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The Canadian women's national soccer team is on strike due to pay equity problems and budget cuts. Star forwards Christine Sinclair and Janine Beckie confirmed the news to Rick Westhead of TSN on Friday: The players also released a statement: "With the biggest tournament in women's football history less than six months away, our preparation for the World Cup and the future success of the women's national team program are being compromised by Canada Soccer's continued inability to support its national teams," the statement read, in part. "Despite our strong track record of success and history-making achievements for more than...

Jumping on the bandwagon Hillary Clinton revved up with her comment saying she and her husband were broke when they left the White House, Barack Obama said Tuesday that his wife is "kind of a bad example" for the need for pay equality because she does the arduous job of being First Lady for free. At a discussion regarding manufacturing in Pittsburgh, Obama said, "I will say, the first lady's kind of a bad example because the first lady doesn't get paid. And she works pretty hard," then quickly added, "obviously, we're ok." Obama touted Michelle Obama’s hard-nosed attitude when...