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Guinness' Booming Market: Nigeria

(Newser) - Guinness may be synonymous with Ireland, but Nigerians down more of the stuff than the Emerald Isle, GlobalPost reports. Nigerians also out-Guinness the US—their country is second only to the UK in its consumption of the beer and is home to the first Guinness brewery outside the British Isles....

Brit's Got a New Boyfriend
 Brit's Got a New Boyfriend 
GOSSIP ROUNDUP
Mar 12, 2009 10:37 AM CDT

Brit's Got a New Boyfriend

Plus, Twilight hunk loves Tina Fey, more

(Newser) - Sorry, boys: Britney’s taken. The comeback queen is dating her talent agent, E! reports, a do-gooder credited with helping Brit, 27, get back on the straight and narrow. Jason Trawick, 37, “is one of the few people who Jamie Spears trusts,” says a source. Tween girls will...

Ill. Sheriff Sues Craigslist Over Sex Ads

(Newser) - An Illinois sheriff filed a federal lawsuit against Craigslist today, saying the popular online classifieds site promotes and facilitates prostitution on a massive scale. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants Craigslist to eliminate its "erotic services" section, suggesting that many of the section's ads are blatant solicitations for prostitution....

Women: Embrace 'Wifely Duty,' Say Yes to Sex

(Newser) - Attention women: For the sake of your relationship and general world harmony, it's time to resume having sex even when you're not in the mood. So says Bettina Arndt, a female columnist for the Canberra Times, who wonders, "Whatever happened to wifely duty?" It's still possible—in fact, easy—...

Not Tonight, Honey, I'm Sleepy
Not Tonight, Honey, I'm Sleepy
Mar 2, 2009 11:51 AM CST

Not Tonight, Honey, I'm Sleepy

Most Brits prefer snoozing to other bed activities, survey says

(Newser) - As bedroom activities go, more than three-quarters of Britons would choose a really good night of sleep over sex, writes the Telegraph. And with 79% preferring extra shut-eye, about 70% reported trouble sleeping, and 25% suspected insomnia. Although many people believe 8 hours per night is necessary, nearly everyone is...

Dissed By Town, Va. Landlord Opens Sex Shop

Risqué tenant ruffles feathers in staid Old Town Alexandria

(Newser) - Revenge is a dish best served cold—and for one Virginia landlord, at a sex shop, the Washington Post reports. Michael Zarlenga spent $350,000 renovating his hunting and fishing store in historic Old Town Alexandria, only to have the town nix his plans at the last minute. Broke and...

HIV+ Brit Arrested for Unprotected Sex

(Newser) - Police have arrested a British man for allegedly keeping his HIV status secret while having unprotected sex with women, the BBC reports. Cops in Cornwall and Devon captured the suspect after multiple complaints from women who say they learned of his infection after sleeping with him. The man, 39, can...

Overrated: Sex on the Beach
 Overrated: Sex on the Beach 
Opinion
Feb 28, 2009 4:05 AM CST

Overrated: Sex on the Beach

(Newser) - Let’s face it, sex isn’t always great. Beth Mann at Salon breaks down the “seemed like a good idea at the time” list of most overrated erotic acts:
  • Sex on the beach: “In real life the beach is sandy, the temperature unpredictable, the mosquitoes, the jellyfish,
...

Fox Newsman Posed in How-to Sex Book

(Newser) - If you ever wanted Aaron Bruns, the Fox News producer busted earlier this month on child porn charges, to demonstrate sexual positions for you, you’re in luck. It seems Bruns posed naked for The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Supercharged Kama Sutra Illustrated. “Someone had to pay Bruns,...

Alomar: Ex's AIDS Suit 'Filled With Lies'

'I'm in good health,' says ex-ballplayer amid $15M lawsuit

(Newser) - Baseball great Roberto Alomar says an ex’s $15 million lawsuit claiming he knew he had AIDS yet insisted on having unprotected sex is “filled with lies,” the New York Post reports. “I am in very good health,” the ex-Met said. “I am deeply saddened...

