
Mar 14 - By Adam Geller, AP National Writer
EDITOR'S NOTE — They were "our girls" — the children of a Haitian orphanage, taken to heart by a Tennessee church. But then an earthquake struck, and the congregation sprang to action. The second of two parts.

Mar 13 - By Adam Geller, AP National Writer
EDITOR'S NOTE — Though Haiti was unimaginably foreign to members of a Tennessee church, they fell in love with the girls of Coq Chante orphanage. Then January's earthquake sent tremors all the way to Knoxville. First of two parts.

Mar 13 - By Adam Geller, AP National Writer
Odette. Benita. Valancia. Atanie.
Feb 25 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
- A high-speed Amtrak train struck and killed two teenage girls near Philadelphia.
Feb 21 - By Eve Tahmincioglu, Career and labor reporter
Mattel recently conducted an online poll asking girls everywhere to choose Barbie’s next occupation from the following choices — surgeon, architect, news anchor, environmentalist and computer engineer.
Feb 11 - By Elizabeth Cooney, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Dr. Deanna L. Aftab Guy sees the pain on the faces of her patients' mothers. They don't want their daughters to go through early puberty, developing bodies that set them apart from their friends and cut their childhoods short. But while more girls are increasingly entering puberty at younger ages, new research indicates that some boys are actually starting later.

Jan 13 - By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Writer
A pair of sparkly, peekaboo shoes with heels 2 inches high are favorites of 6-year-old Helena Bell ever since she got them for a wedding.

Oct 24 - By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press Writer
Many were broken, many were saved here.
Oct 22 - By Ian Kerner, Ph.D., msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
I have two sons, ages 6 and 3, so I guess have a more time before I have to start worrying about them transforming into hormone-raging cads. But if today’s world of sexting, rainbow parties, Girls Gone Wild and Tila Tequila is any indication of what’s to come, I’m going to have my hands full.
Oct 9 - By Associated Press
Moments after President Barack Obama got the news about winning the Nobel Peace Prize, his excited daughters came to congratulate him.
Aug 31 - By Rachel Simmons, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
In her book "The Curse of the Good Girl," author and educator Rachel Simmons writes that girls are taught by society not to share their voices and opinions. Here, she offers tips for how parents can counter those messages to raise girls who are able to reach their potential.

Jul 10 - By Larry Sutton, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It was a scene of pure Americana: A community swimming pool on a sunny Fourth of July, outside of which two young girls had set up a stand to sell patriotic hats and T-shirts, trying to help their dad’s struggling business during challenging economic times.
Jul 2 - By Associated Press
Finally, something that intimidates President Barack Obama: a bunch of tween girls.
Jul 2 - By Associated Press
For every 100 girls born to Vietnamese families, there are 112 boys born, a disparity in the sex ratio that has been rapidly increasing in recent years, an official said Thursday.

Jun 26 - By Caryn Brooks, For The Associated Press
Dear Farrah Fawcett,

Jun 16 - By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Writer
The parents of two young girls who were each placed on wrong flights while flying alone over the weekend are demanding that Continental Airlines make sure such mix-ups don't happen again.

Jun 8 - By Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press Writer
A year after two young girls were gunned down while taking a walk outside a rural Oklahoma town, authorities are stumped — no motive and no arrests.

May 18 - By Ree Hines, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Baby bump watchers may want to keep their eyes on Mel Gibson’s suddenly famous other-woman Oksana Grigorieva. According to , Grigorieva is “definitely pregnant” with Gibson’s child.

Apr 24 - By Winda Benedetti, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
It’s no wonder World War II is a popular backdrop for video games, what with all the bullets flying, the Nazis marching and the international air thick with drama and intrigue. War is hell, but it sure as hell makes for some compelling storytelling and gameplay.

Apr 12 - By Chris Hansen, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
For a lot of girls, it's the ultimate fantasy: to be discovered and make it big as a model or actress.

Apr 2 - By Ree Hines, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
In less than a week, Anna Nicole Smith’s former attorney and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, is due in court to answer to charges that he furnished the star with prescription medications, but if Smith’s father has his way, Stern could have another court date soon.
Apr 1 - By Associated Press
North Carolina-bound Tierra Ruffin-Pratt scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to earn co-MVP honors as she led the West over the East, 69-68 in the eighth annual girls McDonald's All-American game.

Jan 14 - By Kristin_editor
Ubisoft made its fortunes selling squad-based shooters like the"Rainbow Six” series and the"Ghost Recon” games. You know, real guy stuff. So what are they doing selling games about clothes, babysitting and ballet?

Jan 5 - By Lisa Tolin, AP Lifestyles Editor
President-elect Barack Obama's two daughters were whisked into their new schools on Monday past a line of waiting photographers.

Dec 27 - By Jocelyn Noveck, AP National Writer
They're only 10 and 7, and already designers are angling to dress them. They've been on the cover of People and Us Weekly. And there's that standing invitation — unlikely though it is to be redeemed — to the set of "Hannah Montana."