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By now you've probably heard: Short haircuts are happening. Everywhere. From the September Vogue Paris cover, to Coco Rocha's Instagram in real time, to Rihanna, who went short a few weeks ago. And if there are other life forms out there in the universe, I’m sure even they have heard about Beyoncé’s pixie cut, polled their colonies for their citizens’ opinions, and put forth multiple theories about why she did it. But as a short-haired woman for the past two years, I’ve been watching the pixie hysteria unfold with some level of bemusement. I was never that comfortable with long...

More women -- particularly those in their late teens and 20s -- are experimenting with bisexuality or at least feel more comfortable reporting same-sex encounters, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The survey, released Thursday by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, found that 11.5 percent of women, ages 18 to 44, said they've had at least one sexual experience with another woman in their lifetimes, compared with about 4 percent of women, ages 18 to 59, who said the same in a comparable survey a decade earlier.

CONCORD, N.H. — Police yesterday launched a criminal investigation into alleged hazing incidents involving female students at St. Paul’s School while the private boarding school conducts internal disciplinary proceedings against the girls. A total of 15 seniors and senior leaders, known as prefects, allegedly hazed new, incoming students in two dormitories late last week. One of the alleged incidents involved using an object to simulate oral sex on the younger students, multiple sources said. A school administrator yesterday confirmed he reported an alleged hazing incident to Concord police, but would not discuss the nature of the accusations nor give the...