21 year old woman dedicates her life to sleeping with 100,000 men

21 year old Polish woman, Ania Lisewka, (pictured above) has vowed to travel to every city across the world in a bizarre quest to sleep with 100,000 men.

According to reports, Ania, who has a serious boyfriend, has already embarked on her mission and has slept with 284 men so far, starting with cities in her home country, Poland. 

Anna told the Austrian Times: 'I want men from Poland, Europe and all around the world. I love sex, fun and men. In Poland the subject of sex is still taboo and anyone who wants to fulfill their sexual fantasies is considered a deviant, a w**** or mentally ill.'

Ania is so determined to complete her task that she's set up a Facebook page and a website to keep people (interested in her exploits) up to date with her sex marathon.

North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, publicly executes ex-girlfriend

On August 8th, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was in the audience to applaud his ex-girlfriend Hyon Song- wol (right), a singer with the Unhasu National Orchestra. 9 days later a group of artists were arrested for allegedly making a sex tape. His ex was one of them. They were publicly executed by firing squad on August 20th, while their families were condemned to a labor camp.

From Asia News

The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un ordered the public execution of his ex-girlfriend Hyon Song- wol, accused of 'pornography' with a group of artists from the National Orchestra of Unhasu, which his current wife Ri Sol -ju also once belonged to. The arrest took place on August 17, the execution took place in public three days later. According to the indictment the women filmed themselves having sex and then sold the videos in China. Some South Korean sources claim that there were many Christians among those sentenced to death who had a Bible at home, a "crime" that you can pay for with your life or imprisonment in a state gulag in North Korea.

Kris Jenner's talk show canceled

According to a report by Radar Online, Kris Jenner's talk show has been canceled due poor ratings

From Radaronline.com

Kris Jenner has been told by FOX executives that her six-week trial run at being a talk show host will be just that - it’s not coming back for a second run.

Kim K's mother was recently told, “There is no chance the talk show is going to get a green light from FOX. The ratings were averaging an abysmal 0.8 and advertisers were less than enthusiastic about it.”

“Kris did get a ratings bump for her last show when Kanye West revealed the first baby pic of daughter, North West, with Kim, but that was a one time shot in the arm and it wouldn’t be indicative of what the ratings trend would be,” the source close to the production told RadarOnline.com.

“It’s a very crowded market and Kris didn’t do anything to set herself apart from the field. Believe it or not, most of America doesn’t want to hear about the Kardashian’s for an hour everyday,” the source revealed.

US marks 'I have a dream' commemorations

Americans march in preparation for 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's speech on equal rights.Tens of thousands of marchers kicked off the 50th anniversary commemorations in Washington of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream'' speech. The event on Saturday was the precursor to the actual anniversary of the march. On the day of the anniversary, Wednesday, March 28, President Barack Obama will speak from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the same place King stood when he delivered his speech. On Saturday, Eric Holder, the nation's first black Attorney General, thanked those who marched a half century earlier. He said he would not be in office, nor would Obama be president, without them. "They marched in spite of animosity, oppression and brutality because they believed in the greatness of what this nation could become and despaired of the founding promises not kept,'' Holder said. Holder said the spirit of the 1963 march now demands equality for gays, Latinos, women, the disabled and others. Keeping with that theme, those in attendance represented a number of causes advocating gay rights, organised labour, voting rights, and even access to local post offices. Many speakers cited persistent unemployment among African-Americans, which is about double that of white Americans. Others spoke of the Florida shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his killer, George Zimmerman, who argued self-defence. "It's very difficult to stomach the fact that Trayvon wasn't committing any crime. He was on his way home from the store,'' Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon's mother, said as she prepared to participate in the march.  On the day of the anniversary, Obama will be joined by former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Churches and groups have been asked to ring bells at 3pm, marking the exact time King spoke. On Friday, a coalition of black leaders issued what they said is the 21st century agenda for the nation. They named economic parity, equity in education, voting rights, health care access and criminal justice reform as national policy priorities.

