Law & Order Makes Viewers Hungry • Severe Gender Wage Gap Exists In Brazil

People who watch crime shows like Law & Order and CSI spend more on groceries, according to a new study. Brutal TV homicides: making us hungry! • Do you want a crush to fall head-over-heels for you? Take them him or her a roller-coaster ride. • Diane Webber, the model/actress who starred in the 1962 film Mermaids of Tiburon, has died at the age of 76. RIP. • Animals get STDs too. (In fact three of the major STDs in humans originated in animals.) • A married couple in England claim to be the world's oldest combined couple with 205 years between the two of them (The wife is 100, the hubby is 105). •

• NYU has received a $490k grant from the National Science Foundation to promote women and minorities in the sciences. • The Iranian government is looking to decrease elective Cesareans (which make up 40% of births) by educating women and doctors about the benefits and risks of natural births. • In 2005, nearly 4,000 women were treated in a NYC emergency room for injuries inflicted by their partners. • Diet tricks: eat food naked, take pictures of what you're eating, brush your teeth when you are hungry, or wear tight clothes! Basically, try everything but eating healthier, whole foods. • As more women join the field of urology, the culture of the medical field is undergoing a gender makeover that is friendlier and more welcoming to women. • Female condom-makers in India aim market their condoms to female sex-workers through NGOs at a lower cost. • A study in South Africa reveals that over 1 in 4 South African men who have been married or have lived with their partner reported using violence against their current or former female partner. • Cosmopolitan is teaming up with YouTube for StarLaunch, a contest encouraging YouTube female singers to post videos of themselves and win a chance to share the stage with Solange Knowles. Squee! • A luxury boutique hotel in Singapore has set aside a whole floor (5 suites) that are strictly for women only, giving female travelers not traveling with men feel "a sense of peace." • An Australian woman has set up a website to track down a man who viciously beat her outside of a casino. • A new test for a protein called P16INK4A is more effective at catching pre-cancerous cells in women who might have cervical cancer than a normal pap smear. • Women earn roughly two-thirds of the average male income in Brazil in 2006 while blacks earn about half of what whites make.

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