Soul legend Isaac Hayes dies (News) 25 discussions Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.. Tags: Religion, Isaac Hayes, Entertainment Awards, Walt Disney Company, Shelby County Sheriff\s Department, Royalty, Music Charts, Pop Rock Music, Culture Lifestyle, Scientology, Steve Shular, Grammy Awards, Soul Music, Memphis, Music, Entertainment, Musi
	Study: 1 in 4 teen girls has an STD (News) 22 discussions At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group. Tags: Pediatrics, Culture Lifestyle, John Douglas, Parenting, American Academy Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control Prevention, Chlamydia, Human Papillomavirus, Cervical Cancer, Sexuality, Relationships, Obstetrics Gynecology, Sexual Reproductive H
	Gary Gygax, Dungeons & Dragons creator, dies (News) 16 discussions Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69. Tags: Games, Culture Lifestyle, Gary Gygax, Hobbies Pastimes, Dave Arneson, Lake Geneva, Dungeons & Dragons, Gail Gygax, Video Games, Milwaukee
	Doctors untangle the strange case of the giant hairball (News) 15 discussions It may not be the most appetizing reading before a hearty holiday meal, but the New England Journal of Medicine is devoting part of its Thanksgiving issue to a giant hairball -- and not the feline kin.. Tags: Chicago, Illinois, Holidays, Culture Lifestyle, Rush University Medical Center, New England Journal Medicine, Ronald Levy
	Men want hot women, study confirms (News) 13 discussions Science is confirming what most women know: When given the choice for a mate, men go for good looks. Tags: Sciences, National Academy Sciences, Indiana University, Science Technology, Relationships, Culture Lifestyle, Munich, Dating, Peter Todd, Germany
	Bears eat man at beer festival (News) 12 discussions A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in the bear cage of Belgrade Zoo at the weekend during the annual beer festival. Tags: Science Technology, Beverages, Technology, Electronics, Food Cooking, Communications Products, Belgrade Zoo, Culture Lifestyle, Beer
	Church ordered to pay $10.9 million for funeral protest (News) 12 discussions A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals in the belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's t.. Tags: Sexuality, Culture Lifestyle, GLBT Issues, Richard Bennett, York (Pennsylvania), Iraq, Civil Trials, Albert Snyder, Armed Forces, Kansas, Matthew Snyder, Trials, Maryland, Rebecca Phelps-Davis, Relationships, War Conflict, Special Interest Groups, Ira
	Boy, 5, doused in gas, set on fire by masked men (News) 11 discussions Five-year-old Youssif is scarred for life, his once beautiful smile turned into a grotesquely disfigured face -- the face of a horrifying act by masked men. They grabbed him on a January day outside h.. Tags: Baghdad, Family, Iraq, Parenting, Culture Lifestyle
	Teens charged in 'Mortal Kombat' killing (News) 9 discussions Two teens have been charged with killing the 7-year-old sister of one of them by beating her with imitations of moves from the "Mortal Kombat" video game, prosecutors said. Tags: Games, Margie Martinez, Culture Lifestyle, Criminal Sentencing Punishment, Heather Trujillo, Hobbies Pastimes, Lamar Roberts, Video Games, Robert D. Miller, Zoe Garcia, Crime, Weld County, Child Abuse
	Artist defiantly draws Prophet Mohammed (News) 8 discussions Swedish artist Lars Vilks says all he's doing is taking a stand in the name of artistic expression. But because of that stand, on this afternoon he's lying low -- on the ground, in fact -- looking for.. Tags: Iran, Books, Terrorism, Media, Al Qaeda, War Conflict, Nerikes Allehanda, Pakistan, Denmark, Lars Vilks, Sweden, Graphic Novels Comics, Religion, Prophet Muhammad, Culture Lifestyle, Islam
	Drinking stories that put yours to shame (News) 8 discussions Turns out, the best drinking stories in history are actually, well, historical. So raise a glass to your forefathers and marvel at these tales. Tags: Henry Hudson, Edward Russell, Horatio Nelson, Culture Lifestyle, Food Cooking, Telegraph Group Ltd., Manhattan, Wildlife, Spain, Mammals, Beer, Liquor Spirits, Nature Environment, London, Beverages, United Kingdom, New York, Malaga
	Children's foreheads slashed in Muslim saint's name (News) 7 discussions The 6-year-old boy screamed and shook his head to avoid the razor blade. But his father held him firmly as Hajj Khodor parted the boy's black hair and sliced his forehead three times with the blade. Tags: Iraq Lebanon Customs and Traditions Islam Saudi Arabia Pakistan Iran India Arts, Culture and Entertainment
	American killed at Games was coach's father-in-law (News) 7 discussions A Chinese man wielding a knife stabbed an American couple in central Beijing on Saturday, killing the man and seriously wounding the woman before jumping to his death from an ancient tower, said U.S. .. Tags: Politics, United States Olympic Committee, Hangzhou, Beijing, Indoor Volleyball, George W. Bush, U.S. Politics, United States, Tourism, Relationships, Sports, Culture Lifestyle, Todd Bachman, Barbara Bachman, U.S. Government, Dale Bachman, China, Olympi
