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Gossip Is Good for You
 Gossip Is Good for You 
study says
Jan 18, 2012 4:06 PM CST

Gossip Is Good for You

And it helps society, too, says a new study

(Newser) - Dishing dirt behind someone's back is a beneficial activity, say scientists. Spreading gossip—defined as alerting others that a person has behaved badly—helps maintain social order and even lowers the stress of the gossiper, according to a new study out of UC Berkeley and reported by the San ...

Man Calls 911 on Woman After Girlfriend Comes Home

He falsely reported her as a burglar, say cops

(Newser) - When 24-year-old Keith Gaylor called the cops to say that an armed burglar was trying to get into his house, five squad cars rushed to his house and made an arrest. But they released the suspect pretty fast after hearing her side of the story—they’re pretty sure that...

In Florida, Living in Sin Is Also Breaking the Law

But a lawmaker is looking to change that

(Newser) - You may not know it, but if you’re an unmarried Florida couple currently living together, you’re breaking the law. Such cohabitation is a second-degree misdemeanor, and it could cost you up to $500 or 60 days in jail. The law, which dates back to the 1800s, is in...

Cheating Rampant in Navy's Submarine Crews: Report

Commander, tenth of USS Memphis crew fired

(Newser) - The Navy discovered cheating so widespread among one of its nuclear submarine crews that it fired the commander of the USS Memphis and 10% of its crew, according to a report obtained by the AP . Sailors were emailed the answers before qualification exams and openly asked their officers for answer...

Ga. Superintendent Covered Up Rampant Cheating

Report says administrators hid evidence, punished whistleblowers

(Newser) - For years, Atlanta Superintendent Beverly Hall has been considered one of the best in the country—thanks in part to students’ lofty test scores. But that was all a lie, according to a state investigation released today, which finds that Hall’s administration covered up rampant, systematic cheating, and even...

Hi-Tech Cheating Scandal Shakes Chess World

French federation suspends grandmasters using texts, computers

(Newser) - Three leading French chess players have been suspended in a cheating scandal that has rocked the usually sedate world of international chess. The French chess federation accuses the trio of using a complex text message-based system to cheat at the Chess Olympiad in Siberia last fall, reports the BBC . One...

Microsoft to Google: We Don't Copy, You Copy

Bing execs angrily deny cheating charges

(Newser) - Call it Nerd Wars II: The Empire Strikes Back. Microsoft angrily denied Google's recent claims that Bing has been copying Google's search results , calling the accusation "insulting," in a ratcheting up of tensions between the two computer giants. "We do not copy results from any of our...

If She Cheats, He'd Prefer It Be a Woman
 If She Cheats, 
 He'd Prefer It 
 Be a Woman 
study says
Jan 28, 2011 1:29 PM CST

If She Cheats, He'd Prefer It Be a Woman

For cheating men, it's the opposite, study says

(Newser) - Men are more likely to stay with girlfriends who have cheated on them with other women than those who’ve cheated with another man, a University of Texas study suggests. Women, however, are the opposite: they’re more likely to stay with a man who’s cheated with a woman...

Can't Stay Faithful? Blame Your DNA

Doctors link gene to uncommitted sex

(Newser) - Have a tendency to cheat or sleep around? It may not be your fault. A new study shows that people with a particular version of the dopamine receptor gene DRD4 are more likely to be unfaithful or have one-night stands, LiveScience reports. The same gene has already been linked to...

Marriage Annulled After Wife Thinks of Other Men

Judge denies her alimony, too

(Newser) - An Italian couple has been awarded the legal right to annul their marriage for adultery; not because the wife slept with other men, but simply because she thought about it—then discussed it with her husband. Following a lower court decision and a ruling by the Catholic Church's Ecclesiastical Court,...