Canada giving $1.2M for religious freedom in Nigeria, Central Asia

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Andrew Bennett, Canada's ambassador for religious freedom, are announcing $1.2 million for projects to promote tolerance for religions around the world.

Bennett was appointed as religious freedom ambassador earlier this year.

CBCNews.ca is carrying Baird and Bennett's press conference live at 11:15 a.m. ET.

• Christian college dean to head religious freedom office

The office, which is modelled on a similar department in the U.S., aims to protect and advocate on behalf of religious minorities under threat, and oppose hatred and intolerance for religion, according to the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The government will provide:

• $553,643 over two years for the promotion of "intercommunity dialogue and conflict mediation" in Jos, Nigeria, and other parts of Nigeria’s Plateau State.
• $672,000 over three years for national training events for government officials and civil society actors in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South Caucasus, funding for up to 10 small-scale projects seeking ways to address violations of freedom of religion or belief at the national level, and the launch of guidelines on the recognition of belief communities.

Double mastectomy leads to calamity of errors

Two rolls of packing gauze were discovered in Lynn Burkitt during a third surgery. Before it was discovered, she says the wound smelled rotten and her entire right side felt like it was burning. (John Rieti/CBC)

Lynn Burkitt asked for a double mastectomy, hoping to rid herself of worry after a scary bout with breast cancer.

But what the 52-year-old from Medicine Hat, Alta., got instead was a series of surgeries and mishaps that left her with a gaping, infected abscess in her chest. Two rolls of packing gauze were left rotting inside her, undetected by home care staff.

"You could've put your fist inside my chest," Burkitt said of the initial abscess. "They have made such a mess of my chest that I look like a freak."

The open wound is now the size of a poker chip, slowly healing but still debilitating the Alberta woman.

"If I had known what was going to happen, I would never have done" the double mastectomy, she says now.

Topless women march in Vancouver for gender equality

More than 50 women marched through downtown Vancouver on Sunday baring their breasts in the name of gender equality.

The march was part of a national campaign organized by GoTopless, a women's organization fighting for equal topless rights.

Organizers said similar marches were happening in 45 cities around the world.

"Being topless in B.C. is legal. We have the right to be topless and this is wonderful," GoTopless spokeswoman Denise Belisle said to a photo-snapping crowd that followed the marchers to Vancouver's Robson Square.

"What we need is respect. We need respect from society, we need respect from all of you."

Red carpet photos from the MTV Video Music Awards + Winners

 

The 2013 MTV Video Music Awards held last night at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, New York. See more red carpet photos and full list of winners after the cut...

Song of the week: Candles in the Sun

Is there a God?
Is he watching?
Is she watching?
Are they watching now?
If not, what are we doing?
Where are we going?
What are we doing now?

Look at all these people
Searching for a reason,
Searching for a piece of mind. Hey!

They say we're all created equal,
That's what they teach us,

But that ain't how we treat each other
Nah that ain't how we treat each other
Shit, The truth is that we need each other, yeah.

[Chorus 1:]
Diamond in the back,
Babies on crack,
Kickin' the door,
Waving the four four
White-collared war crime, money gets spent
Just candles in the sun, blowing in the wind
Sun goes down.
Heroes often get shot
Peace has long been forgot got
Ohh it'll be too late when we find out
We're all that we got
Take a look around now
Just take a look around

Business and governments just, watch as the innocent fade.
Mindless bureaucracy fails, hindering government aid.

Aren't you appalled?
What are we doing?
Where are we going?
What are we doing?

