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Poll Reveals 34% of Moms Have Had an Affair Since Having Children

By Lolita Carrico

affair A new study of women with young children, conducted jointly by Cookie magazine and AOL Body, reveals that 34 percent of moms report having had an affair since having children, and 48 percent suspect their husbands have had or are having an affair.

The survey, entitled "Sex and the American Mom," polled a nationwide group of more than 30,000 mothers with at least one child.

A whopping 34 percent of women admitted to having had an affair since having kids, and more than half (53 percent) said they have thought about it. Fifty-eight percent of women said they fantasize about sex with coworkers, delivery men, and other dads.

So tell us -- have you had an affair or would you?  

 

May 01, 2008

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More Disturbing News from Yearning for Zion Ranch

By Alison Singh Gee
ZionJust when you thought news from the Yearning from Zion Ranch couldn't get more disturbing, it does: Texas officials have told legislators they're looking at the possible sexual abuse of some young boys taken from the polygamist sect's ranch. Commissioner Carey Cockerell, in charge of the umbrella Department of Family and Protective Services, told lawmakers 41 children have evidence of broken bones.

To read more, click here.

April 30, 2008

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First size 16 model in Miss England final

By Alison Singh Gee

ChloePageant watchers in England are all abuzz about Chloe Marshall, the first plus-size contestant to be selected as a finalist for the Miss England competition. The 17-year old from Surrey has spoken of how proud she is of her curvy body. "I wanted to go through to the Miss England finals to break through the stereotype that you have to be tall and skinny," she says. Go, Chloe!

For more about Chloe, click here.

April 29, 2008

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Austrian Police Say Man Locked Up Daughter for 24 years

By Alison Singh Gee

The New York Times reports that a 73-year-old Austrian man kept his daughter locked in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her, three of whom never emerged into daylight from their prison until now.

Click here to read the whole story. 

April 28, 2008

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PETA Offers $1 Million Reward to First to Make In Vitro Meat

By Alison Singh Gee

PETA has come up with a fascinating proposition: They are offering $1 million to the first scientist who produces meat in the laboratory without killing animals -- i.e. using animal stem cells that would be placed in a medium to grow and reproduce, mimicking flesh that could be cooked and eaten. Read more here.

Scientists around the world are researching or seeking the funds to research ways to produce meat in the laboratory—without killing any animals. In vitro meat production would use animal stem cells that would be placed in a medium to grow and reproduce. The result would mimic flesh and could be cooked and eaten. Some promising steps have been made toward this technology, but we're still several years away from having in vitro meat be available to the general public.

PETA is now stepping in and offering a $1 million reward to the first scientist to produce and bring to market in vitro meat.

Why is PETA supporting this new technology? More than 40 billion chickens, fish, pigs, and cows are killed every year for food in the United States in horrific ways. Chickens are drugged to grow so large they often become crippled, mother pigs are confined to metal cages so small they can't move, and fish are hacked apart while still conscious—all to feed America's meat addiction. In vitro meat would spare animals from this suffering. In addition, in vitro meat would dramatically reduce the devastating effects the meat industry has on the environment.

Of course, humans don't need to eat meat at all—vegetarians are less likely to get heart disease, diabetes, or various types of cancer or become obese than meat-eaters are—and a terrific array of vegetarian mock meats already exist. But as many people continue to refuse to kick their meat addictions, PETA is willing to help them gain access to flesh that doesn't cause suffering and death.

Contest Details

PETA is offering a $1 million prize to the contest participant able to make the first in vitro chicken meat and sell it to the public by June 30, 2012. The contestant must do both of the following:

  • Produce an in vitro chicken-meat product that has a taste and texture indistinguishable from real chicken flesh to non-meat-eaters and meat-eaters alike.
  • Manufacture the approved product in large enough quantities to be sold commercially, and successfully sell it at a competitive price in at least 10 states.

Judging of taste and texture will be performed by a panel of 10 PETA judges, who will sample the in vitro chicken prepared using a fried "chicken" recipe from VegCooking.com. The in vitro chicken must get a score of at least 80 when evaluated in order to win the prize. Click here to read the complete contest rules, or e-mail to enter.

In the meantime, check out VegCooking.com for delicious, healthy mock-meat recommendations and thousands of tasty, animal-friendly recipes.

April 25, 2008

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