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"Having it All" and "Lean IN", are the new hot ticket buzz words these days coming from Sheryl Sandberg's, Facebook’s COO, latest book Lean In. In my view Sandberg gives us some insightful observations and misses some fundamentals.

If this police officer is not the embodiment of every Prince Charming fantasy any woman has ever had — handsome, in uniform, generous, stepping in to put shoes on someone's feet (ahem, glass slipper) — then we don't know who is.  Recently, an NYPD officer took the vow to 'protect and serve' to a new and swoon-alicious level. It was a blistery cold evening in the Big Apple, and Larry DePrimo — a hardcore hottie if we've ever seen one — happened to notice an elderly, barefooted homeless man.

Family problems can be difficult to manage at any time, but during the holidays, the stress that surrounds them seems to be worse. All around us, we're bombarded by images of happy families and there seems to be a societal pressure for everyone to live up to these images. Sometimes though, that's just not possible to do.

It’s early November and Miranda feels her tension levels rising with each passing day.  The Holidays are approaching, and she dreads this time of year because she knows she’ll eventually have to see her Mother-in-law.  Miranda doesn’t exactly know why her relationship with her Mother-in-law is strained, but whenever she sees them, she seems to make it abundantly clear that Miranda is not part of their family.  For example, even though she’s been married to her husband Sean for eleven years, whenever there’s a family photo taken, her Mother-in-

This is the image from anti-gay marriage protests in France that many will remember above all others: two young women kissing in the middle of angry demonstrators.

Laina Walker, the famous face of the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme, shares her story about how the whole Internet phenomenon blew up and how she hopes to use comedy for a good cause.

I stood on the swim platform at the stern of the Sea Satin, a 36-foot Dutch Steel ocean cruiser, shivering, teeth chattering with the frigid 60° F water of the English Channel lapping over my feet and ankles. I was wearing only my navy blue speedo swim suit, white silicone cap and green tinted goggles.

In what is possibly the most heartwarming story of the week, an entire community in Michigan has come out in support of a bullied teen.

It's one of Romania's more colorful customs: bride-napping. And the tradition of snatching the bride from under the nose of groom and guests with the wedding party in full swing is getting bigger, brasher and an increasingly common sight in the Romanian capital, the Balkans' undisputed party town.

Brigham Young, Joseph Smith's successor as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had a tremendous number of wives.

There's nothing wrong with being attracted to women in uniform, but don't take it this far.

Women who want the federal government to advance the rights of women to go topless anywhere that men can — at a beach, pool, gym, yoga class — will bare their breasts and celebrate "Go Topless Day," an annual event that takes place the last Sunday in August in cities all over the U.S. and the world.

A lab tech at Georgia Health Sciences University may have engaged in too much monkey business.

Why are we so taken by Maria Louise Del Rosario's choice of tattoo placement? Is it because we cringe at the presumed pain and feel like we have to share our collective "ouch" in a social media reflex? Is it because we all still like to say "anus" (it is a fun word), kind of an ode to our inner 12-year-old? Or is it because (for some) the anus still remains one of the last sexual roads less often traveled?

Maria Louise Del Rosario made an ass of herself last weekend when she got an anal tattoo on camera.

A 43-year-old naval submarine commander found himself in over his head in an extramarital affair, and faked his own death to end the romance, according to military authorities.