[Chorus 2:]
Diamond in the back,
Babies on crack,
Kickin' the door,
Waving the four four
(Oh yeah)
White-collared war crime, money gets spent
Candles in the sun, blowing in the wind
(Take a look around)
Sun goes down.
(Look around)
Heroes often get shot
Peace has long been forgot got got got
Oh will it be too late once we find out?
We're all that we got
(Yeah yea)
We're all that we got
(Yeah yea)
We're all that we got
(ooh)

May we all live long
And may we all be brave
And the bridges we burn, only light our way

May we all be strong
And we all be brave
And the bridges we burn, only light our way

May we all live long
May we all be brave
And the bridges we burn, only light our way

May we all live long
And we all be brave
And the bridges we burn, will be the bridges we burn

We're all that we got
(ooh)
We're all that we got
(ooh)
We're all that we got
(Nah)
Look around now
That we're all that we got

(Yeah Yeah)

Is there a God?
Is he watching?
Is she watching?
Are they watching now?
Is there a God?
I'm sure he's watching
What are we doing?
Where are we going, nah?
Take a look around now

We're all that we got

Couple charged after 40 pythons found in Brantford, Ontario, motel

Brandon James, an inspector with the Brant County SPCA, holds one of the 40 pythons that were seized at a Brantford, Ont., motel on Aug 15. (Cory Ruf/CBC)

• A Brantford, Ont., couple were charged with three counts of animal cruelty after 40 ball pythons and

 five eggs were found unattended and dehydrated in plastic containers earlier this month. Police found the snakes in five plastic storage bins at the Bell City Motel on Colborne Street in Brantford, west of Hamilton.

The pair both face one count of causing distress to an animal, failing to provide care necessary for an animal's general welfare and failing to provide enough water.

The snakes ranged from 30 centimetres to 1.3 metres in length.

When they were discovered, they did not have water and the owners of the snakes were not present. An SPCA official said the snakes were "in distress" and a later examination revealed they were dehydrated.

The owners, when found, surrendered the reptiles as well as the five eggs to the Brant County SPCA.

• Pythons seized in Brantford belonged to family with kids, witnesses say

The snakes belonged to a local couple who stayed at the room for only one night, a manager at the motel told The Canadian Press. The couple were out Thursday evening when police arrived, said the manager, who asked that his name not be used.

Paul Sizer, a guest in a neighbouring room at the motel, told CBC News the couple had five young children with them, including a baby.

"The first night I was afraid of [the snakes] getting out and coming after me," he said.

The pythons were in the care of the Brant County SPCA on Aug. 16 and transported to a reptile facility somewhere in Ontario early that evening. SPCA inspector Brandon James would not say where they were going.

It is illegal to own a python in Brantford.

The discovery came less than two weeks after two boys were killed by an African rock python in New Brunswick earlier this month.

Also Thursday night, animal control officers in Hamilton recovered a 1.2-metre-long ball python in bushes in the city's east end. It was the second ball python found abandoned in the city in a week. Canadian Press

Why Harper says he's running again, and why he might not: Greg Weston CBC

Stephen Harper had only been Conservative opposition leader a few weeks when he summoned his then shadow cabinet, and offered an unexpected warning to anyone who might someday get the urge to replace him.

"Learn French," a former senior official recalls Harper advising any would-be successors in the room.

"And, for sure, be patient because he planned to become prime minister and stay there for a very long time."

Nine years later, all evidence suggests Harper retains an iron grip on his party's leadership, and there are no reports of wannabe successors lining up for French lessons.

Yet, for the first time since Harper moved into the Prime Minister's Office seven years ago, speculation about his possible retirement before the next election in 2015 has now become part of the routine chatter in political circles.

This week, CBC asked a dozen Conservative strategists, staffers and other insiders whether they thought Harper would stay for the next election.

The bets were almost evenly split, albeit most opinions were couched with all kinds of caveats and general uncertainty.

This week, reporters raised the issue with the prime minister publicly while he was on his annual summer tour of the Arctic, asking Harper point-blank if he would be leading the Conservatives to the polls just over two years from now.

He sounded almost offended by the query.

"Of course," he replied. "I'm actually disappointed you feel the need to ask that question."

One Toronto columnist used Harper's statement to dismiss the whole notion of any possible early retirement as largely the product of idle media minds trying to fill the summer news doldrums.

But there's a lot more than media mischief fuelling so much speculation in high places.

First and foremost, the Conservatives are in a heap of political trouble that has clearly damaged the party's standings in the opinion polls.

