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'I was scared to death': Patients jailed over unpaid medical debt in rural Kansas
At a time when healthcare policy dominates national debate, a county in Kansas is jailing individuals with medical debt.Judge David Casement is a magistrate judge in Coffeyville, Kansas, where the poverty rate is twice the national average. He presides over cases in which individuals with medical debt are brought to court to face the medical companies they owe. During the hearings, the debtors must make a case for their own poverty during what is known as a “debtors exam.”
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Serena Williams hits back at Maria Sharapova’s book as pair prepare for French Open fourth-round showdown
Serena Williams had waited the best part of nine months to respond in public to the comments about her in Maria Sharapova’s autobiography and, as usual, the 23-times Grand Slam singles champion’s timing was impeccable. Forty-eight hours before their meeting here in the fourth round of the French Open, Williams made it clear that she had not thought much of Sharapova’s locker-room revelations. Dismissing the parts of the book that she had read as “100 per cent hearsay”, Williams was particularl
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People are now getting ultrasound scans of their babies painted on their nails
Baby scan nails might not sound like the most obvious of beauty trends, but the avant-garde acrylic creations might just be the biggest thing to happen to nails since polish.
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Frida Kahlo's family vent anger at Barbie doll version of Mexican artist
A fierce dispute has arisen between Frida Kahlo’s relatives and the corporation which claims it possesses the rights to her image after a toy company announced the Frida doll. Mattel, a US multinational toy company, revealed a Barbie version of the late radical Mexican painter this week as part of an “Inspiring Women” series. Kahlo’s family allege the rights to the feminist icon’s image have been stolen and Mattel is not allowed to base a figurine on her.
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Crypto Claws: Katy Perry joins the bitcoin bandwagon with a crypto-themed manicure
Just when you thought we had reached peaked cryptocurrency, Perry posted a photo of her nails on Instagram with the caption, “$—CrYpTo ClAwS—$”.
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We seek romantic partners who look like our parents, finds study
The Oedipus complex might not be so farfetched after all, as a new study reveals that we’re attracted to people who look like our parents. Freud would have been delighted with the findings, conducted by scientists at Glasgow University, which concluded that heterosexual men and gay women looked for women with the same eye colour as their mothers. Similarly, they found that heterosexual women and gay men were attracted to men whose eyes were the same colour as their father.
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Miranda Kerr reveals she has ‘leech therapy’ and even keeps them as pets
Queen of bizarre beauty trends Gwyneth Paltrow proved that even she has her limits after friend and former Victoria’s Secret model, Miranda Kerr, revealed that she loves leech facials. During GOOP’s first-ever wellness summit in Culver City, California, actress Paltrow said that her and Kerr frequently swap numbers on healers and doctors. Speaking on the panel, Kerr said, “Have you tried leech therapy?” only to be greeted by a wave of gasps from the audience.
