A Portland woman is suing Walmart and a shampoo manufacturer, saying they ruined the Rapunzel-like locks she'd been cultivating since childhood with their shitty dandruff shampoo. She wants $10,000 for her suffering and also to buy some new hair.
Utopian visions aside, I think we can all agree this was always the ultimate destiny for Bitcoin: "Tits for Bitcoin," a webcam business catering specifically to those looking for ways to spend their virtual currency.
In order to find the man who raped a 16-year-old girl on her school campus, investigators have issued subpoenas to over 500 male students and staff members of Fenelon Notre-Dame High School for their DNA samples.
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In this age of ubiquitous smartphones, sexually explicit text messages are a vital part of the average American's arsenal of raunch. However, it seems a lot of you people are lying liars, just making shit up to turn your partner's crank.
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Everyone loves to complain about the great late-20s baby boom and the Facebook takeover that follows. But it turns out that the great infant plague is maybe, just a little bit, all in your head.
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The average amount American teens and their parents expect to spend on prom has dropped this year—to a mere $978.
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For all too many teenagers, America's current sexual education is tantamount to shutting the barn door after the horse has already gotten out. According to a new report from the CDC, anyway.
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Though the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency says pregnant women should rarely be held at detention facilities, Fusion has been keeping track of individuals who are being detained and far more of them are pregnant than ICE would like to admit.
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Seems years of tacky gowns and pricey bachelorettes have finally borne fruit, and now there's a bunch of of women who frankly aren't very interested in being a bridesmaid, thank you very much. But there's still hope! You can totally say no.
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The ACLU is plunging its hands into the enormous pile of tulle, glitter and buttercream that is the modern American wedding. Specifically, the organization is cutting checks to five gay couples living in states where same-sex marriage is illegal, to contribute to the cost of getting hitched.
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Though all possible ways to feel about pubic hair have already been exhaustedly outlined, it appears that all possible options for ways to actually groom one's own pubic hair have not. Enter: "the full-bush Brazilian."
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Because at least a few people have lives like Yolanda Foster of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and her spawn, the New York Post reports that increasing numbers of parents are touting the healing power of juice – for themselves and for their children.
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Despite the monstrous snowstorm currently hovering off the eastern seaboard, spring is so very, very close. But winter is determined to leave us with one last parting shot, like a guest taking a massive dump in your bathroom before walking out the door. So allergy season is going to be particularly horrible this year.
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Thanks to ubiquitous camera phones, selfies—like 'em or loathe 'em—are now simply standard Internet operating procedure. No doubt *yours* are empowering and totally not irritating to your friends and followers. But it seems that, combined with something like body dysmorphic disorder, selfies can be more harm than help. …
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Ready to feel even more paranoid about your work wardrobe? Turns out giving zero fucks about conforming in the workplace can have a social upside—but only if you deviate in precisely the right ways.
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After being bilked out of more than $70,000 by a phony he met on OkCupid, a New York man is suing the dating website in an attempt to recoup his monetary losses. His dignity he'll just have to write off.
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Though documented cases of HIV transmission between women aren't common, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that such an instance did occur in Houston in 2012.
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Feeling a little cranky this morning? Well, your Facebook friends and Twitter feed probably aren't helping.
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After years of legal wrangling, a Texas school district has coughed up a $77,500 settlement to a former student, who was allegedly outed to her mother by a pair of softball coaches.
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It's pretty common to hear viral tales of restaurant customers unnecessarily invoking Jesus in their tiffs with waitstaff. Well, one pastor has become so embarrassed with his fellow Christians that he started a website just for waiters to complain about the bad behavior of the church crowd.
