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Ross McMakin was arrested for DUI in Corvallis, Oregon — wearing a mugshot shirt that read 'Drunk As Shit.' Twice the legal limit, a parked car, and a very

April 8, 2014 · 1 min read

There are actors who desperately seek your notice. And then there are the very few whom you cannot help but notice – even if they are as still as the…

March 31, 2014 · 5 min read

Nassau County DA busted a $2M counterfeit health-and-beauty operation run by brothers Pardeep Malik and Hamant Mullick — fake ChapStick, baby oil, Vicks,

March 10, 2014 · 1 min read

I am not a big fan of the ‘Supernatural’ genre in movies. Mainly because, when the key to the central plot of a story is a supernatural event, it closes the…

February 27, 2014 · 6 min read

A 2014 Garvan Institute study found shivering and moderate exercise both trigger irisin release, nudging white fat toward energy-burning brown fat.

February 5, 2014 · 1 min read

A simple eye-makeup playbook: the products worth spending on, a no-drama daily routine, and one rule for balancing bold eyes with the rest of your face.

February 5, 2014 · 1 min read

Chubbiness, Japan's plus-size girl band: ten marshmallow girls chosen from 3,500 auditionees in 2013 as a pushback against the industry's worship of thinness.

February 4, 2014 · 1 min read

Dream interpretation is pop psychology, not settled science — but the classic readings of five common dreams run from Freud to the modern dream dictionary.

February 3, 2014 · 2 min read

Since before I earned my first personal training certification in 1995, the stability ball has been an integral part of rehabilitating the human body and…

December 11, 2013 · 2 min read

The traveler sees what he sees; the tourist sees what he has come to see. A quiz and a reflection on how to actually experience a new place.

November 20, 2013 · 2 min read

From a fit-at-60 Pinky Roshan to a 72-year-old doing push-ups: age is just a number, and exercise works at every stage of life.

October 22, 2013 · 1 min read

In 2013, NYC's mayoral race put Eid, Diwali, and Lunar New Year on the school-calendar agenda. Here's what the debate was — and how it ended.

October 21, 2013 · 2 min read

Want kids who love reading? Let them read what they love — research shows fiction builds empathy and creative thinking, and habit starts early.

October 16, 2013 · 2 min read

The 'Chai, Chat with Books' club reviews Gone Girl: Gillian Flynn's devilish thriller of a marriage gone bad, deceit, and two narrators you can't trust.

October 15, 2013 · 3 min read

A toy Barbie Jeep got a mock parking ticket for blocking a neighbor's driveway — and the 2013 story became a Rorschach test for neighborhood culture.

October 7, 2013 · 1 min read

Leo Grand, a homeless man in NYC, chose coding lessons over $100 cash — and built his first app. The inspiring story was real, and more complicated than the

September 26, 2013 · 1 min read

In 2013 Tylenol added red caps warning of liver damage from acetaminophen overdose. Here's why the most common household painkiller can be dangerous.

September 22, 2013 · 2 min read

Two bizarre drunk incidents in Sweden, reported in 2013: a man caught urinating on fruit in a supermarket, and another who peed on pizzas a year earlier.

September 22, 2013 · 1 min read

An Indian-origin teacher at Manford Primary School in the UK went into labor in her classroom and delivered her baby boy, Jonah, with colleagues' help.

September 17, 2013 · 1 min read

A practical packing guide for travelers: match clothing to weather, carry the essentials, pack for your trip length — and travel light.

September 16, 2013 · 3 min read