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A student in New Zealand has auctioned her virginity to a stranger for almost $31,900 to help fund her university tuition fees. The 19-year-old offered her virginity to the highest bidder in an online auction on the www.ineed.co.nz Web site after she found herself desperate for money. The...

You know someone had to do it, to make it a precedent. While scouring the Internet today for interesting topics, I happened upon a collection of strange American laws involving the practice of sex, so I thought I'd share one that I found especially delightful. It is illegal for any member of the...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An undercover officer posing as a prostitute in Alabama tried more than once to run off a 13-year-old boy who asked her for sex, but police say the teen insisted and had to be arrested. Authorities in Mobile said Wednesday the teenager has been charged with a misdemeanor count...

So among other places that I frequent I fond a oddity, The pop sensation Justin Bieber is to have a world tour, and there is a vote to send him to a certain country. Well as it stands the trolls of the internet, has decided they want to send him to North Korea. As it stands it looks like it's going...

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=488214&gt1=28103 Teehee, now this is funny. "Mommy Mommy, why is that snake in the grass?"

I had to hunt around to find the full clip for this after I seen it on one of our local news sites today, and after seeing it and having a good giggle at the Host of Argentina's Dancing With The Stars I thought I would share it with a group of people who I know would find the funny side of it... ...

'Spartacus' star Andy Whitfield dies, aged 39 The Welsh-Australian actor, who played the title role in the first season of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, passed away on Sunday in Sydney after suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Whitfield's wife Vashti called her husband a "beautiful young...

A Miss Universe contestant has been reprimanded by pageant bosses after going commando at official appearances. Catalina Robayo, who is competing as Miss Colombia, has been warned to dress more appropriately in future. Pictures of the 22-year-old wearing a short red dress without underwear at...

Published : Monday, 06 Jul 2009, 7:45 PM CDT By MIKE BRODY (MYFOX NATIONAL) - A New Zealand teenager tried to sell sexy pictures of his mother on an online auction site last week, according to the Melbourne Herald Sun . After the mother and son reportedly had an argument, the 18-year-old boy...

A New York mom who said her botched boob job left her looking like she had four breasts was awarded $3.5 million for pain and suffering, the New York Post reported Thursday. "I hope this will give other women in the same position the courage to come forward," said Maria Alaimo, 47. Related...

----------------------------------------------------------------------- I can see this leading to more husbands, and wives, being sued now lol Imagine it: "Oh, when we married, she promised to go down on me every day, and she failed on her commitment" or "We were saving our first time...

I have only had the time in the last few days to start catching up was I surprised not to see any threads on the tragic events is everybody asleep

Polanski arrested in connection with rape charge In 1977 Polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl Oscar winner was en route to Zurich Film Festival, which was honoring him Polanski won Oscar for best writing for "Rosemary's Baby," which he directed ...

Best wishes to all our Kiwi members, their families and their fellow countryman. Hope all is well there. Last I heard there were no fatalities. You guy dodged a bullet on this one. James3T, when you're back on, maybe you can give us the latest.

The French have a certain flair for some things, but Renault have been inspired to get people to strip off to win a car. All you have to do is film yourself stripping off down to your underwear (no nudity) in 12 seconds. There is some quite amazing footage of people doing this in places like...

Recently, we discussed Creation here, the movie about Darwin that was having trouble finding an American distributor (which, BTW, it finally did). As we speak, Fred Thompson and Brian Dennehy are on location, shooting yet another version of the Scopes Monkey trial. For the uninitiated the trial...

FRom the NineMSN news service; made me laugh. i just love the way everybody in the article assumes it's the man's fault! Hot on the heels of the cougar, sex therapists say a new brand of liberated women has emerged — sex-starved wives who are standing up for their needs in the bedroom. ...

I've always known that Australia was a massive place. But, I just read a story about this years unusually heavy summer rains. The flooding has forced the evacuation of entire towns, and affected an area the size of Germany and France COMBINED! Really hoping all our Aussie friends are all right....

My generation was the last to receive the Small Pox vaccine. After that, no one has for all practical purposes the disease has disappeared, except that it is in some labs of certain countries. Small Pox is not a threat to the population which has been vaccinated or the few people who are fortunate...

Newly released files show expansive probe aimed at halting cultural shift updated 12:18 p.m. CT, Fri., June 19, 2009 MIAMI - Newly released FBI files show agents across the country and at the highest level of the agency investigated “Deep Throat” — the 1972 porn movie, not the shadowy Watergate...

Sad news about Les Paul the master guitarist, we think some should go on forever. I listened to Les Paul & Mary Ford in the 50s, loved their music. Especially since the Nazis banned most overseas bands. Once all that was gone, a new world of music and art opened up. It is good to have an open...

By Emily Sohn updated 9/12/2010 7:19:03 PM ET Swimming in a chlorinated pool may increase your risk of developing cancer, suggest a new suite of studies, which identified more than 100 chemical byproducts in pools that use chlorine as a disinfectant. The work is too preliminary to...

Pretty interesting - especially last section. You may already be aware of this information but a good reminder anyway..... Johns Hopkins Update - Very Good Article AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS...