She did the deed, and now Vanessa Hudgens has agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for vandalizing a red rock wall during her trip to Sedona, Arizona, this year. I guess you could blame young love for her rash decision — the High School Musical actress carved a heart into the wall, and inside of that heart, "Vanessa + Austin," referring, of course, to her actor boyfriend Austin Butler. We'd love to say "aww," but Hudgens broke the law with her carving.

She must have assumed it was no biggie because she posted a photo of her red rock tribute on Instagram around Valentine's Day, where it caught the attention of a whole lot of people who weren't feeling the love. (Hudgens has kept a few photos from her trip on IG but has since removed the actual photo of her heart carving.) Her Instagram viewers were actually the ones who alerted the police to the matter and helped to call her out on it.

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Hudgens was issued a citation for a misdemeanor offense: damaging a natural feature on U.S. Forest Service land. Sources say that Hudgens has already paid the $1,000 fine, which was used by Friends of the Forest, a volunteer group, to restore the rock wall and remove the amorous act of vandalism. Apparently, lots of people visit Sedona and try to leave their mark behind, but Hudgens couldn't have actually believed she would get away with it, right? I mean, Ms. Rizzo herself has more than 18 million followers. A whole lot of eyes are tracking her every move.

So Hudgens made a silly mistake. It should also be noted that she helped authorities find the exact location of the rock and cooperated fully with the investigation. It sounds like she may have gotten off easily for committing a federal crime — the punishment for damaging a natural feature is up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. For an actress worth $10 million, forking over $1K is the equivalent of sacrificing one designer clutch.

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In a way, Hudgens provided a service — her mistake serves as a warning to anyone considering vandalizing public property to think twice about it. Even something as sweet as a Valentine's Day tribute can cost you. Somewhere out there, Zac Efron is shaking his head and thinking, This would have never happened if she was still my girl.

It's a lot to ask of anyone — especially an 18-year-old — to deal with the kind of family drama that the Kardashian/Jenner family has experienced in recent weeks. And it may have finally become too much for Kylie Jenner, who reportedly broke up with Tyga because of Blac Chyna's new involvement in their family.

Sources say it's no coincidence that Jenner and Tyga, who have been hanging out since at least 2014, broke up for good around the same time Chyna and Rob Kardashian announced they were having a baby and Chyna had decided to legally change her name to Angela Kardashian. If you recall, Tyga is the father of Chyna's son King Cairo. When they called it quits, the music video star and model had a lot to say about her ex's relationship with a then-underage Jenner (Tyga is 10 years older than Jenner), with whom he started hanging around right after their split.

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When Chyna and Rob got together in January and seemed immediately smitten with one another, it reportedly "shook up Kylie and Tyga's relationship" and made things "uncomfortable." I'll say! Look, it seemed like everyone was doing their part to at least try and welcome Chyna to the family and embrace this relationship. I mean, a baby brings instant joy and is a darn good reason to leave the past in the past. Everyone from Kim to Khloé to Tyga himself publicly congratulated Chyna and Rob. Hurray! Cheers to one big, happy, unconventional family, right?

Yeah, not quite. Kylie reportedly felt like she was in an "incestuous" relationship and could no longer handle the drama. She and Tyga may be broken up for good, and Chyna's now-permanent ties to the family may have a lot to do with it.

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But before we go blaming Chyna and Rob for the split, we should remember that Jenner is only 18 and that Tyga is her first serious relationship. How many of us actually go on to marry boys we dated before we graduated high school? And, lest we forget, Jenner and Tyga have broken up and gotten back together several times over the past few years. There were rumors that the rapper cheated on her with a Brazilian model named Annalu Cardoso. Rumors that she couldn't bring herself to trust him again. Rumors, rumors, rumors.

The fact remains: This couple had problems before Chyna and Rob came into the picture. If anything, maybe Jenner should be thanking her stepbrother for serving as the catalyst that finally prompted her to move on. Jenner has so much living left to do — she has barely started exploring her independence. She'll be just fine on her own.

We're at the park when it happens this time. I'm watching my 3-year-old twin boys scamper happily up and down the play structure as I stand nearby, hovering as always. One of them missteps, and I reach out to steady him so he doesn't slip off the wooden ladder. The bobble barely slows him down, but it's enough to send me spiraling.

