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(WIDK By Staff Writer BIANCA COOMBS) - In part due to the film “Friends With Benefits” (starring Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis), hard working, jaded women everywhere have been secretly asking themselves if it is actually possible to have sex, no strings attached.

Is friends with benefits realistic for women?

First, let me start by defining “Friends With Benefits.” A Friend With Benefits as defined by the Dictionary of Mediashrews (not real by the way)  is that friend you can call for a sexual healing when you’re single and horny. Neither one of you put pressure on each other to call, spend quality sexless time, or do all the other boring things monogamous people do.

You make an agreement to never develop feelings for one another and move on when either one of you meets the “one.”  Basically, it’s a guiltless booty call. But is it a possibility for those of us who are love obsessed? By those of us who are love obsessed, I mean women. Here are some pros and cons of being Friends With Benefits.

Pros

Great Sex! What more is there to say? The stress that comes with relationships can be unbearable. Sometimes the bifurcation of sex and relationships is not only necessary but extremely gratifying.

Not Having To Buy Gifts. When you are in a friends with benefits type relationship, you do not have to fret about buying gifts for a lover’s birthday, Valentine’s Day, and the biggest burden of all, the expensive anniversary. You don’t even have to remember the anniversary. You don’t even have to remember each other’s names!

No Emotions. Emotions can be quite messy. When you love someone, you become subject to jealousy, anger, sadness, and stress. After all, there is a thin line between love and hate. When you have a friend with benefits, you don’t have to go through the drama of checking a facebook page the day after an argument and seeing that dreadful single status. There’s no going through phones, or searching dresser drawers while your lover’s asleep (don’t act like you’ve never done it!).

Cons

Crabs.  A friend with benefits has no loyalty to you so they are free to have sex with anyone else. Men cheat in committed relationships, what do you think will happen when you give them permission?

No Emotions. This can also be a con because you’re a flesh and blood human being. Spending intimate time with someone, whether it’s for 2 hours or 2 minutes, can cause you to develop emotions and emotions cause you to act erratically or worse… get hurt. Picture this: You’re all fancied up, you put on some Barry White and call Old Reliable over for a dalliance because you’ve just undergone a really bad break up. He doesn’t pick up the phone, or worse, he does pick up the phone and informs you that he’s found the one.  Whether you love the guy or not, being ditched for someone else can feel like a punch in the gut. Women outnumber men and you must always be aware of the possibility that he will find someone special before you do (if you do at all).

The fact is no relationship is easy. Whether it’s a meaningful or shallow relationship, issues will arise and it is important that you know yourself. You know what you can and can’t handle. If you can’t take the heat, get the hell out of the kitchen.

Bianca Coombs is the co- creator of twomediashrews.com, an everything media and then some blog. She is the creator of Quit Being And Idiot: A Relationship Guide For The Shrew.

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(Daily Mail By RACHEL QUIGLEY) — Domino’s promise their pizzas will be ready and at your door in 30 minutes or less.

But one New York entrepreneur found a way to deliver pizza to your hand in just 90 seconds - by creating a pizza vending machine.

The automated pizzeria delivers freshly baked hot pizzas at the touch of a few buttons, and not only that, but you can watch it be cooked right in front of your very eyes - just like a real pizzeria but without the chef.

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(WIDK) — There is that awkward feeling we all have when we hold a door open for someone, or when someone holds a door open for us - if the distance exceeds a certain amount.  Should the person for whom the door is being held race to the door to alleviate the awkwardness?

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(Daily Mail By BECKY BARROW) — Stress has become the most common reason for a worker being signed off long-term sick, a report reveals today.

Experts said the psychological condition had become so widespread that it was the ‘21st century equivalent of the Black Death.’

Stress has even eclipsed stroke, heart attack, cancer and back problems, according to the report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Jill Miller, an adviser to the institute, says the report ‘highlights the heightened pressure many people feel under in the workplace as a result of the prolonged economic downturn’.

Stress was found to be especially common at firms that have announced redundancies.

Long-term absence is defined as taking four weeks or more off at one time because of sickness.

Cary Cooper, the co-author of a recent book about stress, The Science of Occupational Health, drew a distinction between pressure and stress.

He says the former is ‘stimulating and motivating’ but becomes stressful when ‘it exceeds your ability to cope with it’.

Professor Cooper, who is based at the Lancaster University management school, said stress was signaled by changes in behavior.

Typically, these include finding it difficult to focus, losing your sense of humor or losing your temper more quickly than normal.

In later stages, stress can manifest itself in over-eating or under-eating as well as smoking or drinking to excess.

Short periods of it are manageable, but it can lead to serious health problems, such as heart disease or stomach and bowel problems, if it persists.

‘Given the fact we are in a downturn, workers have an intrinsic job insecurity. There are fewer workers doing more work,’ added the professor.

‘People are suffering from presenteeism [working long hours simply to impress the boss], which affects their home life.

‘Stress is the 21st century equivalent of the Black Death.’

The most common causes of stress for workers are an excessive workload, the management style of a boss, restructuring in the workplace, and problems at home.

