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One Tax Preparer Doubles as a Sex Worker, The Other Does Psychic Readings

By David MoyeApr 15th 2011 – 7:40AM
Corbis

Corbis

Most of Lydia Tinker's customers come to her because she does a great tax return, but some come back because they want a psychic reading. For the past 35 years, Tinker, a licensed tax preparer in La Mesa, Calif., has offered psychic readings from the spirit world to her customers, many of whom would simply be happy with a...

Murderer Wins Brazil's 'Miss Jail' Contest as Prison Pageants Gain Popularity

By Matthew HallApr 5th 2011 – 5:33PM
Europics/CEN

Europics/CEN

In a country known for its beauty -- both natural and human -- it appears that even Brazil's convicted killers are easy on the eye. A prison in Recife, a city in the state of Pernambuco, recently held its inaugural Miss Jail pageant to join a growing global list of contests for beauties behind bars. "It's flattering that...

'Community' Star Donald Glover Sets Twitter Afire With Candid Shots of Couple Having Sex in a Bank

Apr 3rd 2011 – 5:20PM
Donald Glover / Twitpic

Donald Glover / Twitpic

What stories went viral last week? Here's a roundup from BuzzFeed. The final week of March has come and gone and spring is in the air. For some, that means it's time to have sex in public. No, really. The week began with Community star Donald Glover tweeting these candid shots of a couple getting intimate inside a Bank of...

Study: Sex Increases Heart Attack Risk for Lazy People

By David MoyeMar 24th 2011 – 7:40AM
Getty Images

Getty Images

If you sit on your butt most of the time, this news may make you break out in a sweat: Sporadic bursts of sex or exercise can increase the risk of a heart attack. Dr. Issa Dahabreh and Dr. Jessica Paulus, researchers at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, made this discovery after reviewing 10 studies investigating physical...

'I Love Sex' License Plates Drive Kazakh Traffic Police Wild

Mar 20th 2011 – 8:31AM

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) - Traffic police in a southern Kazakhstan city have complained of a rising tide of motorists replacing their license plates with signs reading "I Love Sex." Online news channel Mir reported Friday that one of them, a 19-year old motorist in Kyzyl-Orda, was fined $1,000 for pinning the provocative...

sex News From the Web

  • 06/04/12 THE BIG READ: Would men be up to it? Source: Times Live - South Africa One of his responses was on rights, and how no right in the constitution trumps another.
  • 06/03/12 Sex determination tests happen not only in India but... Source: The Economic Times - India In mid-April, a reproductive clinic's ad appeared in a newspaper for the Indo-Canadian community in British Columbia, inviting readers to "create the family you want, boy or girl, for family balancing" with the help of pre-conception sex selection.
  • 06/02/12 Herald on Sunday Editorial: Putting the spin on bad... Source: New Zealand Herald When governments make unpalatable changes, it's always best to do so straight-up.
  • 06/02/12 Eunuchs demand equality, special privileges Source: Sify New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Members from the transgender and eunuch community Saturday came together, demanding equality and special privileges for themselves to live with dignity in society.
  • 06/02/12 Human Evolution From Promiscuity to Monogamy: The... Source: Big Think Researchers say the transition from promiscuity to pair bonding among couples occurred with the faithful woman mating with a man of a lower rank physically, but ranked higher when it came to providing stability.

Background on sex

In biology, sexual reproduction is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety, each known as a sex.

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