Indulging in office gossip here and there can be harmless fun, but of course there is always the harmful kind as well — the two sometimes go hand in hand. Gossip has the power to strengthen relationships and help co-workers communicate better, says a Harvard Business Review study. There are obviously people who disagree with that as evidenced by several companies implementing no-gossip Read more

Weinergate may come to an end after two bizarre weeks of embarrassing pictures, confusing interviews, and bad jokes. Earlier this week, President Obama called the scandal a distraction and said he would resign if he were NY representative Anthony Weiner. Well, it looks Weiner has come to that decision, after talking to his wife Huma Abedin, as pressure from Democratic leaders rises and lewd Read more

The poster couple for a successful bipartisan relationship, Maria Shriver and Arnold Schwarzenegger, has come to an end. Maria was born into the Democratic Kennedy clan before marrying bodybuilder-turned-actor and eventual Republican governor of California Arnold in 1986, and they seemed to know how to make their differing opinions work. But this sort of politically incompatible pairing is Read more

Judging by the sales of Vanity Fair covers featuring the Kennedy family, modern Americans still care about the private lives of at least one first family. Larry Flynt, infamous publisher of Hustler, is hoping we want the dirt on all the presidential families. In his new book, One Nation Under Sex (out April 26), Larry plays historian by looking at the sex lives of American presidents, first Read more

Among independent voters, Charlie Sheen is winning. Duh. In a recent poll, more independent voters said they would pick Charlie Sheen over Sarah Palin for president by a 41 to 36 margin. Among Democrats, he'd beat Palin by a 44 to 24 point margin. But don't expect to see the unemployed actor and his goddesses in the White House anytime soon, even if he ran against Palin in a tiger-blood-fueled Read more

Several Republican students at UC Berkeley have been taking a lot of heat for their Diversity Bake Sale. It's basically a stunt to show how prices can be calculated based on factors like gender and sex. Politico says: "During the sale, scheduled for Tuesday, baked goods will be sold to white men for $2.00, Asian men for $1.50, Latino men for $1.00, black men for $0.75 and Native American men for Read more

Today, President Obama said although the economy is not rebounding back as quick as he had envisioned, he promised "things are going to get better." The most recent jobs report shows that unemployment in July has decreased to 9.1 percent from 9.2 percent in May and 117,000 new jobs are being created. However, many experts say there is no real improvement and that this amount of added jobs is not Read more