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them as "thick" with a "little meat on their bones," or through songs like the Commodore's "Brick House" or "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child. A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post earlier this year found that 66 percent of overweight black women had high self-esteem, while 41 percent of average-sized or thin white women had high self-esteem.
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Volunteers help SKorea battle online porn; one says it's 'like shoveling snow in a blizzard'
• SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Moon Tae-Hwa stares at his computer, dizzy and nauseous from the hours of porn he's viewed online while his wife and children slept. He feels no shame -- only a righteous sense of mission.
• "I feel like I'm cleaning up dirty things," the devout Christian and family counselor said.
• Moon is among the most successful members of the "Nuri Cops" (roughly "net cops"), a squad of nearly 800 volunteers who help government censors by patrolling the Internet for pornography in their spare time.
• Unlike most developed nations, pornography is illegal in South Korea, though it remains easy for its tech-savvy population to find. More than 90 percent of South Korea's homes have high-speed Internet access, and more than 30 million of its 50 million people own smartphones.
• "It's like shoveling snow in a blizzard," Moon conceded.
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North Korea says it's extending launch period for long-range rocket by a week to Dec. 29
• SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea on Monday extended the launch period for a controversial long-range rocket by another week until Dec. 29, citing technical problems.
• An unidentified spokesman for the North's Korean Committee of Space Technology told state media that scientists found a "technical deficiency in the first-stage control engine module of the rocket." The statement didn't elaborate but said technicians were "pushing forward" with final preparations for the launch.
• North Korea is making its second attempt of the year to launch a rocket that the United Nations, Washington, Seoul and others call a cover meant to test technology for missiles that could be used to strike the United States. They have warned North Korea to cancel the launch or face a new wave of sanctions.
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