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• More women are having fewer children, if at all

  More women in their early 40s are childless, and those who are having children are having fewer than ever before, the Census Bureau said Monday.

• NYC lawsuit: Women's studies program discriminates

  A man who is already crusading against ladies' nights in bars has sued Columbia University, saying its women's studies program is unconstitutional.

• On abortion, candidates subtly seek centrist votes

  

  When Republican John McCain suggested his running mate could support abortion rights and Democrat Barack Obama gave an anti-abortion senator a prime convention role, both were sending a subtle message to centrist voters.

  

• Everybody in the pool: Torres inspires older women

  

  Beth Walsh is swimming laps again at age 57. Stasi Turrell has returned to walking, 13 weeks after giving birth to her fourth child. And Geralin Thomas is lifting hand weights and skipping rope at 47.

• 'Stay-at-home moms' revisited

  "I'm having 'em, so I wanna raise 'em." That's the philosophy that led Jenna Kagan to stop working when her daughter was born nine years ago. Two sons soon followed, and their mother remains firm in her belief that staying home with them is best.

• Study: Women rise in state government leadership

  The number of women in state government leadership positions is on the rise, with the percentage nearly mirroring their representation in the general population in six states, a study has found.

• Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family

  

  Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them.

• For unexplained infertility, 2 methods don't help

  A new study calls into question the use of two common infertility treatments for couples who have unexplained problems having children.

• Official says new rules are not anti-birth control

  Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt attempted to ease concerns Thursday that the Bush administration is planning to issue new rules that would limit women's access to birth control.

• Pelosi urges women to seize opportunity in 'Know Your Power'

  "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters," by Nancy Pelosi, (Doubleday, $23.95)

• KARLA MASS: The week's most talked about book

  

  "Although black people represent only about one in eight Americans, one in every two people living with HIV in the United States is black," according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Marvelyn Brown is one of them.