Noel Biderman

With 11 million members and counting, the Ashley Madison website is turning extramarital affairs into a business. Meet the man behind it all.

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Remember all that hubbub about men thinking about sex every seven minutes? It turns out that myth has finally been debunked. According to a new study, men think about sex 19 times a day (about every 50 minutes), leaving far more time for them to ponder their biological needs, like food and sleep, than first imagined.

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“My mom actually pitched me Dr. Phil"

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Some strongly believe in the theory of six degrees of separation. Some say that with modern social networking three is the correct number of degrees. Some say the whole thing is a myth. This six-degree thing is sometimes referred to as the Human Web. It basically says that all of us are friends of a friend, and that after about six of those connections, we can reach anyone on the planet. Some Hungarian dude named Frigyes Karinthy came up with this in 1929. I never met a Frigyes, but it seems like a shady name to me -- but that’s because I’m feeling a bit distrustful.

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Yesterday, an anonymous former VIP nightclub waitress in Las Vegas sued her former employers, the Light Group, for creating a workplace environment fueled by sex, booze, cash, and blow. The allegations are serious if unsurprising; Jane Doe worked at Jet and Bare while in the Light Group's alleged clutches. While employed there, she was strongly encouraged/ordered to overindulge in alcohol, "ingest" cocaine, and bang the whales who frequent the VIP sections.

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Way back in the medieval dinosaur days of June 2008, BlackBook started an innocent interview series focused on personalities in the nightlife, dining, and hospitality industries called "Industry Insiders." By way of (at the time) purely coincidental circumstances, the first person we interviewed was a VIP hostess named Rachel Uchitel. Perhaps you've heard of her?

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"I still really like sex, and I really enjoy having it, and often."

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Gosh, is everything better in Italy? The food, the crazy leaders, the art, the history, the beautiful people, and now the teen sex education. Apparently, the youth of Italy weren't quite up to speed on sexual health and safety, so the Italian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SIGO) is issuing a new safe sex guide tailor-made for international flings and summer love. Learn how to say "I had unprotected sex yesterday, could you help me?" in 11 different languages!

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An alleged sexytime wonderpill meant to stimulate flagging or absent libido in women has sadly gotten the big no-no from an FDA panel. The drug -- flibanserin, brewed in the test kitchens of German pharmacorp Boehringer Ingelheim -- was proven to increase the frequency of "sexually satisfying events," but not to actually increase desire itself. This is a problem in the drug approval process, since the concoction must nominally treat an actual diagnosable problem, namely "female sexual desire disorder." Of course, the broader market will be women looking to get a little extra gas in the tank, much like Viagra was ostensibly marketed for treating erectile dysfunction, while finding wide use among dudes who wanted 100% concrete boners. Not that there's anything wrong with (any of) that.

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The innocence of Texan children is being destroyed by a most unlikely source: piñatas. These are not your sweet birthday party animal piñatas stuffed with cheap candy and sunshine. No, these are naughty piñatas that teach children about all sorts of things they'd probably never know about otherwise, like breasts and thong underwear. In the city of Donna, Texas, parents are outraged over the "adult piñatas" hanging from a storefront in plain sight on a busy intersection, such that little Jack and Madison can clearly see them while being shuttled to soccer and Sunday school.

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