Carly Fiorina, formerly the CEO for Hewlett-Packard, announced in Orange County this morning that she would be vying for the Senate seat currently held by Democrat Barbara Boxer, who will be seeking her fourth term. Fiorina becomes the second female, ex-CEO Republican to launch a bid for a high-profile spot in [...]

Most Westerners know of Afghanistan's Bamiyan province thanks to the massive stone Buddhas blown up there in 2001 by the Taliban.  Today it's home to the nation's first woman governor, Habiba Sarabi. A province of 60,000 people, Bamiyan hopes to attract tourists. "Bamiyan people are very open," Sarabi recently told the [...]

Mary Cheney, the former vice president's daughter, and her long-time partner, Heather Poe, are expecting their second child, a source close to the family told True/Slant.   Cheney has worked as a principal at Navigators Global, a bi-partisan communications firm, but recently announced  that she would be leaving the company for maternity [...]

Every woman who's ever had her period show up at exactly the wrong moment -- at the beach, on your honeymoon, wearing those gorgeous brand new $40 panties, during a job interview, on a canoe trip (ugh!) -- can laugh along with a great new ad for Tampax featuring Serena [...]

In today's New York Times, Adam Liptak takes a look at the "mystery of the shrinking docket" -- how the Supreme Court went from reviewing about 150 cases a year in the early 1980s, to just 80 cases a year today. There are lots of theories being tossed around by scholars [...]

Early in her career, then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor was credited as "the judge who saved baseball." Now she's taking up pitching:

On Saturday, Sotomayor returns to the baseball diamond – this time taking the field. She will throw out the first pitch at Yankees Stadium. "Having Justice Sotomayor, a South Bronx [...]