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'My Foot is Too Big for the Glass Slipper': Gabby Reece unriddles the marriage fairy tale Gabrielle Reece and Karen Karbo TODAY books April 12, 2013 at 7:57 AM ET As a world-famous athlete and model, Gabrielle Reece already seemed to be on the fast track to having it all. When she met the man who would become her husband in 1995, it simply seemed like the next logical step. In "My Foot is Too Big for the Glass Slipper," however, Reece discloses that marriage was no simple feat. Here's an excerpt. My childhood was rough enough to knock the...

PLACENTIA, California (AP)-Brent Liles, a former bassist for the 1980s punk rock group Social Distortion, was struck and killed by a truck while riding a bicycle, authorities said Wednesday. He was 43.

San Francisco (AP) -- A country club must offer spousal discounts to same-sex domestic partners, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday, saying that a San Diego golf course discriminated against lesbians when relatives of married members played for free. Deciding a case brought against Bernardo Heights Country Club in San Diego, the state's highest court said that allowing the families of married members to golf gratis while charging the partners of gay members constitutes "impermissible marital status discrimination." While businesses might have once claimed a legitimate business interest for maintaining different policies for married couples and gay members who cannot...

Well, well...looks like I have a few names to add to my boycott list. I just wanted to bring attention to a new CD I noticed in my local music store entitled "Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1". According to this site, "Money from sales of the album will go into print and television ads encouraging young people to vote Bush out of the White House. Fat Mike told MTV.com he hopes to have "one or two famous punk rockers" appear in the ads." ...and while I was posting this, I came across a follow-up CD to be released: Rock Against...