My thoughts spin out into a thousand what-if scenarios. I envision him with a broken limb, a permanent disability, even dead... all from a slip on the playground. My chest constricts, my head spins, my tongue feels three times its actual size and breathing seems impossible. I'm having a panic attack in front of my kids, and I desperately hope they don't notice.

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Panic attacks are nothing new to me. They started in college right around the time that I realized that adulthood and real responsibility were imminent and have been a part of my life ever since. Sometimes they strike several times a day; other times I can go for months at a stretch before experiencing the feeling out of nowhere that I'm about to die. Thanks to the help of a great therapist and a lot of aftercare work on myself that will continue until the day I die, I got so good at coping with my anxiety that it wasn't something I thought a lot about... until I had kids.

Like any typical preschooler, my boys are sponges for the world around them. Drive them past a park once, and they'll remember its existence next time you turn that direction in town. Let them overhear the word "Grandma," and they'll grab their shoes and jackets and have a sit-in by the front door until I give in and grab my keys. I'm proud and amazed by how perceptive they are, except when it comes to my anxiety.

I'm not ashamed of my condition. After all, I'm one of 40 million Americans who suffers from some form of an anxiety disorder. But I don't want my panic attacks — which are just one small part of who I am — to define how my kids view me as a parent. I want them to remember that I let them jump in puddles, that we baked together every Tuesday, that I always let them snuggle in my bed when they wanted to. I don't want them to look back on their childhood and remember me being afraid, nor do I want the fact that I have trouble handling certain situations hold them back from squeezing every drop of awesome out of their lives — but I'm realizing I might not have a choice in the matter.

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As young as they are, they're already picking up on my triggers and realizing when I might have a hard time with things. We're planning a trip to a theme park soon and to get them excited my husband showed them videos of a dinosaur ride we plan to take them on. "That's too scary for Mommy," one of my boys said while watching. "She's going to need to take a minute."

"Don't worry Mommy," his brother said, "I'll hold your hand." I didn't say anything about the ride and I wasn't even looking at the screen while they watched the video; I was across the room. But they're sympathetic enough to think about how I'll feel in a given situation and at the tender age of 3 are trying to protect me (they also happen to be correct, I've been on that ride before and spent the entire time with my eyes squeezed shut and my ears covered, singing to drown out the sounds of the T-Rex chasing the ride vehicle).

As sweet as the sentiment is that they're worried about me, I hate the thought that what should be an exciting day for them is being tainted by their concern for my well-being. They're too young to be shouldering my burdens as their own, but I can't hide my disorder from them. There's no way to stop doing the deep breathing techniques or focusing exercises I need to do when a panic attack strikes, unless I want to make the problem even worse.

Sometimes I'll ground myself during an attack by placing my hands on a cool, flat surface and trying to focus my attention on the sensation in order to calm down. Other times I use a spotting technique, where I try to locate five things I can see, four I can touch, three I can hear, two I can smell and one thing I can taste. During particularly bad episodes I'll say these things aloud, and now whenever I go still for a moment the boys will start pointing out things on the shelves to me or try to put my hands on the floor, even if I paused just because my old lady brain can't remember what I came into the room for and not because I'm having a panic attack.

Doing these exercises helps manage my condition and allows me to be the best parent I can be for them, but I don't want them to grow up thinking they have a responsibility to help me cope. I want to serve as an example, to show them that if they ever have anxiety there are things they can do to help themselves.

Instead I feel like I'm showing them that I need them to look out for me, which is not what I want. As the parent, it's my duty to take care of them, not the other way around. I've tried to tell them they don't have to worry about me, but doing that only seems to earn me more hugs and looks of concern from the tiny faces I love most in the world.

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Back on the playground, the kids notice that my focus isn't wholly on them and their tandem slide technique. I'm busted.

"Does your chest feel tight, Mommy?" I manage a smile but don't respond, because even if I could I'm not sure what to say.

Whether you agree or disagree with Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly's decision to reach out to Donald Trump in April — months after he insulted her every which way he could — the big Trump/Kelly interview, which airs this Tuesday, is the definition of must-see television. In one corner, you have a presidential candidate who implied that the professional journalist was tough on him because she was on her period, who called her a bimbo and who has continued to criticize her career. In the other corner, you have a seasoned news pundit whose contract with Fox is set to expire and who, if she plays her cards right and gives us the Trump interview of a lifetime, could score her own show on prime-time Fox, leaving her cable roots behind her.