Oksana Grigorieva: Mel Gibson Cheated On Me With Four Other Women
 Oksana: Mel Cheated 4 Times 
Nov 9, 2010 9:53 AM CST

Oksana: Mel Cheated 4 Times

And she wants to know if he got violent with those other women

(Newser) - According to Oksana Grigorieva, Mel Gibson didn’t just beat her—he may have cheated on her, too. Her attorney tells TMZ they believe Gibson had affairs with at least four women, and they’re currently trying to track these ladies down. Grigorieva wants to know if Gibson ever got...

Ashton, Demi Have 'Open Relationship'

Alleged mistress justifies Ashton's cheating

(Newser) - Well, this could explain Ashton Kutcher’s (alleged) cheating: His supposed mistress claims he and Demi Moore have an open relationship. Kutcher also told Brittney Jones he and Moore “have threesomes often,” she tells Star magazine in an interview obtained by Radar . Because of that, “I didn’...

FBI: Agents Cheated on Open Book Exams

Tip: Don't finish a 90-minute test in 20 minutes

(Newser) - A "significant number" of FBI agents and analysts taking an exam on guidelines for domestic investigations cheated, the Justice Department confirms in a report. Better yet, it was an open book exam. Agents and analysts consulted with others, shared answer sheets, and even exploited a computer system bug to...

NY Yankee Derek Jeter—Cheater or Oscar Nominee?

Mr. Sportsmanship fools the umps

(Newser) - He's a shoe-in for baseball's Hall of Fame, he's this years' reigning Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, and his Yankees are battling to stay atop the American League East standings. On Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays, Derek Jeter admittedly feigned an injury from a pitch that ricocheted...

Men More Likely to Cheat on Female Breadwinners

Least likely to stray on women who earn 75% what they do

(Newser) - Ladies, if you want your man to stay faithful, you'd better be earning about three-quarters as much as he does. So claims a new study, which found that while being economically dependent on your partner makes women less likely to cheat, it makes men more likely to stray: Men who...

'Negotiated Infidelity:' a Very Bad Idea

 'Negotiated Infidelity:' 
 a Very Bad Idea 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 8, 2010 12:24 PM CDT

'Negotiated Infidelity:' a Very Bad Idea

New book offers bad—and sexist—advice

(Newser) - One way to make your marriage last: Let your hubby cheat. That’s mistress-for-hire (and now author) Holly Hill’s theory, at least. The Sugarbabe author says “it's better to walk the dog on a leash than let it escape through an unseen hole in the back fence,”...

There Aren't More Cheaters, Just More Getting Caught

Before the Internet, plagiarism was easy to hide

(Newser) - Everyone can calm down now: The New York Times’ recent proclamation that we’re raising a generation of cheaters may have been a bit of an exaggeration. The Times article suggested not only that the Internet is making plagiarism easier and more widespread—but that today’s youth don’t...

Wife Learns of Husband's 2nd Wedding on Facebook

Her search for the other woman turned up something worse

(Newser) - Lynn France knew her husband was having an affair. But when she typed the other woman's name into Facebook, what she found was a whole lot worse: 200 wedding photos. At Disney World. With her husband dressed as Prince Charming. The story gets weirder. France had already confronted the girlfriend—...

15 Signs You'll End Up Cheating
 15 Signs You'll End Up Cheating 
Jul 17, 2010 5:07 AM CDT

15 Signs You'll End Up Cheating

Ever watched online porn? That's bad news

(Newser) - Just in case the Daily Beast didn’t sufficiently depress you with last week’s list of signs you’ll get divorced , Anneli Rufus is back at it this week with 15 things that increase your chances of cheating:
  • Sorry, guys: Men are 7% more likely to be unfaithful than
...

LeAnn Rimes: Cheating Worked Out in the End!

She feels bad, but not all that bad

(Newser) - LeAnn Rimes talks publicly about her cheating scandal for the first time—and though she feels bad and all, she's really not sad about how everything worked out. She calls her affair with Eddie Cibrian—which ultimately broke up both of their marriages—“selfish” and tells People , “I...

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