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A professor at a Maryland college has been fired for sexual harassment after 'making at least 11 female students remove their shirts and stand in their bras so he could inspect their breasts'. The Montgomery College professor also allegedly commented on the students' half-naked bodies in what he called a 'medical demonstration'. Soon after, the students reported the harassment and the school forced him to take paid leave pending a Title IX investigation. He was then fired within three months. In a summary of the case, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) cited evidence that the professor...

The bra, known as the Army Tactical Brassiere, is still in development at the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Solider Center, also known as DEVCOM, in Natick, Massachusetts. If approved by the Army Uniform Board, it will be the first official uniform bra the Army has offered its female soldiers in its history.

Ladies, if you've ever looked at your man's underwear and thought it was a bit dull, then you're not alone. There's so much choice when it comes to women's underwear, from thongs to Brazilian and Bridget Jones -style pants, not to mention strapless, multi-way and water bras. Mostly men only have boxers or briefs to choose from. However that's all about to change, as one lingerie company have created a unique line of bras and knickers especially for men.

The big “Bracott” bra boycott was a big dud — at least as far as student participation in the supposed civil rights violation of the Florida high school girl who had her nipples X’d out with bandages because her bra-less attire was…distracting other students in class. But the district and all Florida schools may have a bigger problem as the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida is looking at suing the district, which is already struggling to find money to put deputies in every school after the Parkland shootings. The bra boycott was organized by the girl, her gender-centric victimhood...

PORTLAND, OR -- The TSA says it's investigating an incident where a 90-year-old woman was forced to strip after setting off body scanners. Alan Charney told ABC affiliate KATU-TV that his mother Harriette went through the full body scanner at Portland International Airport when the alarm went off. TSA agents quickly pulled her aside. "It was obvious they were going into a search," Charney said. "But I presumed they were just going to sort of pat her down."

A “first lady” bra inspired by Michelle Obama is “flying out of” a Washington lingerie store. The owner of Coup de Foudre Lingerie in the nation’s capital says that according to the bra’s Belgian manufacturer, PrimaDonna, the intimate apparel was “inspired by [Michelle Obama’s] sense of elegance and fashion.” Kiersten Ballman, whose store has outfitted women in the District for the last 10 years, describes the royal blue, $146 bra as having a “specialized cup for fuller-busted women.” After getting a shipment of more than 15 of the bras to her shop on Thursday, Ballman says she’s down to a...

In the spirit of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women across the country on Monday are “setting their girls free.” October 13 is National No Bra Day, an annual holiday reportedly created in 2011 by breast cancer supporters that’s now sweeping social media. Breast cancer survivors and supporters on Twitter and Facebook are encouraging women not to wear a bra for a day to raise awareness and support breast cancer survivors. ...

Greek marketing group has created the first "Tweeting Bra" as part of a campaign from Nestle Fitness for October's Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The social networking bra utilizes a special mechanism hidden under the hook of the bra. When it is unhooked, a signal is sent to a cell phone which in turn notifies a server that generates a tweet.

<p>DETROIT (WJBK) - A man's bullet proof vest looks the same as a woman's body armor on the outside. Of course, the woman's is contoured to fit her curves.</p> <p>However, when several female officers with the Detroit Police Department provided their height, weight and bra cup sizes, they never imagined a good portion of the rank-and-file at DPD would see it.</p>

Two people trying to smuggle drugs inside their underwear were arrested by border officers this week in separate incidents. On Wednesday afternoon agents say they found a pound of methamphetamine inside the underpants of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen who was riding in a border shuttle van stopped for an inspection at a checkpoint on Interstate 19 near Amado, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release. On Thursday night a 23-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales after officers say they found four pounds of heroin in her bra. The combined...

Flashbang Bra Holster demonstration. As seen on NCIS LA

<p>It looks like a regular sports bra – but it’s meant to help women detect early signs of breast cancer, FOX 5 reported.</p> <p>Lifeline Biotechnologies has developed the First Warning System, or a smart bra, after years of research.</p> <p>According to FOX 5, the concept is called “thermography,” which relies on precisely detecting heat or abnormal heat signatures from tumors versus normal tissue.”</p>

600-year-old bra and underwear discovered in an Austrian castle Contemporary bras are more comfortable, modified versions of corsets — or so it was believed, until a 2007 discovery changed the way we see women's underwear. Working with a team of her colleagues, archaeologist Beatrix Nutz recently publicized her discovery of several linen bras and some underwear in a medieval castle. Nutz has presented academic papers about her discovery, and even analyzed the underwear for DNA (see picture). But the public didn't hear about the medieval bras until a BBC history program showed pictures of them. Nutz and colleagues also found...

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- A public display of bras outside a Bowling Green business has been set ablaze. The cancer-awareness display at Western Kentucky Diagnostic Imaging Center had created some controversy in the south-central Kentucky town, prompting calls to the business and letters to the paper. On Monday night, vandals set fire to the display, burning some of the bras, according to WBKO-TV. Cancer patient Debra Ramsey, who contributed to the display, told the station that it is "not a joke" and it wasn't easy to hang her bra where the public can see it

Authorities said a woman entered the Amherst County courthouse this morning with a tiny monkey tucked into her bra, dressed in diapers and a white dress with pink flowers. The woman was not identified, but officials confirmed the incident — from Commonwealth’s Attorney Stephanie Maddox to deputies who were working in the courthouse. “You couldn’t make up something like this,” Maddox said. The woman had arrived for a hearing in Juvenile and Domestic Relations court, officials said. They had no idea that she had the monkey — a female named “Kara” — until she went into an office to fill...

The North Rhine-Westphalia state labour court in Germany has directed women employees of an airport security firm to wear the bra, trim finger nails to not more than half a centimeter and ensure that the dignity of the woman is not lost at the work place. The employees must adhere to the laid down dress code. And – the applicability is extended to include the men also – they could sport well groomed and maintained beards or be clean shaven.

In bra, panties and wheelchair, woman goes through Oklahoma City airport screening this morning A woman who passed through security at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport in a wheelchair and her underwear missed her flight Tuesday, and she said TSA denied her boarding. A TSA spokeswoman wouldn't say if the woman was denied by TSA employees. A woman who missed her flight at Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday when she showed up in a wheelchair, bra and panties, passed through the airport screening process this morning and has left the city. Tammy Banovac, clad in undergarments and sitting in...

Monday it was tank tops. Thursday, brassieres were stolen. Forty brassieres, worth nearly $2,000, were stolen from Victoria's Secret in Paddock Mall on Thursday, according to police. On Monday, someone stole 101 tank tops worth nearly $1,800 from American Eagle Outfitters. An employee at Victoria's Secret told an officer she was assisting and observing customers Thursday when a man and woman asked for help. She said the woman stood in front of her holding a pink robe, while the man stood behind the woman holding a pair of yoga pants.

Sexy red lingerie and heavy breathing have traditionally gone hand in hand. But a bra from inventor, Dr. Elena Bodnar, is designed to let people breathe easier. Her Emergency Bra is a protective device that transforms from a bra into two respiratory pace masks to filter out harmful airborne particles, such as those released by fire, explosion, terrorist, radiological, biological attack, and natural disasters.