Both Kelly and Trump have been discussing the interview this week and dropping hints about what viewers can expect. In her latest interview with Jimmy Fallon of NBC's Tonight Show, Kelly reveals that she put aside her ego and contacted Trump twice before he agreed to finally meet her — on his turf, over at Trump Tower.

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To Kelly's credit, she showed up without an entourage or camera crew and requested that Trump speak with her alone as well. You know, like two adults — something that seems positively foreign, considering the tone set forth in these debates thus far.

"I knew if I could get face-to-face with him, I knew he would stop," Kelly told Fallon, referring to Trump's insults. Interestingly, she said she didn't bring up Trump's tweets at the time because she didn't want to take things to an "acrimonious" place and instead had a normal "candidate/reporter" conversation.

But never fear: Kelly had no problem bringing up the way Trump treated her in their big follow-up interview. Fallon plays a clip of the interview here:

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Trump was reportedly impressed with Kelly's courage and spoke highly of her to People magazine this week, saying, "I have great respect for the fact that Megyn was willing to call me. Few people would have been able to do that." In another interview clip that Kelly has released, Trump even admits that he wouldn't have been able to do that.

Needless to say, the candidate who would have never met Kelly over at Fox (her turf) was also not about to apologize to her. In an interview with Time, Kelly made it known that wasn't her motivation for interviewing Trump: "No. No apology was requested either."

Who needs an apology when you're about to become the next Oprah Winfrey?

This is probably going to sound a little weird to you all and perhaps even farfetched, but my cat has obsessive-compulsive disorder. He hasn't always had it — in fact, before he turned a year old, he displayed pretty normal behavior: eating, fighting with his sister and tearing up my furniture. However, after we moved to a new apartment, his behavior took a decided turn. He started exhibiting specific, repetitive behaviors that could only be described as OCD.

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Thankfully, I had a mild case of it when I was younger, so I knew to ask about it at my next vet appointment. Sure enough, it's definitely a thing they deal with on a regular basis, and on a rather large spectrum of severity. While my cat's OCD is far from the worst my vet has ever seen, his symptoms are often difficult to deal with and even disconcerting at times. We chose not to have him medicated, because for the most part, we could handle the effects, and to be perfectly honest, the behavior's pretty hilarious sometimes.

According to PetMD, here are just a few of the things you can look forward to if your cat (or dog) is diagnosed with OCD: excessive licking of himself or something non-edible, sucking on furniture or people, compulsive meowing and pacing. They apparently do these things because it relieves stress, and you may be reinforcing said behavior if you reward them with treats or attention at the time of the action. It also tends to manifest itself more in indoor cats who get stressed by confinement.

Here's what one owner of a pet with OCD (meaning me) deals with on a regular basis.

1. Bathroom "accidents"

I say "accidents" because at this point, I'm pretty sure it's just his routine. Almost every day, sometimes twice a day, my cat with OCD (let's call him by his name, Bill) will pee on the bathroom floor. He never used to do this when we lived at our other apartment. We think it started because he doesn't like the marble tile in our new apartment's bathroom, so he pees on the floor in protest. The funny thing is that he also uses the litter boxes, and only seems to use the floor when he's not getting enough attention (or if the boxes aren't spotless).

2. A chewing monster

Remember I mentioned compulsive chewing on non-edible objects? Well, my cat personifies that trait. Every cardboard box that makes its way into our house gets bitten all the way around until it looks like a cardboard doily. When you watch him do it, you can see it's almost systematic. Here's a little video so you can get a better idea:

Well, at least we can say he's diligent, right?

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3. He's a runner

Sometimes, especially in the mornings, he'll get the sudden urge to run like crazy all over the apartment, often for up to an hour, until he's exhausted himself. As he goes, he ricochets off of furniture, walls and people's heads, and often tramples his sister in the process. Makes working from home real fun.

4. Suckling addiction

OK, so this one was definitely at least partly my fault. When we're just hanging out, he'll often cling to my arm and suckle as if I had a nipple there that produced milk. It doesn't hurt at all; it's more just the idea of the action that comforts him, like a baby sucking his thumb. I think what prompted this was being weaned too early, and latching onto me as a mother figure (literally). I, of course, thought this was cute at first, so I let him do it, and now it's a full-blown compulsive habit.

