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Ali and John discuss whether organized sports are getting too physical for kids and families. From sports parents punching each other out, to girls' soccer players kneeing each other in the faces, to 10-year-old football players getting concussions - are American sports getting out of hand?

Are youth athletes becoming too competitive and aggressive? Tell us in the comments!

More can't-miss moments: Ali talks the Oregon couple who bought a foreclosed house that allegedly used to be a meth lab and started making their baby sick, Stanford University scientists who are experimenting with transfusing blood from young mice to older mice in order to reverse aging, and Babble.com's Editor in Chief Catherine Connors, a mom blogger who was just named one of Time magazine's Bloggers of the Year for her blog, Her Bad Mother.

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Ali and John discuss the best age to have children. Hillary Duff thinks it's when you're in your twenties because you won't feel the pressure to have more kids quickly -- but Ali's not convinced. She had her first child at age 36, and she thinks she wouldn't have been as attentive to her kids' needs if she had them at a younger age.

What do you think is the best age to have kids? Tell us in the comments!

More can't-miss moments: Ali talks Lance Armstrong being stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles, a men's soccer team in Greece that's being sponsored by a brothel, and outrageous celebrity purchases, including Beyonce's $100,000 leggings and Mike Tyson's $2 million bathtub.

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Special edition: Ali forgets her lines, swears like a sailor, and pokes fun at John in this hilarious blooper reel.

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Ali and John dive into one of the most hotly debated parenting topics today as they wonder what is the appropriate age to buy your child a cell phone. Forty-three percent of parents say between 10 and 12, but Ali argues that her 10-year-old has no need for a cell phone because she's never in a situation where she needs to make a call. John agrees, but points out that kids want a phone for its entertainment value (ahem, apps). This leads to a hilarious "back in my day" trip down memory lane as Ali and John remember how they were entertained as kids. Quote of the day: "What happened to a bowl of dirt and a stick?"

What do you think is the right age to buy your kid a cell phone? Let us know in the comments!

More can't-miss moments: Ali (mentally) travels all the way to France as she tells us the French President wants to ban homework (and surprisingly agrees with him?!), comes back to Tuesday's presidential debate and the story that Mitt Romney underwent strenuous training to

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It's Workout Wednesday... Thursday edition (although Ali has a doctor's note and John's crunches make him look like a fetus, so the nutritional value of this video is questionable). Ali and John discuss the theory that genetic testing can determine if a fetus has a predisposition for criminal behavior and wonder how it could change the way we parent. Quote of the day: "If Jeffrey Dahmer had only eaten kale …"

Would you test your unborn child for the "criminal gene"? Tell us in the comments!

More can't-miss moments: Ali tells us about the world's oldest new father (he's 96!), Lance Armstrong's alleged drug use and subsequent endorsement losses, and a blind man who was recently tasered by police in England ... for no apparent reason.

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Do you think couples with opposing political beliefs can survive? Tell us in the comments!

More can't-miss moments: Ali talks the "mommy kiss," a British doctor's disturbing trick for getting foreign objects out of a child's nose; the body builder with the worst fake tan - ever; and the Goldilocks-esque burglar who was caught making bacon in the home he was robbing.

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A high school graduate, Abigail Fisher, is suing the University of Texas after being rejected from the school on the grounds that she was passed up because she's a white woman. Ali and John discuss whether affirmative action really works in today's world. Is it possible to differentiate from a clean affirmative-action decision and what's simply preference within the admissions process?

Do you think affirmative action's become outdated? Tell us in the comments!

More can't-miss moments: Ali talks Felix Baumgartner, the skydiver who free falls from 24 miles up in space; Duke, an adopted shelter dog who saved a baby's life by waking up her parents in the middle of the night after she stopped breathing; and Pizza Hut, who reneged on their deal offering free pizza for life to anyone who'd ask Romney and Obama whether they prefer sausage or pepperoni pizza during the presidential debate tonight.

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After she's asked what it's like to be a role model for moms, Ali puts her own parenting "rules" under the microscope. Admitting she can be unconventional, she confesses she lets her 10-year-old daughter watch the not-quite-for-the-kiddies primetime soap Revenge. It's "horrible parenting," she says but adds she knows what her kids can - and can't - handle.

What parenting rules do you break? Weigh in with a comment below.

More can't-miss moments: Ali talks the American Beverage Association and some NYC restaurants, who are suing the city over Mayor Bloomberg's new law banning sodas over 16 ounces; BMW and USC, who are creating a smart mini cooper named Nigel that has over 200 sensors that will act as the driver's doctor and check their health and vitals; and outrageous handbags, like Chanel's hula hoop bag and Tom Ford's skunk clutch.

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