While this isn't the first hit the Harper administration has taken in the past few years, the difference this time is that the Conservatives are showing no signs of rebounding with voters.

If that downward trend in popularity continues well into 2014, what will Harper do if he is staring at an election from the basement of public opinion?

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The 22 books everyone should read… according to F Scott Fitzgerald:

List of novels he dictated to nurse is revealed

He is widely acclaimed as being one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, but little has been known about his own personal choice of literature - until now.A list containing 22 books that F Scott Fitzgerald thought were essential reading has just come to light, which the author of The Great Gatsby dictated to his nurse while convalescing in a North Carolina hotel in 1936.The hard-drinking Fitzgerald was battling alcoholism, and struggling financially. 

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Hard drinker: F Scott Fitzgerald pictured in the 1920s, the party age he was to write about so vividly. Right, a first edition of his most famous work. His wife Zelda had recently been admitted to the nearby psychiatric Highland Hospital in Asheville.

FITZGERALD'S ESSENTIAL READING

Sister Carrie: Theodore Dreiser
The Life of Jesus: Ernest Renan
A Doll’s House: Henrik Ibsen
Winesburg, Ohio: Sherwood Anderson
The Old Wives’ Tale: Arnold Bennett
The Maltese Falcon: Dashiel Hammett
The Red and the Black: Stendahl
The Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
An Outline of Abnormal Psychology: edited by Gardner Murphy
The Stories of Anton Chekhov
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
Victory: Joseph Conrad
The Revolt of the Angels: Anatole France
The Plays of Oscar Wilde
Sanctuary: William Faulkner
Within a Budding Grove: Marcel Proust
The Guermantes Way: Marcel Proust
Swann’s Way: Marcel Proust
South Wind: Norman Douglas
The Garden Party: Katherine Mansfield
War and Peace: Leo Tolstoy
John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley: Complete Poetical Works

It was a dark time for the 40-year-old.

Esquire had recently published his essay The Crack Up, in which he stated 'my life had been a drawing on resources that I did not possess, that I had been mortgaging myself physically and spiritually up to the hilt.'

That summer he had fractured his shoulder while diving into the hotel swimming pool. According to Michael Cody, at the University of South Carolina's Fitzgerald's website, he had also fired a revolver in a suicide threat.

It was after this incident that the hotel where he was staying in Asheville, the Grove Park Inn, refused to let him continue living there unless he had a nurse to look after him.

Mr Cody states: 'He was attended thereafter by Dorothy Richardson, whose chief duties were to provide him company and try to keep him from drinking too much.

'In typical Fitzgerald fashion, he developed a friendship with Miss Richardson and attempted to educate her by providing her with a reading list.'

According to website Open Culture, which published the list, at the top of the page, Richardson had written: 'These are books that Scott thought should be required reading.'

Decadence: Fitzgerald is credited with encapsulating the excess of American high society. Pictured here with his wife Zelda and their daughter Scottie

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For Husbands – How To Make Your Wife Happy. Be her family

Dear husbands, to make your wife happy, you don’t need to give her the billions in the world! Simple little things are what make women glad. If you treat her like a queen, she will definitely treat you like a king. Here are things you should do to make her glad.

1.When your wife feels weak,be to her a father

2.When she cries,be to her a mother

3.When she makes a mistake,be to her a brother

4.When she complains,be to her a friend

5.When she feel afraid,draw her close to you, be to her a lover and assure her all would be fine.

6.When she needs advice,be to her a sister, make her understand that you are always with her and will not abandon her.

7.When she nags and complains, hold your peace, do not argue with her.

Best Smart TVs in the world 2013

Every manufacturer offers a very different Smart TV experience

Related stories

• LG, Philips, Sharp team up on Smart TV apps
• Samsung TV's BFI film app unlocks century old movie content
• IFA 2011 sees giant push towards connected TVs

Does your TV have one-touch access to apps for BBC iPlayer, YouTube, Netflix, Lovefilm and Blinkbox? Not all smart, connected TVs are equal - they differ greatly in looks and apps - but all can get online, most using Wi-Fi.