5. Sister-chasing and biting

At first I hesitated to call this an OCD thing, because a lot of sibling cats display this kind of rivalry, but Bill does it far too often to be just that. It seems like he gets the need to bite or chase his sister Vespa out of nowhere, and it can go on for some time, until she's cowering under furniture. On occasion, we have to keep them in separate rooms until he calms down.

I know these sound bad, but there are lots of things you can do to help curtail this sort of behavior if you suspect your pet may have OCD. You can start by resisting the impulsive to reward their actions with attention. The next step is talking to your vet about options. If your pet's OCD is very pronounced, medication may be necessary to fix the problem. If not, a simple pheromone diffuser like Feliway might help enormously, by filling the space with calming scents.

There are many different paths you can take. You just have to figure out which one is right for you and, of course, your OCD pet, who you love despite his troubles.

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This week, the networks announced their prime-time order picks for TV shows for the 2016-2017 season. One particular show raised eyebrows for The Young and the Restless fans.

Justin Hartley, who plays Adam Newman, is also starring in a new NBC show called This Is Us for the fall season. Does this mean he’s exiting Y&R?

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This news makes us anxious because the shows are on competing networks, and it is rare for celebrities to star on different networks at the same time. Hartley has done it before, though. During the 2014-2015 season, he starred in 13 episodes of the ABC show Mistresses.

While no departure has been announced for Hartley, how can he continue to shoot a daytime series and a prime-time series?

SoapCentral.com inquired with CBS about the actor’s status with The Young and the Restless. A show spokesperson responded, "It's show policy that we don't comment on the contract status of the cast."

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With Hartley's future unclear at the daytime show, the timing is curious based on the fact that Hartley’s real-life girlfriend, Chrishell Stause, has just been cast as Bethany Bryant on Y&R. There’s some speculation that Bethany could come between Adam and Chelsea Newman (Melissa Claire Egan).

Before we get really nervous about Hartley’s possible exit, however, here are two glimmers of hope we are clinging to.

First, This Is Us is an ensemble show starring Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan and Ron Cephas Jones. This could potentially allow the networks to figure out a working schedule for Hartley since he won’t be needed in every scene.

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The second thought is that he could reduce his screen time on Y&R and pop in and out of Genoa City as needed. This is done all the time with contract players, so we are going to hope one of these scenarios is going to play out.

So, let’s not entertain Hartley exiting Y&R just yet — we aren’t prepared for another recasting of the role.

Do you think Justin Hartley will exit The Young and the Restless for his prime-time show?

Drew Barrymore may have admitted to feeling like a failure after her split with husband Will Kopelman, but if the couple's separation proves anything, it's that divorce doesn't have to tear your family apart — in fact, the dreaded D-word can be better for your kids than staying together.

It sounds like Barrymore's daughters Frankie and Olive are doing just fine following her separation with their dad: "They're so awesome," she told People when asked how the kids were handling the split. Barrymore talked about her close bond with her 3-year-old daughter Olive, saying that the two "like to lie in bed and talk," and she also spoke happily about the Mother's Day she and the girls enjoyed following her separation.

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The couple's split has attracted widespread media attention, likely because it's not the typical dysfunctional divorce tale people expect to read in celebrity gossip magazines. Despite the fact that it's 2016 and a whopping 40 percent of couples with kids get divorced, divorce still gets a really bad rap, tempting many to stay in marriages "for the kids." People often incorrectly assume that divorce will do irrevocable damage to children's psyches. Yet, provided parents handle their divorce properly, it's better to separate than to endure an unhappy marriage.

One reason Barrymore's girls may be handling the separation well is that the actress is working to keep their family together by spending time with Kopelman's family. Barrymore and her kids spent a good chunk of the day hanging out with her in-laws' family on Mother's Day, and the actress shared photos of an outing to the playground with her daughter Frankie and mother-in-law Coco Kopelman. "I'm absolutely as close with them as ever," she explained. "Because we were close, we will remain close. We’re a family forever."

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Spending time with both sides of the family is certainly the right approach to divorce when it comes to your kids' mental health, according to the latest research. A study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health found that when divorced parents co-parented, their kids had less psychosomatic health problems, which include stress-induced issues such as difficulty sleeping, problems concentrating, appetite loss, stomachaches and headaches.

“We think that having everyday contact with both parents seems to be more important, in terms of stress, than living in two different homes,” explained study author Malin Bergström. “It may be difficult to keep up on engaged parenting if you only see your child every second weekend.”