The CIPD report shows that a typical worker has 7.7 days off each year due to sickness, typically from minor illnesses such as colds, flu, stomach upsets, headaches and migraines.

But state workers, who make up one in five of the workforce, take two more sick days on average than private sector workers – 9.1 days compared with 7.1 days.

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Twilight star Kristen Stewart will appear in Glamour Magazine’s November issue.

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(Daily Mail) — Amanda Knox arrived in her home city of Seattle a free woman this evening after serving four grueling years in an Italian jail for the murder of English student Meredith Kercher.

After dramatically being cleared of the murder in court yesterday, Knox touched down at Seattle-Tacoma airport to rapturous applause at just after 5pm local time.

Looking shaky and exhausted, Knox made an emotional thank you speech from the airport, addressing all those who stood by her since her murder conviction and saying: ‘Thank you for being there for me’.

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OCTOBER 4 (The Smoking Gun) — A suspected teenage burglar whose shorts fell down as he fled after being confronted last night on a Florida street was later arrested after a witness was able to identify him by his boxer shorts, police reported.

As detailed in a Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office report, witness Donna Decker called 911 to report spotting a suspicious male wearing a black hoodie inside an unlocked 1991 Dodge pickup in a Port Charlotte parking lot.

When the 65-year-old Decker approached, the teenager exited the vehicle, which he claimed was owned by his grandfather. Suspicious, Decker told the minor that he would have to wait there until police responded to the scene. Instead, the teen sprinted away.

His getaway, though, was not a smooth one. The teenager’s shorts slipped down his legs, exposing his red boxer shorts to Decker (and anyone else in the vicinity). The underage suspect, the witness noted, disappeared into a nearby apartment building.

After deputies arrived, a brief canvass located Antonio Kleiss, 14, in his grandmother’s apartment. He still had on the black hoodie and tan shorts described by Decker.

To cement Kleiss’s ID, an underwear check revealed that the teen was wearing red boxers. Decker, deputies reported, “asked him to pull down his tan shorts a little and he revealed that he was wearing red boxer shorts underneath.”

A subsequent search of the apartment turned up an ignition part that was boosted from the unlocked Dodge. As a result, Kleiss, pictured above, was charged with felony burglary and attempted grand theft. After being briefly booked into the county jail, the teenager was released to the custody of a parent and placed on 21 days home detention, according to investigators.

The sheriff’s report notes that deputies confiscated Kleiss’s hoodie, shirt, shorts, and red underwear, which “were taken and placed into evidence via property receipt.”

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(Daily Mail By OLIVER PICKUP) - These sickening images show raccoon dogs being skinned alive to make cheap imitation Ugg boots bought by thousands of Britons.

The original footwear is made from high-quality Australian sheepskin, taken from animals slaughtered humanely, but this footage shows the brutal treatment of creatures in China whose fur is used to make the fake boots.

The raccoon dogs are shown skinned, but still alive and moving, in the distressing scenes filmed by animal rights campaigners. Thrown on a pile, they can take up to three hours to die.

The terrified animals are beaten with sticks and are seen kicking and writhing as the men cut them open and skin them.

The skinning process is agonizingly slow and begins from the feet up. The workers are filmed standing on the animals’ heads if they struggle too much.

The video, uploaded on to YouTube by animalwelfare1 and associated with Swiss Animal Protection / EAST international, then shows the skinned animals being tossed alive on to a pile of dead and dying raccoon dogs.

The MailOnline has chosen not to include the video, as it is too shocking.

One raccoon dog - an indigenous Asian species related to foxes and dogs - is shown lifting its head to the camera briefly before falling back down on the mound of corpses, still breathing.

The shocking footage, published in the Herald Sun, has sparked outrage and has led activists to demand a ban on the raccoon dog trade.

Imitation Ugg boots have flooded the market worldwide and are widely available online and at outlets. Many are imported into Britain.

In Australia, where Uggs - which cost up to £200 - originate, there has been a ban on the import of domestic dog and cat fur since 2004, but raccoon dog fur is still brought in.

An investigation by the Humane Society International (HSI) found a pair of imitation Ugg boots to contain raccoon dog fur, even though they were labeled ‘Australian sheepskin’.

HSI director Verna Simpson said dozens of products, aside from the boots, use imported raccoon dog fur - and in other cases dog fur.

Animal hair identification expert Han Brunner confirmed the boots contained raccoon dog fur and called for the government to crack down on the trade.

Mr Brunner told news.com.au: ‘There is no doubt they have mislabeled these items and customs refuse to do anything.

‘They have been labeled Australian merino fur and that was on the inside of the boot, on the outside there were hairs from the raccoon dog.

‘I think surely that should make an impact on customs especially after the cattle slaughtering in Indonesia - dog raccoons are skinned alive and the carcass is thrown on a heap when they are still alive.’

Earlier this year footage of the treatment of Australian livestock in Indonesian abattoirs led to a temporary export ban.

Head of Ugg Australia Lena McDonald said that the use of raccoon dog fur by other brands had tarnished the entire industry.

She said there were up to 40 products using the word ‘Ugg’ but that few were made in Australia and many used overseas materials.

‘As far as I can see many of these boots are not made in Australia at all yet they have the word Australia and Ugg on them,’ she told the Herald Sun.

