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Cleavage Throws Mexican Presidential Debate a Curve

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:00:00 CDT

A televised Mexican presidential debate looked more like an episode of Wheel of Fortune thanks to a babealicious production assistant's cleavage-baring gown. She was so eye-popping that Mexico's election commission apologized. "We are sorry about the production error associated with the clothing of one of the assistants, and want to...

Smokers May Lose Their Nipples

Matt Cantor — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:42:20 CST

A plastic surgeon wants smokers to know: If you light up within a month of a breast lift, your nipples could literally drop off. That's because smoking can reduce blood flow to some parts of the anatomy. If those body parts don't get blood, they die, writes Anthony Youn at...

Male Breast Reductions Swell

Rob Quinn — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:54:00 CST

Male boob jobs is plastic surgery's fastest-growing area for a third year in a row, according to a British surgeons' association. The number of male breast reduction operations is up 28% from last year. The association chief says this is largely because media coverage of "moobs" is making many men...

Busty Woman Told She Was 'Too Sensual' to Be Promoted

Nick McMaster — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:16:45 CST

In a story that echoes that of Citibank's 'too hot' banker , a Florida woman has sued her former employer of 13 years for discriminating against her—because she was too busty. Managers at the Devereux Foundation allegedly told Amy-Erin Blakely that co-workers couldn't concentrate in meetings because they were distracted...

'Boobies' Cancer Campaign Gets It Wrong

Nick McMaster — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:46:16 CDT

Some American schools are banning students from wearing rubber bracelets that read "I (heart) boobies"—a slogan for a breast-cancer awareness campaign. They're afraid of that word, which is silly. "But you know what? I'm offended by the bracelets, too—just for a very different reason," writes Tracy Clark-Flory at...

More Women Flaunt the A-Cup

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:55:36 CDT

When it comes to breasts, bigger isn’t always better . The assumption that A-cup women are constantly looking for push-up bras to enhance their assets is no longer unequivocally true, and a number of boutiques and online stores are now specializing in smaller size—but still sexy—bras. In the past,...

Thieves Flash Breasts to Pull ATM Job

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:08:59 CDT

A couple of French female desperados flashed their breasts at a customer withdrawing funds from an ATM to distract him while they ripped him off. As his eyes were particularly drawn to one woman's chest, the other grabbed his money and ran (with her shirt down). The heist was captured...

More and More Girls Hitting Puberty by Age 7

Kate Schwartz — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 06:16:34 CDT

Today's girls are even more likely to enter puberty by age 7 or 8, finds a new study. At age 7, 10.4% of white, 23.4% of black and 14.9% of Hispanic girls had hit puberty, based on their breast development. Those numbers nearly double just a year...

Girls in Cameroon Have Breasts 'Ironed'

Emily Rauhala — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:39:11 CDT

Breast ironing. Yes, it's as painful as it sounds. But, according to a new Current documentary , as many one in four girls in Cameroon have had their breast buds burned with hot stones. Ironically, the painful wounds are meant to protect them; mothers believe the scars will keep men at...