While it may seem that summer began with the Gosselin divorce and ended with Michael Jackson's burial, Memorial Day and Labor Day are what actually mark the bookends of traditional summer.

Certainly a lot happened in Celebrity Love land in between, and some of the most gobsmacking shockers came from the world of politics—where conflict is all in a day's work. YourTango's Celebrity Editor Kristine Gasbarre (independently registered, for the record) has highlighted the best of the worst for you. As we kiss this summer goodbye, we can thank these politicans' slip-ups for … Read More

Levi Johnston is burning the last of his bridges with the Palin camp.

In an interview with Vanity Fair (on stands September 8), Johnston spills the beans on Sarah Palin's worry that her teenage daughter Bristol's pregnancy would hurt her campaign for Vice President. Huffington Post via Vanity Fair quotes Johnston with the following:

Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I … Read More

AlaskaReport.com reported on Saturday that Sarah Palin was divorcing from her husband Todd. The report stated that at Sarah's governor farewell speech last weekend, she didn't speak to Todd and hustled out of the venue without him. Alaska Report sources had stated that weeks before, Sarah had stopped wearing her wedding band, and other reports suggested that she had purchased land in Montana and was moving there, possibly without Todd. Why Sarah Palin's First Dude Drives Women Wild

Sources close to the Palins (such as a former staffer) have affirmed the divorce buzz … Read More

From the franchise that's given us glimpses into the lives of (debatably "real") housewives in Orange County, New York, New Jersey and Atlanta, comes The Real Housewives of D.C.

That's right. Bravo is headed to Washington in search of real women who are more than willing to air their dirty laundry and domestic dysfunction for all to see. Read: The Real Housewives Report Card: Who Gets An "A"?

"Bravo is scouting the D.C. area to identify the city's alluring and discriminating residents, those women who have their pulse on the most important cultural events, political … Read More

Not since the phrase "business casual" has there been such a commotion over what a woman wears to the boardroom. Just as we were getting used to the idea of a pantsuit, our male counterparts were kicking back in khaki pants and button-downs

Now the tables are turning again as flattering, affordable style replaces buttoned-up "wife wear."

"Powerful women no longer need to prove their strength by dressing shoulder to padded shoulder with men," exclaimed the New York Times recently when commenting on the types of outfits usually worn by first wives.

"Political wives in particular have had their … Read More

We were forwarded a heart-breaking story from yesterday’s Washington Post and thought we’d share. What’s the scariest thing that can happen to a parent? Not college tuition. Having your kids taken away from you, right? Recovering taken kids is the stuff of epics and apparently most of the plot of the show Lost. A couple in DC is just barely starting to recover from the shock of having their twin daughters taken from them by child services.

And now the back story; the DC couple’s nightmare began with a bump on … Read More

For spouses married to presidential campaign staffers, the fight for the American Dream has never hit so close to home. Like a handful of other spouses, I have sacrificed over a year of my marriage for a campaign. Only I am the one needing the guts, while it seems my husband gets all the glory. I am the wife of a senior staffer on the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

For thirteen months, I have gone to sleep alone, watched TIVO fill up with programs he'll never have time to watch, and attended family events at my sons' schools as a … Read More

If you're looking for love, you might try flying to the city known for the brotherly sort—Philly—and hope for a layover. According to a new survey by Axe Deodorant, Philadelphia International Airport is part commuter hub, part hook-up joint, and tops the list of American airports where people tend to get more than a friendly nod from a gate agent. The survey attributes this airport's high "connection" rate with the longest and most frequent flight delays, but the saving grace is that idle passengers can cool their jets in one of the airport's 16 bars … Read More