There is no industry standard for smart TV, so every brand of television has a different platform of apps, though expect to find everything from sport, weather and on-demand video and movies to 3D content, games and social networking.

What's the best connected TV platform? That will depend on what you're after; some smart TV systems excel with a wide range of on-demand apps from UK TV channels, others with on-demand movies.

We've ranked the UK's major connected TV platforms in descending order, putting just as much emphasis on ease of use as app selection, to help you as you buy into a whole new generation of online television.

Target failing to impress customers in Canada

U.S. retailer Target is failing to make a good first impression with shoppers in Canada, according to a new survey.

Just five months after launching to fanfare and high expectations, Target has fallen to last place among major retailers in customer satisfaction, according to a Forum Research survey.

Only 27 per cent of Target customers said they were "very satisfied" with their shopping experience, down from 32 per cent in the spring.

"It is interesting to see Target dropping the ball on customer satisfaction after the big entrance they made into the market," said Forum Research president Dr. Lorne Bozinoff.

Costco, a U.S.-based membership-only warehouse club, had the highest customer satisfaction, with 62 per cent of shoppers in the survey saying they were "very satisfied" with their shopping experience.

"Considering that nearly everyone who shops at Costco is satisfied with the store, they are the natural leaders," Bozinoff said.

Target reports its quarterly earnings on Wednesday, and the results from its new Canadian operations will be key to earnings, according to a note from JP Morgan analyst Christopher Horvers.

According to the survey, Target scored a 2.7 customer satisfaction ranking, below Costco's industry-leading 3.5, and an overall average of 3.2.

Russian podium kiss an apparent defiance of anti-gay law

Russian athletes Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova shared a kiss on the winners' podium at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on the weekend amid the controversy over their country's new anti-gay law.

The public display of affection was caught on camera Saturday after the pair won the women's 4X400 metres relay gold medal at the World Athletics Championships.

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The move appears to violate a Russian law passed in June, banning gay and lesbian "propaganda."

Canadian pair detained in Egypt say they're OK

Consular officials have visited a pair of Canadians who have been detained in Egypt and have passed on a message that they're alright, says a mutual friend of both men who was informed about their arrest by telephone.

John Greyson, a Toronto-based filmmaker and York University professor, and Tarek Loubani, an emergency room doctor from London, Ont., were arrested on Friday.

The two men were heading to Gaza, where Greyson was to explore the possibility of making a documentary and Loubani was taking part in a program that involved the training of local doctors.

Justin Podur, a professor at the faculty of environmental studies at York University, confirmed the identities of the two detained men to CBC News.

Egypt's top general calls for end to violence
Podur received a call on Friday evening from Loubani, in which he disclosed that he and Greyson had been detained. They did not provide information on where they were being detained, or if they would be facing charges.

On his website, Podur has posted several updates about his friends.

Canadians deserve cheaper mobile rates, James Moore says

Canadian consumers deserve to pay less for their cellphone plans and only increased competition will give them lower bills, Industry Minister James Moore says. Beginning a roadshow that will see him speak across the country, Moore on Monday defended the federal government’s policy on telecom, saying it is designed to increase competition in the sector.

“I think that the public instinctively knows that when they have more choices that prices go down and more competition they're well served by that,” he told CBC News in Vancouver on Monday. He also spoke to CBC Radio One in Saskatoon.

He said he’s “pushing back a bit” against the big three wireless carriers – Telus, Rogers and Bell – which have launched their own campaign to convince consumers Ottawa has it wrong.

At issue are the conditions the federal government has set to auction off four blocks of public spectrum the telecoms can use to carry data and voice and the rules over sale of small-scale competitors Wind and Mobilicity.

The big three carriers say those rules favour Verizon, an American competitor that has not yet decided whether it will enter the Canadian market.

Is Verizon really the 'bogeyman' Canada's telecom giants claim?
Verizon, if it decides to enter Canada, will be permitted to bid on two of the four blocks of spectrum on offer, while the big three will scrabble for the other two. The U.S. firm also could decide to buy Wind or Mobilicity, with the big three having been blocked from doing so.

