile - Justice - Politics

Fashion Is Not Revolutionary

10:22 H — Maegan la Mala

Unless we're talking about women wearing pants but anyway the other day my best friend tells me over the phone that she thought of me when she saw an ad for this new show about fashion. She didn't think of... Read more »

Topics: Fashion - TV

A Legal Stamp To What We Already Know About Detention Centers

08:43 H — Maegan la Mala

When U.S. District Court Judge Margaret M. Morrow examined never-before-released reports regarding conditions at more than 200 immigration detention facilities she found widespread problems, including lack of access to telephones, attorneys, and legal materials, faced by thousands of immigrants seeking... Read more »

Topics: Immigration - Justice