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Elliot Rodger pounded on the sorority house front door while, inside, the young women he yearned to slaughter were preparing for another Friday night. The awkward 22-year-old was obsessed with exacting “retribution” for what he experienced as a lifetime of social and sexual isolation, and had planned meticulously to target as many people as possible, authorities say. But here again, he was denied access to those he felt should worship him. So when no one answered after several minutes, Rodger improvised.

Polish model Anna Jagodzinska edgily graces in all her blond gloryness, the very feminine but stolid Donna Karan S/S 2010 collection of luxurious evening wear and dresses. The collection, a bit prim, a bit proper, a bit monochrome, a bit flowing… still, all together lovely we think.

IT really is a case of blonde ambition. Women with fair hair are more aggressive and determined to get their own way than brunettes or redheads, according to a study by the University of California. Researchers claim that blondes are more likely to display a “warlike” streak because they attract more attention than other women and are used to getting their own way — the so-called “princess effect”. Even those who dye their hair blonde quickly take on these attributes, experts found. The study could cast fresh light on the ability of Joanna Lumley, the actress and former model, to...

"Sometimes the names alone provided hints as to the prospects for a lasting relationship. Somehow gunilla_luvs_prozac didn’t seem quite ready, whereas cum2mama was if anything a little too ready. Messages from hysterical_hilda, katsb4men and imeldamarcos were similarly binned. But diligent research eventually brought its rewards as I discovered that beyond the mundane Majas lay clusters of intriguing Tinas, Linas and Sabrinas."

If I had a daughter, I wouldn't name her "LaGaylia", but anyhow, the lady sure can sing. One day she might be big in the US and not only in Sweden. The article: 'I just love Swedish blonds' Since arriving in Sweden from Florida in 2001, LaGaylia Frazier has become one of the best-known faces on the Swedish music scene. She has competed twice in Melodifestivalen and is a stalwart of Robert Wells’ legendary Rhapsody in Rock concerts. The American soul diva’s voice was described by one journalist as a cross between Shirley Bassey and Tina Turner. "- How would...

They say blonds have more fun, and now a Canadian anthropologist says it's been happening for over 10,000 years. The population of blond women grew rapidly at the end of the last ice age because their looks got them noticed at a time of male scarcity in northern and eastern Europe, says Peter Frost, who is associated with St. Andrews University in Scotland. Food was also in short supply, which made men more choosy as they cut down on the mouths they had to feed by selecting fewer mates, his study says. The blond gene had begun in Europe as...

Washing your hair might make you lose your mind! While that sounds like a line from the cover of a tabloid magazine - it's the focus of real government research! Researchers have uncovered evidence that suggests an ingredient found in some soaps and shampoos might affect memory. The research centers around an ingredient found in shampoos, soaps, and a lot of other products we use to keep clean, it's called DEA. It's the stuff that helps makes soap and shampoo soft and bubbly - but there's also some research that shows DEA may rob the brains ability to make memory...

July 20, 2003 Blond Lightning on the Far Right By DAVID CARR LOUD, friendly argument was preoccupying a table at Bella Blu on the Upper East Side. Over pasta and a fair amount of white wine, the group of seven was shouting down someone who suggested that the Bush administration lacked a clear plan to wage peace in Iraq. It was the kind of self-satisfied, opinionated crowd that validates Manhattan life and provokes antipathy from the rest of the country. The startlingly thin, pretty woman at the end of the table listened, but contented herself with a plate of lobster...

<p>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -- In the end, it seems it was just another dumb blond joke.</p> <p>The World Health Organization (WHO), the Geneva-based health arm of the United Nations, insisted on Tuesday that despite the many media reports to the contrary, it had never conducted a study predicting the extinction of the natural blond hair gene.</p>

<p>It was a dark day on the hair color front.</p> <p>Media outlets around the world, from CBS, ABC and CNN to the British tabloids, delivered the sad news: Blonds are dying out.</p> <p>"The decline and fall of the blonde is most likely being caused by bottle blondes, who researchers believe are more attractive to men than true blondes, " said CBS "Early Show" co-host Gretchen Carlson.</p>