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Newspapers and tabloids are thick with stories about rich, powerful men who cheat on their wives with almost reckless disregard. At the moment, the unbelievably nervy misdeeds of Arnold Schwarzenegger are keeping most of us spellbound.

Oprah gets a sister; fitness guru Jack Lelanne dies at 96; HCG weight-loss products deemed fraudulent; massive bombing in Moscow airport; and a British undercover operative claims sex with his surveillance subjects was officially sanctioned.

Everyone knows that a manager from hell can make working life miserable. But a new study (via Science Daily) indicates that it may also negatively affect the mental health of your significant other.

If you’re on a self-improvement kick you may want to concentrate your attention on what comes out of your mouth on a daily basis rather than focus on what goes in—or so say the finicky wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University in Michigan (via Time.com).

As cancer researchers continue to seek not only the cure for the affliction, but also for its very cause, others continue to look for preventive strategies that may preserve overall health, or at the very least delay the risk of falling victim to illness and disease.