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Adrianne Curry and Christopher Knight are the latest celeb duo in the spotlight who have decided to take a break. Curry says part of the reason for their separation was that she wasn't feeling it in the bedroom. The actress reportedly used a Sybian machine instead of having sex with her partner.

FYI: A Sybian machine is a rich person's vibrator. Think mechanical bull, with an extra appendage.

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What's up with all of these celebrity breakups basing their problems on bad intimacy? First there was Jesse James, who said that Sandra Bullock wasn't putting out enough. Then there was Arnold Schwarzenegger who complained about his sexless marriage with Maria. And now, the America's Next Top Model winner says her Brady Bunch hubby just wasn't doing it for her between the sheets.

I don't think bad sex alone ruins a relationship. There are a lot of other factors, too.

In my eyes, the components of a great

Who says guys have to get all the best car accessories?

With Carlashes, your car can be just as darling as you are!

Click through to see the hilarious photos, and find out how to order some for your own ride.

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For just $26.99, you can purchase a set of eyelashes for your very own car, giving it all the personality of a ... car with eyelashes!

Crystal eyeliner is sold separately, for $19.99. But isn't your car worth it, ladies???

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Carlashes' makers promise that these lashes will withstand both the car-wash and the freeway. They also say the bonding tape won't harm your car's paint job.

Best of all, CARLIPS ARE COMING SOON.

Driving has never been so fun for a girl ...

What do you think of Carlashes? Want some?

Images via Carlashes

Pardon me for being a good fan, but the big custom middle-of-the-baseball-game marriage proposals can be a real bummer for those of us who show up to see balls and strikes, am I right? We're all sitting there wishing the bride-to-be would stop crying, sit down, and let us get back to the inning at hand. As Tom Hanks said after all, "There is NO crying in baseball." Fans? Prepare to eat your words.

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Because the proposal from an Airman First Class named Eddie Ludsko supposedly serving far away from his girlfriend cropped up smack dab in the middle of a Kansas City Royals game on Monday (they were playing the Angels, at home) and there's no denying it. I cried. It was a bona fide tearjerker. Check it out:

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Did you get all that? Eddie Ludsko was supposedly on active duty overseas serving as an Airman First Class with our military. He was proposing on the

Type in Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals' Yazor Yasmininto Google, and above any regular drug info, you'll see a slew of legal sites pop up. The paid-for links inquire if you're a "Victim of Birth Control," ask if you were "Hurt By Birth Control," wonder if you are looking for a settlement? Hey, what's this aboutgallbladder attacksand gallstones? Blood clot risk? STROKE? Huh??

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As you probably know, these popular, newer,lower-dose birth control pillsmade with the synthetic progesterone known as drospirenone have developed quite a bad rep for themselves over the last couple years. And judging from firsthand experience, research, news stories, and friends' anecdotal evidence, it's completelywarranted. Now, the FDA is investigating the situation.

Seems to me their valiant effort is too little too late.

I appreciate the FDA's concern in the matter, but other researchers have already covered similar ground.

Michelle Obamaand officials from the USDAunveiled an image of a colorful four-part nutrition plateThursday that will replace the19-year-old food pyramid we've all come to know and loathe. The new design is part of her campaign against obesity and is aimed at giving Americans an idea of what their meals should look like.

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Nutritionists often criticized the old pyramid image for being confusing and misleading. (Oh, and for not having any food on it.) For the most part, they seem to be praising the new chart because it's easy to understand and emphasizes healthy foods.

The only problem? It looks weird, or -- more accurately -- it doesn't look like the typical plate you'd find on the dinner table in most American homes. Michelle Obama's definitely got her work cut out for her in terms of changing what Americans eat.

Nutritionists may think the new image is an improvement, but there are plenty of people who aren't going

Suddenly it's summer and I am roasting. You know what I need? Popsicles. It's ridiculously easy to make your own juice popsicles, but for me, that entails rummaging through storage bins to find my molds -- ugh, weekend project. In the meantime I've been searching the grocery store freezer for the tastiest, healthy-ish popsicles.

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Bear in mind, if you want a truly healthy snack, you should eat some actual fruit. But you already knew that. So what I mean by "healthy-ish" is healthy as in doesn't-do-a-lot-of-damage, not healthy as in actually-gives-your-body-something-it-needs.

So which popsicles hit the sunny spot? Keep reading to find my favorites.

I enlisted my husband and son into a little taste test of four different popsicles. Our criteria: texture, taste, melt, and overall wow-factor on a scale of 1-4 (4 being best). In other words, is it creamy or is there weird grainy-ness going on? Is it yummy? Does

What would a day at the beach or pool be without our iPods? It's no wonder the portable music device is pretty much a summer staple, being that it's the best way to listen to your favorite songs or zone out while enjoying the sunshine and/or tune out obnoxious people! But it's such a bummer when it loses its charge (isn't it always just when your Genius playlist was getting good?). Thankfully, some guy has invented a solar bikini that juices up your iPod with a USB connection. Oh yes, it's the ultimate in futuristic, multitasking swimwear. (And yes, you can totally swim in it -- just make sure you unplug your MP3 player before taking a dip. Duh.)

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Don't expect to find it at Wal-Mart, though. The "retrofitted" swimsuit had to be custom-made with 1" x 4" photovoltaic film strips that are sewn together with "conducive thread."

And it takes approximately 80 hours for your bikini (which will run you a little under

Before your outrage commences, calm down:

This is not a woman.

This is a man in curlers.

It is Andrej Pejic, to be more precise -- an androgynous model who looks and often dresses like a woman, but has all the, ahem, necessary parts of a man.

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Andrej is quite the fashion darling these days, walking down runways and turning up on magazine covers -- and obviously, the intent of this particular magazine cover was to shock.

But that's a woman! you're supposed to think to yourself. Or ... is it?!

Yeah. I get it.

But how am I supposed to explain this cover to my kids?

And why should I have to?

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When this magazine was released a couple of weeks ago, some bookstores and newsstands apparently asked for the magazines to be bagged so that the general public could not see the cover.

According to the Huffington Post: