Hailing a taxi in New York City is practically a competitive sport but one cabbie is making the grind a little bit sweeter.

“My reason for changing my name is not terribly romantic. I did it for simplicity,” Tracy Robert, née Stientjes, a 28-year-old newlywed told Yahoo! Shine. “My maiden name is super hard for others to say and spell, and my married name is not.” And, though the process of changing it came with lots of annoying paperwork, she added, “I do feel like we are our own little team now!” Robert is not alone. She is, in fact, in a growing majority, according to most available data on the topic.

It's the apology heard 'round the world: Abercrombie & Fitch Mike Jeffries, CEO recently issued a global mea culpa addressing controversial statements he made in 2006 regarding his company's policy toward plus-size shoppers.

By Amy Sinatra Ayres | vetstreet.comA South Carolina resident called police on Monday to report she'd heard a dog barking since Saturday. When animal control officer Michelle Smith followed the noise down a steep embankment to a ravine, she found a 5-year-old dog - who was nursing a tiny kitten. "I'm thinking that it just couldn't get back up with the kitten, and I don't think it was willing to leave the kitten," Smith said.The officer brought the pair to a local shelter, Anderson County P.A.W.S., where the staff is now supplementing the dog's nursing with bottles. ...

Moms who are celebrating Disney for pulling from its website a controversial redesigned, sexier version of “Brave” princess Merida should hold their horses, according to the activist behind last week’s wildly popular online petition to “Keep Merida Brave.”

Pizza! If you grew up obsessed with it - postgame pizza, movie pizza, baby-sitting pizza, college pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza! - and followed that American passion for cheese, sauce, and bread with an adult pursuit of the best slice, the finest pie, the Platonic Neapolitan, then the idea of naming America's best is likely contentious.12 Most Bizarre Pizza Toppings"A best pizza list? I know pizza. That's not great pizza!" Yes, pizza is tough to rank responsibly. Consider that just years ago, The New York Times' then critic Sam Sifton said Motorino "serves the city's best pizza. ...