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Meeting your future husband’s mother is the kind of dramatic, life-altering event that can fuel a hundred thousand romantic comedies. But for one UK woman, a real-life weekend with her future mother-in-law was more in the vein of Saw 4 than Monster-in Law, and the fallout is keeping the British tabloid press humming.

As the enduring popularity of cookbooks, recipes, and cooking shows indicate, we’re a food-centric species always on the lookout for the next delicious meal. With that desire for variety in mind, what’s on the menu in 2012?

You may have already heard from scores of angry bloggers about the article Marie Claire recently ran on its website, questioning whether “fatties” should “get a room.”

But should teenagers be shown graphic images of abortion as a means of informing them about the reality of the procedure? That’s the question more and more school boards may have to ask themselves as some anti-abortion groups set up shop near high schools in Canada (currently some groups employ this tactic on university campuses).

A good reason not to lament wearing your fat jeans this morning: According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, skinny jeans may look good, but wearing them may come with a handful of unanticipated health effects. There’s even a medical term to describe what you’re feeling when you’re strutting your zipped-up stuff: Tight Pants Syndrome.