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Ohio's new congressional district map has thrust Reps. Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich, two veteran Democratic politicians who call themselves friends, into an awkward primary faceoff that both sides expect to be hard-fought. Already, the veneer of collegiality is beginning to fade.
Ever wonder what your friends see in you? It might just be themselves, according to new research published in the scientific social psychology journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.
Even during a lockout, the NBA still packs plenty of drawing power.
Perhaps no one feels more alone than when being wheeled into the operating room, but for many, that feeling continues on because there’s no one to provide care and support at home afterward.
They belittle and backbite and drive us batty with their soul-sucking behavior. Who are these hideous people? Our ... um ... friends, according to a joint survey conducted by TODAY.com and .
Close friends have been keeping vigil at a Michigan hospital for the Indiana basketball standout fighting for his life after surviving the second plane crash of his young life.
- An insurance policy taken out by a British Royal Marine killed in Afghanistan last year is paying for 32 friends to go on vacation in Las Vegas, a U.K. newspaper reported Monday.
With the click of a forwarded email, Rick Santorum let Sen. John Ensign know that the cuckolded husband of Ensign's mistress was going public.
A decade ago, I had an instant, molecular transformation. When after 22 hours of labor, followed by an emergency C-section (don’t ask), I saw my little schmushkie gazing at me with her global eyes, I had one stunning thought: My relationship to my mother, my father, my brother, my then-husband—certainly my friends — all changed. How could it be otherwise? My world was alchemically recast in that moment, and so was everything in it. Except for one essential friendship.
Mariah Carey took celebrating her pregnancy to a new level when she not only appeared nude on the covers of two gossip magazines — but also Tweeted a photo of her bare belly, painted with two butterflies. TMI? Maybe. Though she may be the most famous, she’s not the only mom-to-be broadcasting intimate details of her pregnancy to the world through social media. The latest trend in maternity oversharing is happening on YouTube. has dubbed the phenomenon — expectant moms, revealing their positive pregnancy tests in public video clips. And it doesn’t stop there. Many of the women who choose to record themselves dipping a stick their own urine and then post it for the world to see continue to vlog their pregnancy in weekly installments. From bump growth to cravings, it’s all out there. The explanation may lie in the state of pregnancy itself. “What is really unique to pregnancy is that you’re less inhibited about your body,” says Linda Perlman Gordon, a psychothera
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' chair sits empty as she recovers from a gunshot wound to the head, yet three friends are ensuring she still has a presence in Congress.
I've got bad news for you. You might be what Woody Allen calls the of paranoid. That is, you might be under the dangerous delusion that everyone likes you.
Once she was one-sixth of “Friends.” Now she is 100 percent Jennifer Aniston. Yet in the public’s mind, the math gets a little fuzzy.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' friends say it's nothing short of a miracle: Days after being shot in the head point-blank, the injured congresswoman opened an eye Wednesday for the first time.
Sardonic Matthew Perry has done quite few things since “Friends” ended and he stopped being Chandler Bing, but you wouldn’t know that from the questions he fields.
Facebook unveiled its e-mail strategy today, a revamped Messages service with facebook.com addresses, a conversation history that includes e-mail, social messages and SMS, and a "social inbox" that prioritizes friends and friends of friends to keep spam out of the picture. The service will also be implemented on Facebook's iPhone app.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — “Diaspora” is not a word I used before Katrina. In fact, I don’t even remember hearing it spoken on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in those days before the hurricane sucked our towns into the sea. That tragic phenomenon of displacement had no bearing on our lives — how could it? Our communities ran together along those 60 miles of coastline like a series of seaside Mayberrys. Connections between people seemed securely knotted, strands of pearls that shone with the luster of history and fellowship.
Spa pampering, dinner with the prime minister, speedy lines at the airport. These are just a few of the ways that Thailand is expressing thanks to a group of export customers it has designated "Thailand's Best Friends."
Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are telling friends they "grew apart" after 40 years of marriage and there was no affair involved.
If you are in the media enough, you recognize that the media lives for the next headline. "Facebook privacy"? What a great headline. We all care about privacy, right?
California prosecutors say a former Catholic prep school student who allegedly stole $18,000 of his family's money and spent it in a strip club conspired to stab his parents to death to steal their savings.
The lawmakers now investigating Toyota's recall include a senator who was so eager to lure the Japanese automaker to his state that he tramped along through fields as its executives scouted plant sites, and a congresswoman who owes much of her wealth to a Toyota supplier.
A month after a Utah mother of two small boys disappeared, Susan Powell’s friends have launched what they say is an unprecedented social media blitz in an effort to find her.
If Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg can't figure out his social networking site's privacy settings after they were ripped open earlier this month, what hope is there for the rest of us?
Charles Barkley says Tiger Woods changed his cell phone number the day after his car accident and is not talking to some of his famous friends.
