Rose Carver

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The Far House is far out

A tiny house on Packard Street, in between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, is bursting with enormous musical and artistic flavor. The Far House serves as a music venue as well as a platform of passion for artists, activists, musicians and wild ones.

New sexuality law may not make much of a difference

Parents in Germany can now opt out of declaring “it’s a girl” or “it’s a boy,” and instead say nothing; letting their intersex baby decide his or her own gender identity later in life, or remain ambiguous.

Rhinoceros sighting are common within Pilanesberg National Park, which is one of the largest parks in southern Africa. A sharp upsurge in rhino poaching in South Africa and Zimbabwe by organized crime gangs has devastated Zimbabwe?s rhino population and threatens to wipe out South Africa?s critically endangered black rhinos within a decade. South African rancher Pelham Jones warns that the more common white rhino won?t be far behind unless something is done. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Rhino species extinct due to African rangers selling out

Another one of Earth’s majestic creatures has bitten the dust forever. The western black rhino, a subspecies of the black rhino, was declared extinct last month by The International Union for Conservation of Nature, as no sightings of the creature have been reported since 2006.

Abercrombie and Fitch CEO’S comment sparks controversy

The over-priced and over-perfumed brand Abercrombie and Fitch is being chastised in the media lately for not carrying XL and XXL women’s sizes in their stores because the CEO of the company only wants the “cool kids” to wear his company’s clothing. Overweight women are not included in the A&F definition of the “in-crowd,” according to the personal opinion of Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries.

Women’s groups outraged

The morning after pill is a safe and effective way for women to reduce the risk of pregnancy by 95 percent, if taken within 24 hours of intercourse, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

Sens. Joe Manchin III (D-WVA) speaks as Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA) looks on during a press conference to announce a bipartisan deal on background checks for gun shows and Internet sales at the Capitol April 10, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Background checks needed for gun buyers

Another gain was won for anti-gun control lobbyists when a compromise amendment that would expand background checks to cover Internet and gun show sales was rejected by the Senate this week.

Skin damage from sunbathing or tanning beds can cause skin cancer 20 years later. (Renee Kwok/South Florida Sun Sentinel/MCT)

Tan skin not worth the risk

Tanning your skin is a luxury that countless white women in the U.S. indulge in on almost a weekly basis to fit an arbitrary standard of beauty, but one should be careful. Overusing such powerful ultraviolet rays can turn the glamorous into cancerous.

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