Frank Female Writers Put New Spin on 'Period Piece'

Have a gross-out story? Turns out America wants to hear it

(Newser) - Warning: Reading this may cause queasiness and catharsis. Women are firing up their best (or worst) lodged-tampons stories, yeast-infection remedies, and bloody-period sex tales for America’s commiserating pleasure. “Oversharing is in,” Rebecca Traister declares in Salon. “It’s not so much ‘too much information’ as...

Survey: Women's Sex Lives Best in Their 40s

(Newser) - Whether it’s hormones, increased self-esteem or stepping out on their spouses, 40-something women are experiencing the best sex of their lives, reports the Guardian. "It's one of the best-kept secrets of women's lives," noted one expert. Of 2,000 women polled in a recent survey, 77% said...

Men Are the New Old Maids
 Men Are the 
 New Old Maids 
OPINION
Jan 30, 2009 2:50 PM CST

Men Are the New Old Maids

Women take practical, less romantic view, author writes

(Newser) - Forget single women—men are the real hopeless romantics, writes Liz Hoggard in the UK's Evening Standard. "Trust me, men are the new spinsters," she says. "They dream of being married to The One," but that "one" must be a mother, a wife, and a...

Teen Sex: Everybody Else Isn't Doing It

Teen sex is on a downswing

(Newser) - Kids these days, with their sex, their sex, and all their sex. Just look at Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin—it’s getting worse all the time, right? Nope. The portion of high-schoolers who’d had sex in 2007 was 47.8%, reports the New York Times—down from...

NBC Bans PETA Veggie Porn During Super Bowl

Ad featuring lingerie model grinding with pumpkin too sexual for network censors

(Newser) - PETA’s latest TV ad reaches a whole new level of extreme—and has been nixed by NBC from Sunday's Super Bowl telecast, the New York Post reports. The ad—taglined “Vegetarians Have Better Sex”—features models in their skivvies getting down with vegetables. According to PETA, reasons...

What Gets Women Hot to Trot?
 What Gets Women Hot to Trot? 
Jan 25, 2009 6:54 PM CST

What Gets Women Hot to Trot?

Scientists and psychologists study female desire

(Newser) - Nearly one in three women lack sexual desire, and sexologists are trying to help, Daniel Bergner writes in the New York Times. They've hooked up female sex organs to machines and run sexy movies, showing that unlike penises, vulva are excited by a wide range of stimuli—gay men, women,...

Sarkozy Trainer Focuses on 'Sex Muscles'

He's 'always ready and motivated,' says 26-year-old coach

(Newser) - French President Nicholas Sarkozy has shaved nine pounds off his already-trimish frame and strengthened his "sex muscles," his personal trainer boasts to the Times of London. Sarkozy sweats each day for his 26-year-old female trainer, who focuses on beefing up the perineal muscles at the bottom of the...

Heady Times for DC Hookers, Coke Dealers

Both are booming as tourists flock to inauguration

(Newser) - Barack Obama has already done his part to boost the economy—for Washington’s prostitutes and drug dealers, who tell New York they’re experiencing quite the boom in business thanks to inauguration travelers. Some prostitutes came into town specifically for the event and are already “pretty booked up;...

Randy Inaugural Crowds Lookin' for Love on Craigslist

Craigslist users offer suites, invitations for kink

(Newser) - Frisky Democrats are angling for more than just ringside seats at tomorrow's inauguration—they're flooding Craigslist in search of a little side action, reports Gawker. One poster first thanks his congresswoman for tickets, then pleads: "I want to make this even better by getting kinky," hopefully in a...

Need an Orgasm? Bag a Rich Man
Need an Orgasm?
Bag a Rich Man
Jan 18, 2009 5:26 PM CST

Need an Orgasm? Bag a Rich Man

Size (of wallet) matters, suggesting women are inherent gold-diggers

(Newser) - A man's wallet can carry a woman to the peak of ecstasy, a new study says. Based on surveys of 5,000 people across China, British researchers have found that “women’s orgasm frequency increases with the income of their partner,” said one author of the study. He...

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