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In a move that's surprising only in the amount of time it took to happen, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are reportedly divorcing just 72 days after their wedding. Let's break down their incredibly expensive and extremely short marriage, by the numbers. More »
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Ships, cars, countries — people ascribe gender to all these things, even though none of them have genitals. But a new study reveals an even weirder mental habit — people apparently think of odd numbers as male, while even ones are female. More »
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How do you write an "investigative" piece about inflated sex trafficking numbers and almost entirely undermine yourself? Village Voice Media shows us a few ways with its cover story this week. More »
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An analysis of recent abortion statistics from the UK indicates that in the 2000s, the abortion rate among women in their forties rose by 30 percent. Cue references to the fab four! No, really. More »
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Newly-released census data show that among people in their late twenties, a higher proportion of people have never been married. More »
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The Village Voice Media-owned City Pages has published a 3,000-word cover story debunking recent numbers showing a rise in child sex trafficking online. While it's quite damning to the group that put together the "study," the company is hardly an impartial actor here: Its Backpage.com has long been the target of anti-trafficking groups, who already helped take down the Craigslist counterpart. More »
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Previously on Lost, Locke was resurrected from the dead, Jack was detonating a nuclear bomb, and everyone—the Survivors, the Others, the Hostiles, the audience—wanted to find answers. Here's our ultimate primer to tonight's season premiere. More »
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Danica McKellar: "Doing math is like going to the gym for your brain. It will make you a sharper, wittier person, better able to handle any problems that come up, even social ones." [Variety] More »
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We love to hatewatch CW's Stylista but how is the show faring in the big world of fashion-related reality television? Not too great: the show has averaged about 1.97 million viewers a week, which is peanuts in broadcast network terms. At least the show can take solace in the fact that The Rachel Zoe Project on Bravo only averaged a measly 688,000 viewers during its first season. American television viewers may be a little stupid at times (Dancing With The Stars is on what season now?) but we will always pick Slowey over Zoe. [WWD] More »
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Teen girls in Australia have been warned about drawing their phone numbers on their backs while sunbathing in order to meet boys. A group of Sydneysiders between the ages of 14 and 15 got national attention when they were photographed by a local paper with their numbers painted in zinc cream on their lower backs. The local police commander says the behavior is "risky" and "inviting trouble," while a campaigner for young women calls the behavior "trashy." [Daily Mail] More »
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