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WTF Is Sexual Jihad & Why Are Women Doing It?

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“Three Malaysian women have allegedly travelled to the Middle East as “comfort women” for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters, according to senior intelligence officials. Jihad Al-Nikah, or sexual jihad, refers to women joining the jihad by offering sex to fighters to boost their morale. “These women …

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How Your Income Affects Your Weight (Study)

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“Poor people—and poor women in particular—are more likely to be overweight and obese. But what makes the obesity epidemic such a tough problem to solve is that the poorest Americans are also less likely to use proven weight-loss strategies, relying instead on quick fixes like diet pills. For a new …

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Powerful Twists On Ice Bucket Challenge

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“Social media websites have been deluged with videos of people dumping buckets of ice water on their heads as part of a global awareness campaign for the disease ALS. But as the campaign has gone viral, people in some of the Arab world’s hot spots have modified the challenge to …

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Unacceptable Shirt Design “Exterminated” by Zara

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“The navy-and-white striped “sheriff shirt” behind the clothing controversy features horizontal stripes and a six-pointed gold star. “The design of the shirt was inspired uniquely by the sheriff’s star in the classic movies about the American West, as the text (on the website) states,” a spokesperson for Inditex, which owns …

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Rick Perry Mug Shot Now Available In All Sizes

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“Rick Perry has put his mug shot on T-shirts. It’s true: His aides were handing them out in New Hampshire during the Texas governor’s weekend visit to the first-in-the-nation primary state. Governor Perry’s political-action committee is selling them, too. “Get yours for $25 today!” boasts RickPAC on its contribution page …

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Do We Live In An Overly Narcissistic World?

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“I would like to dedicate this article about narcissism to a very special person: me. This decision was not made lightly—only after I determined that there was no one else so incandescent, so charming, so wittily expert in the field of personality disorders as the one who appears in my …

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How To Decrease Overdose Deaths

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“A new study suggests that medical marijuana could provide some relief from the national epidemic of prescription painkiller overdoses, which kills more Americans each year than car crashes do. States with medical marijuana laws on the books saw 24.8 percent fewer deaths from painkiller overdoses compared to states that didn’t …

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