Morning Newsdome: Passion for fashion
November 10, 2009 at 11:30 am by Bobby Feingold in News
THE NEANDERTHAL: Who could resist this?
>> After being rescheduled twice due to concerns of militant violence, Pakistan held its first-ever Fashion Week in Karachi, just two hours by plane from Al Qaeda and Taliban nesting places. This just in: sequin party tops are the new look of anti-Taliban defiance. (AP)
>> After all this talk of school dress codes comes more fashion news: A 20-year-old Brazilian college student was expelled from school after she wore a mid-thigh red dress to class. Six military police officers escorted her off campus while students chanted “whore.” What is this world coming to — skimpy clothing looked down upon in Brazil? (Reuters)
>> Appearance is important to petty thieves too: Twenty-three-year-old Matthew Maynard of South Wales, on the run from police, sent a picture of himself to his local paper after he disliked the mugshot they ran. Luckily for him it seems he’ll get a second chance to perfect his mugshot look in front of the cameras. (Reuters)
>> The driver of a Boston subway train is being called a hero after pulling the emergency brake just in time before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks. The reward for his heroism? A dozen Dunkin’ Donuts. (AP)
>> And finally: On a dark night 24,000 years ago in a smoky cave, the lights low and the alcohol flowing, it appears that the modern human species did in fact have sex with our closest relatives the Neanderthals, according to scientists. Now that would make for an embarrassing walk of shame. (MSNBC)
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