Also, divorce really isn't going to be the end of the world for kids when they know both their parents love them. Barrymore certainly goes out of her way to prove how devoted she is to her kids. How many moms do you know who have a tattoo of their daughters' names on their wrist? That's pretty hardcore! She also made an effort to make her young kids feel special by wearing a clutch with their names on it at the Godiva event this weekend.

Both Kopelman and Barrymore seem to have their priorities straight when it comes to their divorce. In a statement they made to People, the couple said, "Our children are our universe, and we look forward to living the rest of our lives with them as the first priority."

If high-profile celebrity divorces like this teach us anything, it's that condolences are not always the appropriate reaction to a couple's divorce. If a couple you know is getting divorced, why not try congratulating them instead for making such a tough but important decision?

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Last night, Saturday Night Live opened with a skit about Donald Trump looking for a new VP candidate with the help of Chris Christie. The skit implicitly mocked a number of former Republican front-runners including Carly Fiorina, Jeb Bush and Christie himself, whose desperation for the role of vice president was almost painful to watch. The skit eventually landed on a joke about “a guy from a swing state, Florida. He’s half-Hispanic with a proven record for standing up for himself.” Christie was talking about Marco Rubio, but Trump mistook the description for George Zimmerman, the man who shot Trayvon Martin — adding to an ongoing conversation about police brutality toward black Americans. Zimmerman recently tried to auction off the gun he used to shoot Martin.

The joke was at Trump’s expense. Christie quickly tells him that having Zimmerman as a running mate is a very bad idea. However, many viewers were still upset at the joke, which they felt was in poor taste. Zimmerman's shooting of Martin, an unarmed boy, was and is a traumatic event that ties into much larger histories of violence. He recently tried to capitalize on this act of violence, and people were willing to indulge Zimmerman's psychopathic whims. Is it too soon to joke about him in any capacity? Is SNL benefitting from his heartless acts by using him as a punch line for a joke without explaining why he is such a divisive public figure?

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The question is certainly tricky and difficult to solve. On one hand, many on the right fear censorship, arguing that comedians should be free to make jokes, that humor is a way to discuss politics and that those arguing for trigger warnings and more careful speech may regret their position if it is turned on them and their ideologies are silenced. Certainly, SNL's political content in the past has been daring, refreshing and sharp. As a high schooler, I remember being introduced to Sarah Palin via Tina Fey's portrayal of her before I knew anything about the campaign.

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But on the other hand, just as comedians are free to make jokes, aren't critics free to criticize them? Aren't audiences free to be offended at crass, insensitive material? And how do we casually talk about issues like police brutality without making light of them?

Personally, I felt that the joke was clearly mocking Trump's judgment rather than advocating for Zimmerman in any way. We see Christie adamantly declaring that Zimmerman is a horrible choice for running mate. Conversely, it is Trump who comes across as unintelligent and unaware.

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Still, the skit could have done a better job telling audiences why Zimmerman is a bad choice instead of casually using him as a punch line. Because the gravity of his actions was not addressed in any manner, the skit does feel lazy and perhaps unaware of the impact that even hearing his name could have on viewers. While we must allow space for all kinds of comedy, we must also work to ensure that the media we consume is ethical, intelligent and productive.

Any seasoned parent knows that at some point they will inevitably be covered in some form of human waste. It's kind of like being baptized by fire — or urine or poop or, in one man's case, vomit. Husband and father Ben Patterson took to Facebook last Friday to share his gag-worthy experience with his son, Declan, and we're so glad he did, because the epic hilarity that unfolded via a string of urgent text messages to his wife has got us literally laughing out loud (no, seriously — it turns out there is a legitimate reason for the abbreviation "LOL").

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If you can get through these text messages without cracking up, then you're probably a classically trained spy, because this guy's misfortune is epic.

"I'm standing on the side of the road dry heaving," he writes as he's clearly fighting a losing battle with his child's projectile vomit.

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After he begins puking on some stranger's lawn, his sobriety is questioned. He tries to explain to her, to no avail, that he's a sympathetic vomiter and, well, just read for yourself...

He continues to panic (and vomit) as he's given a breathalyzer...

This guy is all of us when our kids do something that grosses us out, which is basically every day. Parenting is gross; none of the books we were offered beforehand ever came close to preparing us for exactly how nauseating it would be at times. It's more of a hands-on lesson that we all eventually learn, and whether that's by probing our babies' backsides as a constipation solution or dodging urine during diaper changes or catching vomit in our bare hands, those lessons don't sting (or stink) any less.

