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Karen Iris Tucker,
Writer - Reporter

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Selected articles on News and Politics, Health, Food, Entertainment and City:

News and Politics

Will the Employment Non-Discrimination Act get a vote? (Echelon Magazine, June 2010)

Entertainment
Live Shows – Indigo Girls concert preview (Time Out New York)

Out on Their Own – Interview with Indigo Girls featuring quotes from Joan Osborne (The Advocate)

Soldier Girl – Interview with graphic novelist Miriam Libicki (The Forward)

Israeli Leavens Serious Songs with Lighter Fare – Profile of folk-singer Chava Alberstein (Star-Ledger)

McLachlan Surfaces After Five-Year Retreat – Interview with musician Sarah McLachlan (Star-Ledger)

Populist Views Spur Singer – Profile of musician Michelle Shocked (Star-Ledger)

All Jews, All the Time - Arts feature on Jewish Internet radio station (The Forward)

Carnegie Howl – Interview with talk show host Jon Stewart (Time Out New York)

Joy Shtick – Interview with Joy Behar, co-host of The View (Time Out New York)

Health, Fitness, Genetics
Cancer Diagnosis That Need no Longer be Hopele ss - Op-Ed on ovarian cancer (Bergen Record)

With Ovarian Cancer, Awareness Can be Key - Article featuring quotes from a survivor and oncologists (New York Sun)

Can Testing Ever be a Mistake? - Article on genetics testing and possible discrimination (The Forward)

Expert: Breast and Ovarian Cancer Testing Still Lags - Article featuring quotes from a genetics counselor (The Forward)

FitnessFusion: Article on Budokon, a melding of martial arts, meditation and yoga (Courier News)

Body Double: Cover story on working out with a partner; includes interviews with trainers (Courier News NJ)

Breast Cancer Test Patent Causing a Furor, page 2 - Article on genetics and intellectual property (The Forward)

Food

Time to Breathe - Cover story on wine-tasting parties with quotes from professional tasters (Courier News, NJ)

What's so 'Grate' About Latkes? - Cover feature with quotes from chefs, deli owners, enthusiasts (Courier News, NJ)

Hot Chocolate - Cover story on chocolate tastings featuring a chocolate historian and a culinary educator (Courier News, NJ)

City

Mutant Bike Gangs of New York – Cover story on local-area vandalism and “tall-bike” culture (Village Voice)
Fancy Fourth Avenue, page 2 – Report on businesses on Fourth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn (Park Slope Courier)

Driven Out by Cell Phone Towers – Report on potential health risks featuring scientists and industry reps (Park Slope Courier)

Technology

One Laptop Per Child: Cover story on one company's goal of giving free laptops to children in emerging countries (ADWEEK)