Tennessee man allegedly kills two people who unfriended his daughter on Facebook | timesfreepress.comA father who was upset after a Tennessee couple deleted his adult daughter as a friend on Facebook has been charged in the shooting deaths of the couple, authorities said Wednesday.
This is McSpocky's Valentine's Party! Everyone is welcome, and feel free to invite your friends/enemies/acquaintances.
The Friends and Family Discount DilemmaWhat is your say about your friends and family asking for discounts? Can you do away with it? I did a lot of research about this and here's a solution I found that would help us handle this situation effectively.
Click a heart above for even more February holidays! This is McSpocky's February Holidays Party! Everyone is welcome, and feel free to invite your friends/enemies/acquaintances.
It's Not Me, It's You WHEN Jeryl Brunner, a writer in Manhattan, was in her 20s, she had a friend who was just the sort of acquaintance people scoop up in their social net when they are young and trying to carve out a life in a new city.
With Friends Like That! Jennifer Aniston Slams Chelsea HandlerJennifer Aniston and Chelsea Handler have always professed to be the best of Friends, but is there a deep dark rivalry lurking behind the smiles? Seems like it, if you believe an upcoming episode of Handler’s late night show, After Lately.
Helping Your Child Make Better Friends | Psychology TodayHelping your child choose friends on social networking sites.
My once beautiful friend is killing herself. She has three beautiful children, an enabling husband, and me. Her sisters have turned away, all of her friends have as well. She is loveable, sweet and good.
The thought is very tantalising: to live on and on, without ever having to worry about death, but the practical consequences of this would be enormous. Nature operates on a definite cycle with birth and death at either end.
Friend trying to bring home American prisoner from Iran - Live5News.com | Charleston, SC | News, Weather, Sports"Iran executes more people per capita than any other country. We want people to know there is no due process there, and we should hold Iran to the standards that everyone believes in. Access to a lawyer and a fair trial."
It's another new day It's started well so far I woke up this morning It beats the alternative for sure So I say thank you To the Lord above For granting me another day To be with those I love Some of them are far away Some are just next door Some of them I have yet to meet I sti …
Against the odds, a cat named Wally finds a homeWally had so many strikes against him that it seemed pretty certain that he would never find a home...
It's a Lovely day That is all I know Doesn't matter if it's raining Or the ground is covered in snow It's a lovely day It's how I feel in my heart Today will bring new meanings A joy that can overflow in the heart It's a Lovely Day That's what I'm going to shout out No matter wh …
County Jail to End Face-to-Face Inmate Visits BOISE -- Jail officials in Canyon County are the latest to ditch traditional face-to-face visits between inmates and the public in favor of online chats.
Obama's Close Friend Arrested During Prostitution Sting in HawaiiHONOLULU -- One of President Obama's close friends from his native Hawaii is facing charges after being arrested during a prostitution sting in the state.Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/06/obamas-close-friend-arrested-prostitution-sting-hawaii/#ixzz1i9vaU7 …
Click the snowflake above for even more January holidays! This is McSpocky's January Holidays Party! If you like the party, be sure to stop by McSpocky's Lounge too. Everyone is welcome, and feel free to invite your friends/enemies/acquaintances.
Mystery texts: 'It Just Gets Stranger'Respecting Jane's wishes, McCann said he would not reveal her identity, which he has discovered since the conversations took place. She has been a good sport, though, and McCann said the two might keep in touch "here and there."
This is McSpocky's Happy New Year 2012 Party! Everyone is welcome, and feel free to invite your friends/enemies/acquaintances.
Warrior spirit restores stolen ChristmasOur folks helping one of their own. This is how we are. This is what we do.
Can a Real Conservative and a Real Liberal Be Real Friends?To become a less judgmental person who sees through political differences to the person within, the next step is not to think that politics is the be-all and end-all when you’re with other people. If you make a serious effort to do that — as dubious a suggesti …
Want a pet cat? Think again, researchers say – The Express TribuneWhile having a cat as a child may protect against future allergies, getting one in adulthood nearly doubles the chances of developing an immune reaction to it – the first step towards wheezing, sneezing and itchy eyes, a European study found.
It's New Year's once again Time to celebrate with family and friends To raise a glass on high At how the year has passed on bye To give a toast to the New Year An say how will change for the better this year Some will say they'll get in shape Others just make a promise to lose w …
Texan Will Rest Christmas Card For First Time In 61 Years WHITEHOUSE, Texas (AP) – A Christmas card that has crisscrossed the country as part of an old joke between two Texas men will rest this holiday for the first time in 61 years.
Merry Christmas to one and to all. Hope each of you get to spend time with those you love and cheerish. Wow, it's been a year since I communicated with most of you. Hope during this absence you've had a great time. There's been a couple of you I have …
A mother's Christmas tears - It was just always her and I. Wherever I went, she went. She would pick me sometimes over her friends. She liked us to go shopping rather than go with her girlfriends ..."
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