‘Labeling laws in Australia are a little bit grey and we have seen companies cutting off tags saying “made in China” and the Australian made tag put on it.’

An Australian customs spokeswoman said the government took the importation of illegal fur seriously but was awaiting further information before stating its position on the importation of raccoon dog fur.

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(Daily Mail By MICHAEL ZENNIE) — Police is Kansas City are frantically looking for a 10-month-old infant snatched from her crib by an intruder who came in her bedroom window. 

Little Lisa Irwin, who weighs just 26 pounds, was last seen at 10:30pm Monday when her parents put her to bed.

They called police about 4am when they woke up to check on their baby and she was gone.

Investigators believe someone came in the window and grabbed the infant because the window and screen had been tampered with.

‘I realize that some of these Amber Alerts involve parents or parental abductions, but we have both the parents here. So that puts us on a little higher state of alert,’ Sgt. Stacey Graves told the Kansas City Star.

Detectives are interviewing Lisa’s parents and her family members in an attempt to rule out their involvement in her disappearance.

The family is cooperating, police said.

Lisa was wearing purple shorts and a purple shirt with white kittens on it when she was put to bed.

She’s blond with blue eyes and has two bottom teeth, a small bug bite under her left ear, a beauty mark on her right outer thigh and currently has a cold with a cough.

Police are hoping the tight-knit, middle class community where Lisa lives will help in their search.

They have widened their search outside of Lisa’s house and are beginning to methodically comb the surrounding areas.

More than 100 police officers and fire fighters flooded the area around Lisa’s house. The FBI and other federal agencies have begun assisting Kansas City police, as well.

Police searched on horseback. Others used dogs. Fire fighters used ropes to rappel down a 100-foot embankment in search of the little girl.

However, police said their leads are drying up and they are depending on neighbors in the tight-night community where Lisa lives to come forward with information.

‘We have no eyewitnesses and a six-hour time frame when the child could have been abducted. We need any help at all,’ Officer Darin Snapp told ABC News.

The parents have made no statement about their baby’s disappearance yet.

Police urge anyone with information to call their hotline at 816-474-8477.

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A Delaware mother, along with a Philadelphia man, are facing charges after investigators allege the two agreed to the sale and purchase of the woman’s newborn son.

Investigators say Bridget Wismer, 33, of New Castle County, and John Gavaghan, 54, were both involved with one another in the sale and purchase of Wismer’s one-month-old son.

According to investigators, family members reported on September 4th that Wismer was attempting to sell her son, who was born in late August, to Gavaghan for $15,000.

Police continued their investigation and on September 30th, detectives executed a search warrant at Gavaghan’s residence and they were able to recover evidence that assisted with linking him to the crime.

After detectives conducted separate interviews involving both suspects, they were able to confirm that Gavaghan and Wismer were involved with one another in the sale and purchase of the newborn.

The newborn is currently in foster care.

Both Wismer and Gavaghan have been charged with Dealing in Children and Conspiracy in the Second Degree.

Wismer was arraigned and released after posting $750 secured bail for the charges and $1500 secured bond and $75 cash bail for outstanding capiases.

Gavaghan was arraigned and released on $7,000 unsecured bond.

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Blake Wimberly lives in the dark, gripped by paranoia.

The 28-year-old hides inside his small Dallas apartment because of fear that police will arrest him wherever he goes.

“I see a cop right there, so that tells me that I should not be going outside not for nothing.”

Wimberly is both autistic and schizophrenic, so he struggles with self-control.

Despite his condition, Blake has progressed enough to live on his own.  But his mother, Lori Lux, says a trip to a grocery store started a downward spiral.  “I see a man who has shut down,” she said.

The incident happened on April 28 at a Whole Foods store on Park Lane.

Police reports say Blake was ‘acting odd,’ leading to customer complaints.

Officers were called, and Blake was told to get out of an unauthorized area or be arrested.  His response to officers was: “No, I have to call my mom.”

That refusal led to Wimberly’s arrest for criminal trespassing even though he wore a medical alert bracelet and told officers about his condition.

“I told them I had autism and he told me basically I was a liar.”

“I asked them repeatedly, was he violent? Did he ever threaten? No, they all told me no he was just odd,” Lux said.

She says she was in the shower when police called her that morning, but no one answered when she called back.

It was more than 12 hours later when she was able to bring Blake home from jail.  “I was mistreated in jail,” Blake said.

“They have just totally turned our lives upside down for no reason,” added Lux.

In a statement, Whole Foods defended the store’s actions, saying Blake was quote, “Running up and down the aisles and repeatedly going into areas of the store that are employee-only.”

A spokesperson says Dallas police officers made the decision alone to take Blake to jail.  Department officials did not return our calls for comment.

Since the arrest, Blake relies on his mother for trips to grocery stores, but still has a compulsion to visit them.

But the experience has made him fearful and reclusive.  “I miss being welcome into places.”

In criminal trespassing cases, DPD officers have the discretion to either issue a citation or make an arrest.  Blake’s family says they are planning to file a lawsuit over what happened.

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“I think I might be sleeping alone tonight.”

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