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has received a record $82,500 fine and could face a two-year ban from the U.S. Open for her September rant at a line judge in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., The Associated Press reported Nov. 30. According to the ruling by Grand Slam administrator Bill Babcock, Williams is on a "probationary period." Another "major offense" at a Grand Slam tournament--the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money and public attention--would increase the fine to $175,000. Williams received the maximum penalty of $10,000 from the U.S. Tennis Association in September. Sixty-seven percent of U.S. women aged 40 to 49 will continue to get annual mammograms, according to a survey by New York-based Harris Interactive on behalf of Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health, Medical News Today reported Dec. 2. The online poll of 454 women was conducted between Nov. 19 and 24 after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on Nov. 16 recommended that screenings begin at 50 instead of 40 and take place every-other-year instead of annually. Forty-four percent of surveyed women will get mammograms only if their insurance covers them. Twenty-three percent said they would get them even if they have to pay out-of-pocket. Only 4 percent of the women said they will not get mammograms because of the recommendations; 17 percent said they wouldn"t get the exams regardless of the recommendations The National Executive Council of the Nigerian Medical Students" Association has called on the government to review the country"s three-decade-old abortion law, which only warrants abortions when pregnancy poses a death risk, allAfrica.com reported Dec. 1. The association said in a statement that Nigeria needs an abortion law that will "reflect the current standard of women"s health and reproductive rights." According to medical students, unsafe abortions are one of the major causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in Nigeria. The Swedish government said it would cut aid to Uganda if a proposed law that severely punishes homosexuality is passed, the Daily Monitor reported Dec. 3. The failure of a third party to report homosexual relationships within 24 hours could result in a three year jail sentence. As part of the law, homosexuals would receive the death penalty if convicted of having sex with a minor or a disabled person or for infecting their partners with HIV. Kimberly St. Louis is an editorial intern at Women"s eNews through the New York Arts Program. She is a senior at Ohio Wesleyan University studying journalism and politics and government.Pages: 1 [2]