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Meet GameCrush, a startup that manages to sound both ridiculous and very promising at once. The gist: take the millions of male gamers out there and offer to hook them up online with a gaming buddy of the opposite sex for a fee. Or, as founder Eric Strasser put it, “if you can buy a girl a drink in a sports bar, why not buy her a game online?” (more)

They have already been chased out of bars, offices and restaurants. Now, the city wants to ban smokers from outdoor public spaces like parks and beaches. The ban would affect some of the most crowded pedestrian spaces in the world, like Times Square. (more)

Despite a pledge last year to crack down on porn snooping among its federal employees and contractors – including one former executive who accessed illicit websites on at least 331 days – the National Science Foundation is facing renewed questions about whether workers are still surfing for smut on the government’s time. (more)

Eid ul-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, is supposed to be a joyous occasion. But in the U.S.-allied Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain, where the Sunni-dominated government has arrested scores of Shi’ite opposition activists in recent weeks, many celebrated in fear. (more)

Using Facebook is the online equivalent of staring at yourself in the mirror, according to a study. (more)

Lady Gaga dropping in for the noon class at Bikram Yoga Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon, after her previous night’s show at Verizon Center. What does Gaga wear to yoga, you ask? Five-inch Louis Vuitton heels and a gorgeous blazer, which she shed to work out in a bra and panty-type ensemble. Platinum bob, fake eyelashes. (more)

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — For Minnesota Vikings defensive back Husain Abdullah, the most important clock inside the Metrodome was not the one keeping time for his team’s recent preseason game with the Seattle Seahawks. Another, showing the time of day, held greater significance for him and for the Vikings’ training staff. (more)

MORE than 500 people rode inflatable sex dolls down river rapids at the eighth annual instalment of a bizarre but popular Russian race, The St Petersburg Times reported. (more)

Fox News personality Glenn Beck called for a restoration of faith in the United States at his “Divine Destiny” event Friday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. (more)

San Francisco-based Craigslist should remove its adult services section because the website cannot adequately block potentially illegal ads promoting prostitution and child trafficking, attorneys general in 17 states demanded Tuesday in a joint letter. (more)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Just a bit outside. (more)

Her divorce is final and she’s ready to talk. Elin Nordegren breaks her nine-month silence in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE magazine. (more)

Two fire-breathing bartenders face up to 45 years in prison each for performing flaming bar tricks. (more)

Everyone looks better after you’ve tipped back a pint or two, and now we may know why. (more)

White House gatecrashers Michaele and Tareq Salahi say they want to “return to who we were.” “We’ve been the “it couple” for the past decade,” Michaele tells Bernard Goldberg of HBO’s “Real Sports” in a profile of their charity, “America’s Polo Cup,” airing tonight. Their annual polo match, currently under investigation by the state of Virginia for possible fraud, was bare-bones this year with sponsors and contenders from India backing out. (more)

There’s good news for parents who worry that their teenagers’ sex lives are affecting their school performance: A provocative new study has found that teens in committed relationships do no better or worse in school than those who don’t have sex. (more)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Convicted DC snipers Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad were supposed to have had help carrying out their deadly attacks, and they may have been involved in more shootings than authorities suspected, according to an interview with actor William Shatner that airs Thursday. (more)

For a New Hampshire black bear, it started out as an ordinary home invasion. He strolled in through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, and took a drink from the family fishbowl. And then he saw a sight that must have brought a chill to his furry spine. (more)

Healthy ‘social connections’ – with relatives, friends, neighbours or workmates – can improve our odds of survival by 50 per cent, the study found. (more)

When the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation decided in 1991 to take on Joe Camel, it became the nation’s largest private funding source for fighting smoking. The foundation spent $700 million to help knock the cartoon character out of advertisements, finance research and advocacy for higher cigarette taxes and smoke-free air laws and, ultimately, to aid in reducing the nation’s smoking rate almost by half. (more)