	Bears eat man at beer festival (News) 6 discussions A 23-year old Serb was found dead and half-eaten in the bear cage of Belgrade Zoo at the weekend during the annual beer festival. Tags: Science Technology, Beverages, Technology, Electronics, Food Cooking, Communications Products, Belgrade Zoo, Culture Lifestyle, Beer
	Iowa court rules same-sex couples can marry (News) 6 discussions An Iowa district court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples can marry based on the state constitution's guarantee of equal treatment, court documents show. Tags: Gay Lesbian Relationships, Special Interest Groups, Polk County, Trials, Lambda Legal Defense Education Fund, Culture Lifestyle, Iowa, Marriage, GLBT Issues, Robert Hanson, Civil Trials, Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa District Court, Dennis Johnson, Relat
	Germany moves to ban Scientology (News) 6 discussions Germany's top security officials said Friday they consider the goals of the Church of Scientology to be in conflict with the principles of the nation's constitution and will seek to ban the organizati.. Tags: Human Rights Policy, Germany, Los Angeles, L. Ron Hubbard, U.S. Department State, Religion, Espionage Intelligence, Politics, Sabine Weber, Culture Lifestyle, Tom Cruise, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Ehrhart Koerting, Political Policy, Church Scientology,
	Sex takes 3 to 13 minutes, study says (News) 6 discussions Maybe men had it right all along: It doesn't take long to satisfy a woman in bed. Tags: Society for Sex Therapy Research, Sexuality, Marianne Brandon, Relationships, Annapolis (Maryland), United States, Psychology, Irwin Goldstein, Social Behavioral Sciences, Canada, Eric Corty, Culture Lifestyle, Science Technology, Jenay Guardiani,
	California ban on same-sex marriage struck down (News) 6 discussions The California Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage Thursday, saying sexual orientation, like race or gender, "does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny .. Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, U.S. State Government, Relationships, U.S. Supreme Court, Elections Voting, U.S. Politics, Gay Lesbian Relationships, San Francisco, Massachusetts, U.S. Presidential Election, Culture Lifestyle, California, Gavin Newsom, U.S. Gove
	Ancient boy's skeleton sparks evolution debate (News) 5 discussions Deep in the dusty, unlit corridors of Kenya's national museum, locked away in a plain-looking cabinet, is one of mankind's oldest relics: Turkana Boy, as he is known, the most complete skeleton of a p.. Tags: Kenya Bioterrorism Science Technology Applied Sciences Richard Leakey Mary Leakey United States Europe Arts, Culture Entertainment
	Man dies after 3-day gaming binge (News) 5 discussions A man in southern China appears to have died of exhaustion after a three-day Internet gaming binge, state media said Monday. Tags: Hobbies Pastimes, China, Games, United States, Beijing, Guangzhou, Culture Lifestyle
	:-) turns 25 (News) 5 discussions It was a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon. Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Language Linguistics, Stanford University, Higher Education, Science Technology, University Maryland, Clifford Nass, Scott Fahlman, Carnegie Mellon University, Sciences, Colleges Universities, Education, Culture Lifestyle, Florida I
	Italian musician uncovers hidden music in Da Vinci's 'Last Supper' (News) 5 discussions It's a new Da Vinci code, but this time it could be for real. Tags: Culture Lifestyle, Italy, Milan, Entertainment, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Music, Mary Magdalene, Religion, Leonardo Da Vinci, Musica Celata, Alessandro Vezzosi
	Last surviving U.S. World War I vet honored by president (News) 5 discussions Frank Woodruff Buckles was just 15 years old when he joined the U.S. Army. Soon, he was deployed to war and headed overseas on the Carpathia -- the same ship used in the rescue mission of the Titanic. Tags: World History, Bethesda, Washington, DC, History, U.S. Army, David DeJonge, United States, Frank Woodruff Buckles, Culture Lifestyle, Pentagon, West Virginia, France, World War I, Military Defense Policy, Political Policy, Armed Forces, Maryland, Ge
	Vatican lists new sinful behaviors (News) 5 discussions A Vatican official has listed drugs, pollution and genetic manipulations as well as social and economic injustices as new areas of sinful behavior. Tags: Greg Apparcel, United Nations, Biology, Culture Lifestyle, Pope Gregory, Vatican, Science Technology, United States, Roman Catholicism, Genetics, Religion, Sciences, Gianfranco Girotti, Christianity, Life Sciences, Antonio Pelayo
	Study: Single parents cost taxpayers $112 billion (News) 5 discussions Divorce and out-of-wedlock childbearing cost U.S. taxpayers more than $112 billion a year, according to a study commissioned by four groups advocating more government action to bolster marriages. Tags: Ben Scafidi, Pamela Smock, United States, Tim Smeeding, Focus Family Action Inc., Culture Lifestyle, Georgia College & State University, University Michigan, Syracuse University, David Blankenhorn, Marriage, Georgia Family Council, Political Policy

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