Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Monday July 21st 2008 Filed in:
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Loud music seems to cause people to drink more, faster. [EurekAlert!]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Wednesday July 16th 2008 Filed in:
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France started selling Red Bull with taurine after 12 years of having only caffeine in the formula. Things could get crazy. [Reuters]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Tuesday July 15th 2008 Filed in:
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Topless sunbathing, nudity, and other indecent behavior has resulted in 79 arrests recently in Dubai. Just like the sex-on-the-beach couple, these people were detained because their behavior was “disturbing families enjoying the beach,” according to a spokesman for Dubai’s Criminal Investigation Department. [AP via CBS News]
Jake Gyllenhaal isn’t allowed to swear in Reese Witherspoon’s house, for the kids’ sake. “Jake used to swear like a sailor, but not anymore,” a source told Star magazine. “If he does, he has to apologize.” [AHN]
Nine reasons not to date a T-Rex. [Mingle2]
Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Monday July 14th 2008 Filed in:
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More than half of the 272 women survey in a Cornell University study said they’d be willing to use extreme dieting methods to meet their wedding weight goals, and one in five women in a Fitness magazine survey of 1,000 brides said they’d postpone their wedding if they didn’t met their weight goal. [Women’s eNews]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Wednesday July 09th 2008 Filed in:
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Women need to save more money for retirement because we live longer than men. I just started using Mint to monitor my sending, and it’s slightly scary but awesome to see what I spend my money on—there are even pie charts! [AP via CBS News]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:30AM, Tuesday July 08th 2008 Filed in:
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Mothers and birthing attendants in low- and middle-income countries (and high-income countries for that matter) should wash their hands before handling newborns, as a study showed that neonatal deaths were lowered when soap was used. Just a friendly reminder: You should also wash your hands after using the toilet. [EurekAlert!]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Wednesday July 02nd 2008 Filed in:
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The MySpace profiles of 370 Missouri sex offenders have been removed in recent months. The internet is getting safer by the minute. [KansasCity.com]
The tuatara, a spiny reptile that’s about 30 inches long, could become extinct. Because of rising temperatures, the endangered tuatara may produce all male offspring by 2085, as nest temperature determines the sex of offspring. [LiveScience]
Psychologists say that Wednesday is the most depressing day of the week. [MarieClaire.co.uk]
Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Tuesday July 01st 2008 Filed in:
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Women prefer men with stubble. [MarieClaire.co.uk]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Friday June 27th 2008 Filed in:
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Nicole Richie reportedly wants to publish a cookbook. [AHN]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 7:00AM, Friday June 20th 2008 Filed in:
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Tattoo discrimination still exists. If you don’t want to cover your ink up at work, make sure to ask whether the workplace is tattoo friendly at your next interview. [CNN]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Thursday June 19th 2008 Filed in:
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Pine bark extract supposedly reduces menstrual pain. [Medical News Today]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 7:45AM, Wednesday June 18th 2008 Filed in:
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Lil Wayne’s album Tha Carter III is the first album since 50 Cent’s The Massacre to sell more than a million copies in a single week. The first single off Lil Wayne’s album is “Lollipop,” and the first single off 50 Cent’s was “Candy Shop.” Is this a coincidence, or do songs about oral sex sell records? [NYMag.com]
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Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry 7:30AM, Tuesday June 17th 2008 Filed in:
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Justice for puppies everywhere! Paris Hilton was stopped from buying a puppy by the staff at a pet store because it seemed too much like an impulse buy. The star is known for having a “menagerie of neglected animals.” [NY Post]
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Posted by: Catherine Strawn 8:00AM, Monday June 16th 2008 Filed in:
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Natasha Bedingfield is opening for New Kids on the Block on their upcoming reunion tour. Um, we kind of think it should be the other way around. [Reuters]
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Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry 7:30AM, Friday June 06th 2008 Filed in:
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Some Harvard grads were a little pissy that their Ivy League school invited Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling to speak at commencement rather than, say, Bill Gates. Get over it, nerds, J.K. rules! [NPR]
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Posted by: Amelia McDonell-Parry 8:30AM, Monday April 07th 2008 Filed in:
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According to a new study, men create as much as seven hours of extra housework for women every week, while a wife saves men from about an hour of housework a week. Supposedly this is due to the fact that men tend to do more labor outside the home. These results are based on recent data, by the way, not data from 1955. [Univ. Of Michigan News Service]
Five religions that worship the penis. We are not members, FYI. [Cracked]
We’re super interested in reading Jessica Queller’s book Pretty Is What Changes. Though she writes about snotty rich teens for the TV show Gossip Girl, her book is about her personal experience getting a double mastectomy. [New York]