May 2 2008
Fifteen years old and suggestively wrapped in what appears to be a satin bedsheet in the June issue of Vanity Fair. Did Miley Cyrus, with the help of a controversy-courting magazine, just deliver a blow to the Walt Disney Company’s billion-dollar...
Apr 24 2008
Robert Dee is a good loser. With 54 lost matches in a row, he has had to be. But the 21-year-old British tennis player has finally tasted victory after three long years on the lowest rungs of the professional circuit.
Apr 21 2008
I finally had a mammogram. Big deal, you say? Well, for me, it is a big deal. My doctor told me three years ago I should start having mammograms as part of regular check-ups. That script is still resting peacefully in my overstuffed wallet, along with...
Apr 17 2008
In my first week at university I received a copy of the Little Blue Book. This was little, blue, and full of practical advice about sex and “relationships.” I remember in particular a page with pictures of various contraceptive devices: a condom, a...
Apr 15 2008
A federal jury convicted a woman Tuesday of running a prostitution service that catered to members of Washington’s political elite.
Apr 14 2008
About two weeks after he was released from prison, Freddie Johnson boarded a crowded subway train during morning rush hour in Manhattan, squeezed in behind a woman and ground his pelvis into her backside, authorities said.
Apr 14 2008
Patrick “Deep Dish” Bertoletti looked down at the litter of empty oyster shells in front of him and savored the sweet taste of victory. For Crazy Legs Conti, the bitter taste of defeat could be washed away only by beer.
Apr 14 2008
Your body, probably bitter that it doesn’t house someone more interesting, can without warning turn you into a creature so ridiculous the duck billed platypus would avert its eyes in shame. If it really wanted to be a dick, here’s how your...
Apr 13 2008
CNN reported Saturday that Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton touted her experience with guns and hunting to a crowd in Indiana:
Apr 11 2008
Can’t smell the roses? Maybe you’re depressed. Smell too much like a rose yourself? Maybe you’ve got the same problem. Scientists from Tel Aviv University recently linked depression to a biological mechanism that affects the olfactory glands. It...