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Here's a reason to head right to happy hour at SportsZone or Where's Rufus?, or any favorite watering hole after work today.  Regular social drinking is good for our health.

This month marked Internet Week in NYC, during which web comedian Alex Blagg of A Bajillion Hits introduced Plungr, a pretend (we hope) bathroom-based social media start-up. Plungr, says Blagg, will combine popular social networking sites to create an outlet for bathroom enthusiasts to express their passion for porcelain. That’s right, gone are the days when your friends are left out of cutting ed

Amber Heard is starring in the upcoming NBC drama 'Playboy,' which is set at the Playboy Club in Chicago during the '60's -- a time period in which it was the busiest night club in the world. Earlier this week,Êthe 24-year-old actress posted a photo from the set of the show on her Facebook page, in which she dons the iconic Playboy bunny outfit.

According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, social networking sites are now used as a primary source of evidence in four of out five divorcee proceedings. Facebook, the most popular social networking destination, is cited in two-thirds of divorce cases, followed by MySpace at 14 percent and Twitter at five percent...

Daniel Morales, a New York City homeless man, got more out of 140 characters than he ever expected when an initiative called Underheard in New York supplied him with a pre-paid cell phone and access to Twitter -- he got to reunite with his estranged daughter. Underheard aims to give a (digital) voice to those often ignored by society, their website states:

Colin Firth and Natalie Portman were the big winners at last night's Screen Actors Guild Awards... Oscar-favorite Colin Firth predictably won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for The King's Speech. In accepting, he quipped, "I'd like to thank security for letting me into the building...

A 3-month-old "flirting-facilitator" social networking site started by students at California's Stanford University has spread to several other schools. LikeALittle.com, which was started October 25, bills itself as a "flirting-facilitator platform" where users can "compliment and chat about potential crushes you see around you.