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Social networking sites may be a little more like real-life encounters than they’re often given credit. Like a real conversation or exchange between friends, strangers, and acquaintances there is as much chance for a positive experience on a site such as Facebook as there is a negative one.

Can you indulge in tabloid gossip and still keep your hands clean? I don’t know. But I will confess that after reading about the dark world of gossip reporting this weekend, I came away feeling as if my Us Weekly addiction was the seemingly benign gateway to some perverse underworld where anonymous cheats and liars are paid to expose famous cheats and liars.

There’s something about Gwyneth Paltrow that gets under people’s skin, and not in a good way.

Elizabeth Taylor died on Wednesday, was buried Thursday, and this morning she’s already speaking from the grave, sharing details about the private life of her friend and former co-star James Dean with the world.

Most of us are used to leaning on our friends in good times and bad, but according to Kelly Valen, author of The Twisted Sisterhood, female friends aren't always on your side.