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Have You Ever Been Caught in a Love Triangle?

Remember Lisa Nowak, the astronaut accused of stalking her lover's new lover? She's avoiding prison after pleading guilty to lesser charges, having already served a couple days in the klink after she was arrested for her notorious crime. Let me refresh your memory: in 2007, the temporarily love-crazed astronaut drove all the way from Houston to Orlando in a NASA diaper (the better to avoid bathroom breaks), sprayed her astronaut lover's new girlfriend Colleen Shipman with pepper spray in the parking lot of the Orlando International Airport, and was subsequently arrested and charged with attempted kidnapping with intent to do bodily harm and burglary of a vehicle using a weapon.

Women Worry That Obama Is Throwing Them Under the Bus

Back in January, feminist magazine Ms. hailed Barack Obama as a super feminist. But the president's recent tepid response to protecting abortion rights might mean that the love affair with Obama is about to end for many women.

Kellan and Ashley Joke About Robert in SF, Aniston Hits the Stage in NYC, and Twilight Dominates People's Choice Noms!

Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene popped up to San Francisco yesterday for a fan event where they joked about shaving Robert Pattinson's head and what vampires smell like. They also have reason to celebrate — the Twilight saga dominated today's People's Choice Award nominations. Plus, we have video of Jennifer Aniston at last night's 24 Hour Plays in NYC and Spencer Pratt threatening to get a vasectomy.
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Pursue Your Happiness With Posts From TrèsSugar Past

It's Pursuit of Happiness Week, so let's look back at posts that made us smile, or maybe just consider it. Nothing wrong with that! Test your knowledge on the science of happiness; tell us how you lift your spirits; or find out if love really is all you need and if happiness has an expiration date.

After Sex Shirt — Hilarious or Horrifying?

The makers of this shirt call it "sexy" and "chic," but I would use the adjectives "large" and "direct" to describe it. Either way, the garment promises to "enhance the glow of a romantic encounter." At $15, it's not exactly a cheap laugh, but it could make for a silly version of a naughty nightie.

Come and Knock on Our Door! TV's Top Threesomes

Come and Knock on Our Door! TV's Top Threesomes Last night's Gossip Girl threesome with Dan, Olivia, and OMFG! is hardly the first, or third, to cross our censored screens.

HIV Is the Top Killer of Women Worldwide

According to the World Health Organization, HIV is the number one killer of women age 15-49. Heart disease kills older women, especially in rich countries, but of the 30.8 million HIV-positive adults in 2007, 15.5 million were women. A staggering 26.1 percent of the population in Swaziland are infected with HIV — and half of women age 25-29 there are HIV positive.

Say What? Portia de Rossi on Why Marriage Matters

"The thing about being a gay couple is that in the past you referred to your 'wife' and there was quotation marks around it. There was always that chance that people would kind of snigger about it. But now it's fact, it's law.

Who's Your Favorite Female Author?

It's no secret that we love female writers around here at Sugar HQ, but according to Publishers Weekly, no book written by a woman was good enough to make the list of the top 10 titles of 2009. Maybe it's time for women to start taking masculine pen names again. In response to the disappointing list, the group Women in Letters and Literary Arts (WILLA) has put together a list of books that were overlooked, written by authors like Lorrie Moore, Rita Dove, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, and Alicia Ostriker.