Bell, Rogers and Telus are trying to generate public support against Verizon, arguing its entry into the market will cost Canadians jobs. They’ve accused Ottawa of not providing a “level playing field” and say Verizon is a giant that will roll right over the Canadian industry.

Moore said the mobile carriers are just interested in protecting themselves.

“The noise that we're hearing is about you know companies trying to protect their company's interest,” he said. “Our job as a government is larger than that, our job is to serve the public interest and make sure that the public is served in this so that's one of the reasons why I'm pushing back a little bit.”

He said current policies will protect jobs, while setting conditions that allow more competition into the marketplace. That should lower Canadians cellphone bills, he said.

Moore is also promoting a new Conservative Party website called www.consumersfirst.ca. The website puts forward the government's policy positions on wireless competition and includes a list of "myths vs. facts" about the wireless market.

The telecom firms have responded by joining debates on the issue across the country.

Railway in Lac-Mégantic disaster may get operating extension in Canada

The Canadian Transportation Agency says it may allow the MM&A to continue operations in Canada until Oct. 1, 2013. (Canadian Press)

After initially being ordered to stop its operations, the Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway has received an extension to continue operations in Canada for more than a month.

Earlier this week, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) pulled the MM&A's certificate of fitness and said it no longer had the authorization to operate in Canada starting on Aug. 20.

The CTA said the railway didn’t have enough third-party liability insurance, or the funds to pay for the self-insured portion, both of which are requirements to operate in Canada.

Need to know

• MM&A has until Aug 23. to prove it can afford insurance
• If the CTA is satisfied, the railway will operate until Oct.1, 2013
• If the CTA is not satisfied, the railway will immediately suspend operations

However, the agency reversed its decision late Friday after receiving new information from the MM&A that suggests the company is able to cover its insurance responsibilities in the short term, Radio-Canada reports.

As a result, the CTA said it will allow the railway company to continue its operations until Oct. 1, 2013, as long as the MM&A proves by Aug. 23 that it can afford insurance premiums.

“Otherwise its permit will be immediately suspended,” the CTA said in a statement.

A total of 47 people were killed in the July 6 blasts after the train carrying crude oil derailed and set off a series of explosions at the centre of Lac-Mégantic.

In light of the Lac-Mégantic disaster and the financial state MM&A found itself in its wake, the Canadian Transportation Agency is launching a consultation and review of insurance coverage requirements for all railways operating under federal regulations. CBC

Prince William tells CNN about being a father in first interview since birth of son

Prince William tells CNN's Max about life as a new father and about his conservation work in Africa.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Prince William gives first official interview after birth of son to CNN's Max Foster
• William tells CNN about fatherhood and baby George
• "Prince William's Passion: New Father, New Hope" to air on CNN on September 15

"Prince William's Passion: New Father, New Hope" premieres on CNN Sunday, September 15th at 10:00 p.m. ET. Portion of the interview will air on CNN's New Day on Monday, August 19th at 8:00 a.m. ET.

(CNN) -- Prince William has given his first official interview to CNN since his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, gave birth to their first child.

The future king of Britain sat down with CNN's Max Foster to talk about baby George, his wife Catherine, and what it's like to be a new father.

The interview is part of a one-hour special, "Prince William's Passion: New Father, New Hope," which will premiere on CNN and CNN International on Sunday, September 15 at 10:00 p.m. ET.Royal baby name: The history behind George Alexander Louis

A portion of the interview will air on CNN on Monday, August 19 at 8:00 a.m. ET.

The special chronicles the prince's passion for Africa and his dream to save the world's most endangered species.

As a new father, the prince discusses his hope that one day his son can experience the same Africa that he and Prince Harry did as young boys.

Britain's royal family has worked on conservation in Africa for generations. In the one-hour TV special William tells CNN how his love of Africa and its endangered species were instilled in him by his father, Prince Charles, and late mother Princess Diana.

The prince also highlights some of the work being done by individuals in the area of conservation including Tusk, an organization for which he and Prince Harry are both patrons. 

