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Judge mandates the FDA make morning-after pills available to everyone without a prescription

ByEmily

It used to be that women 16 and younger needed a prescription for Plan B. Now, a federal judge has ruled the Food and Drug Administration must make morning-after pills available to all girls of child-bearing potential, even if the person doesn’t have a prescription or parental permission.

Want a refund on your transparent Lululemon yoga pants? Get ready to “verify sheerness”
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Want a refund on your transparent Lululemon yoga pants? Get ready to “verify sheerness”

ByEmily

First, Lululemon fans learned they may be revealing their booties. Now, adding insult to injury, some Lululemon sales associates have reportedly asked customers attempting to return the pants to bend over and “verify sheerness.”

Former Vogue editor breaks promise not to photograph smoking models
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Former Vogue editor breaks promise not to photograph smoking models

ByEmily

When Carine Roitfeld stepped down from her position as Vogue Paris editor in 2011, she vowed to never again photograph smoking models. Yet, less than two years later, she went back on her word. In the recently released second edition of CR Fashion Book, Roitfeld’s brainchild, she includes a spread of three photographs featuring a model smoking.

Latin American Idol winner Martha Heredia arrested for smuggling heroin in her heels
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Latin American Idol winner Martha Heredia arrested for smuggling heroin in her heels

ByEmily

Reality shows notoriously feature troubled participants looking for 15 minutes in the spotlight. Although there is no shortage stars with port-show issues, few falls from fame have been as swift and as severe as that of 2009 Latin American Idol winner Martha Heredia. The 22-year-old added to her rap sheet this week when she was arrested for attempting to smuggle 2.9 lbs. of heroin to New York by concealing baggies in her platform heels.

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Is it acceptable to put a seven-year-old on a diet?

ByEmily

Here is the dilemma with putting a young girl or boy on a diet: If a child is told her body is “wrong” from such a young age and is forced to change her behaviors, will she be set up for a lifetime of insecurity and disordered eating? Or, if you don’t encourage her to eat healthier and become more active, is she destined to the health problems that coincide with obesity?

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Detailed list of Lance Armstrong’s cocktail of performance-enhancing drugs

ByEmily

It had been a long time coming, but Lance Armstrong finally admitted in his interview with Oprah Winfrey to using performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career. However, the complexity of the drugs that Armstrong used — and masked for so long — was really only revealed during his interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on OWN on Jan. 17. Although he was short on details of how he managed to mask his doping use for so long, he did address a few specifics. Learn more about exactly which performance-enhancing drugs Armstrong used and how he covered it all up.

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Should Lady Gaga stop wearing gun bras during performances?

ByStarcasm Staff

In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy, one of Lady Gaga’s costume choices is called into question. The pop singer wore a bra made of toy automatic rifles at one point during her “Born This Way Ball” performance in Vancouver, Canada. She’s received backlash on Twitter and pretty much everywhere else for wearing…