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Shopaholic Shift: Study Shows Men Spend More than Women

Fellas, don’t even try to complain the next time your girlfriends drag you to the mall. We now know that you secretly like to tag along. According to research from British firm Npower, modern men spend more money on impulse buys than women do. Well, at least they do in Britain. A poll of 2,000

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Fashion Friday: Black Bar Sunglasses and Other Style Scoop

NewsFeed’s Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion. Self Censorship. These “Embarrassing Photo Protective Sunglasses” let you look like those tacky women who have their eyes blacked out in magazines. For those of you who want to label yourself a loser. [BoingBoing] Talented and Thoughtful. Justin Bieber says his

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Former Teammate Tyler Hamilton Alleges Lance Armstrong Used Drugs

This is beginning to get as repetitive as the sport of cycling itself. Tyler Hamilton, a former team-mate of Lance Armstrong, is the latest to claim that the legendary seven-time Tour de France winner, as with Hamilton himself, took the performance-enhancing drug EPO. “I saw [EPO] in his refrigerator… I saw him inject it more

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Is Normal Beer Too Manly For You? Carlsberg Develops ‘Gender Neutral’ Brand

Scandinavia is no stranger to gender equality in the boardroom. But now Danish brewer Carlsberg is putting the ale into female with its new gender neutral beer. The beer ensures lager loving ladies (and their metro-sexual counterparts) won’t get left behind. And with its sleek design and “natural ingredients” of wheat malt and rice, who can resist? Dubbed

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Well, That Didn’t Take Long: Here Come the Royal Wedding Knockoff Dresses

Less than one month after the royal wedding, retailers have produced knockoffs of Kate and Pippa Middleton’s gowns. (via Windsor Knot) ABS by Allen Schwartz, the retailer famous for turning around Oscar dresses overnight, has produced three dresses from the April 29 event: both of Kate’s wedding gowns, as well as Pippa’s maid of honor

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DSK’s Wife Will Stay: 7 Women Who’ve Stood By Their Men

At times, marriage is just like a country song.

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Speedy Soccer Moms: Ferrari Hatchback Hitting the Market

One of the world’s most iconic sports car makers has taken a turn for the family-friendly and made a hatchback. After German car maker Porsche came out with the Panamera, Ferrari ended up designing a sports car with family in mind. The Ferrari FF — which stands for “four seats, four-wheel drive,” sells for $300,000.

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Why You Can’t Get a Medium-Rare Burger in North Carolina

No raw meat for you! That’s the current rule for restaurant patrons in North Carolina. In an effort to make sure everyone knows the proper way to kill all possible bacteria, the state has regulated for over a decade now that restaurants can’t serve beef rare or medium rare. But is Big Brother going to

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Iowa High School to Send Automated Wake-Up Calls to Tardy Students

There’s nothing more pleasing to a 15-year-old than a 6:30 a.m. wake-up call. And this one comes straight from their high school. Have trouble getting up and at ‘em? Around 250 students at Marshalltown High School, in Marshalltown, Iowa, will be getting a nice little reminder bright and early each morning. Maybe students will thank

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The World’s ‘New’ Oldest Woman: Brazil’s Maria Gomes Valentim, 114

At 114 years and 313 days, Maria Gomes Valentim now holds the Guinness World Record for Oldest Living Person, the organization announced Wednesday. Born on July 9, 1896, the Brazilian woman is 48 days older than the former record-holder. She was married in 1913 and has been widowed for over half a century, but has

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