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Fifty Shades Of Grey Earned 95 Million Shades Of Green: E.L. James #1 On Forbes Authors List!

DAYUM!!! Whip it GOOD!

Fifty Shades of Grey may be the book you’re most ashamed to read, but that hasn’t stopped you — or anyone else — from buying it!

In fact, Forbes Magazine estimates the trilogy has brought in $95 million in the last year — just based on sales! — giving E.L. James the gold medal on its top-earning authors list.

No wonder R-Patz may be circling the movie adaptation! Who doesn’t want to get their slice of this juicy S&M pie? LOLz!!!

The Hunger Games writer, Suzanne Collins, James Patterson, Danielle Steel, Stephen King, and Nora Roberts were all among the top ten, and while all those writers KILL it in their novels, often weaving in violence or love stories, no one among them has a Red Room of Pain.

So, what’s the lesson we learn?
Bondage = Benjamins. Lots of them! LOLz!!!

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The 10 Most Talked About Books of 2013... So Far

A few weeks ago, we rounded up our favorite books of 2013 so far, but these aren't necessary the books that have been the most discussed. So here's a quick rundown of the ten new books that, from my vantage point, have gotten the most buzz as we head toward the back half of 2013. This isn't a scientific effort; there's really no data to be had. Well, maybe there is, but Amazon/Google keep it in an underground locker with the Kindle sales data and the secret SEO tricks.

In alphabetical order:

1. All That Is by James Salter

The first new novel in thirty years from a living literary legend? And it's damn good? I've been thrilled to see a bunch of new passengers aboard the James Salter train this year. This is kind of an old-school, mid-century novel, and if it is the last Salter we get, man what an endcap on a dazzling career. If you haven't read Salter before, this is a good example of what he does best: the sentences, kid, the sentences.

2. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

If All That Is represents the twilight of Salter's literary era, Americanah represents the literary world we live in today. A funny, complicated, and resonant novel, it captures something that feels true about America as it is right this moment. Adichie reminds us that the most vital, difficult, and American stories have been, and still are, the stories of race and immigration, of being new in a country that for centuries has thought of itself as the New World. It's the kind of work that feels important, while being a joy to read. I'd say watch for it in award season, but even that feels sort of small compared to what this novel does.

3. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)

A new J.K. Rowling novel would have been enough. But a new J.K. Rowling that is already out and published under a pseudonym with sudden, shocking reveal? Buzz gold. Rowling's little experiment in anonymity turned into a larger scale experiment about literary celebrity. The book was positively, but not widely, reviewed and apparently only sold about 1500 copies before the big reveal. That number is likely to change...by several orders of magnitude. Fascinating stuff.

BlackBerry to explore possible sale of company

BlackBerry stock rose Monday after Canada's flagship technology company said its board has launched a formal review of its "strategic alternatives" — including the possibility of selling the smartphone company.

The company says the review could result in BlackBerry forming joint ventures, strategic partnerships or a sale of BlackBerry. It didn't specifically mention going private, an idea that has gained favour recently according to recent reports.

However, the long-anticipated formal strategic review — which will seek to get the best deal for BlackBerry shareholders — pushed up BlackBerry share prices.

RIMTimeline: Research in Motion's rise and fall

BlackBerry shares were rose more than 10 per cent, or $1.08, to close at $11.13 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, which is about $8 below the high in January when the stock was boosted by optimism for its BlackBerry 10 smartphones.

The rising stock is a sign of shareholder frustration, according to equity analyst Troy Crandall, of the Montreal-based investment firm MacDougall, MacDougall and MacTier.

The BlackBerry 10 has not met expectations since its debut in January and the company has long talked about turning around its sagging fortunes.

But investors "haven't really seen much come forth from management," Crandall told CBC News. "It's about time they did something."

BlackBerry also announced Monday that Prem Watsa, the head of Canadian insurance company Fairfax Financial and one of BlackBerry's key shareholders, has resigned from the BlackBerry board due to potential conflicts.