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Of course we love our babies so much that all the poop on our hands, all the lingering stenches in our house and all the sympathetic vomiting pale in comparison. If nothing else, our endeavors can be used for bribery when they're teenagers to keep them from stepping out of line.

Ahh, parenthood — a time when you will never be more grossed out or in love in your entire life. May your gag reflexes be strong and your antibacterial soap be plentiful.

The last episode of A&E's Bates Motel built up to an eerie creep crescendo and climaxed with a cliffhanger that made it look as if Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) died from Norman's deliberate gas poisoning. The final scene showed Alex Romero (Nestor Carbonell) sobbing as he clutched his wife's lifeless body.

But all is well in White Pine Bay, my fellow Bates Motel fans. Well, not exactly well; Norman just gets more and more batshit crazy, and he freaked out and attempted a murder-suicide soon after returning home from the mental hospital. Jealousy consumed the oedipal Norman as he observed her relationship with her new husband. As far as Norman is concerned, Norman is the man in Mother's life and she has no room for another one — hence, the enmeshed relationship that triggered Norman's split personality. His jealousy culminates in the sinister manipulation of the gas stove, while a spooky Mr. Sandman — Jamie Lee Curtis' theme song about bogeyman Michael Myers in some Halloween movies — plays in the background.

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However, all is about as well as it could be under the circumstances in Bates Motel, in that Norma isn't really dead. She can't be.

Remember, A&E officials have confirmed that a fifth season is coming. And I cannot see a Bates Motel without a living Norma. We know that, sadly, her death at the hands of her son is inevitable, but that should be the series finale. Perhaps they could get away with an imaginary Norma — where she lives just in Norman's demented imagination, thus keeping Farmiga on the show — but only for a few episodes at most.

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I believe that, though Bates Motel's premise is showing the development of Norman's insanity, Norma really is the true heart of this story. She is the more likable and sympathetic character of the two. To kill her off at this point would cause an epic shark-jumping mess, and the show would lose a lot of appeal. I would still watch it, as true fans always do, but Norma's premature death would abase this show significantly.

A dead Norma works in the Psycho movie for which Bates Motel is a prequel. In the movies, Mother is a cartoonish mummified corpse. But in the television series, Farmiga's Norma is a beautiful, deep, complex character we viewers love, even in all her dysfunction and woundedness. We care about Norma, and we root for her. So often, I want to reach into the screen and just give her a comforting hug.

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I can't wait to see what happens in tonight's season finale, teased ominously as an ending no one could see coming. It is anyone's guess. But I feel certain that Norma is not dead, and if the season ends with that impression, then she will revive in the fifth season's premiere. Perhaps Norman will go back to the hospital, and Norma, ever blind about her son's violent side, will believe that the gas leak was an accident.

But somehow, Norma is and will remain alive, at least until well into next season. For when Norma dies, so will, to a large degree, the show itself. And the lights will go out permanently at Bates Motel.

Fans of Joe Manganiello have been a little worried over the last few weeks after he was rushed to the hospital and given emergency surgery. Little has been revealed about his condition, while Sofía Vergara told Entertainment Tonight last week that her husband was on the road to recovery, she offered very little detail, simply saying, "He's OK. He had a little problem, but now he's good."

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But now we have good news: Manganiello appears to be doing a lot better this week, and we know this thanks to Vergara, who took to Instagram on Sunday to share an adorable picture of herself and her husband enjoying "afternoon tea."

The pair appear to be celebrating something (perhaps Manganiello's recovery) because there was quite a spread for their Sunday tea, including mini sandwiches, a chocolate cake and a bottle of champagne.

Fans are thrilled to see the actor in better health, with comments on the picture including, "Great to see @joemangienello on the mend!," "You are both AWESOME!!!! Get better soon Joe!" and "So glad Joe is better!"

Jessm.paul also wished Manganiello well, writing, "Hey!!! I hope hes feeling better.....apendix issues wasn't it.....glad to see hes smilin again lucky lady @sofiavergara."

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Phew! We're glad to see you looking so much better, Joe Manganiello, and we definitely missed your selfies.

There has never been a better time to hate the gym. It seems like there's a YouTube video or fitness blogger for everyone interested in exercising and feeling their best, even if they find it impossible to fit gym time into their schedule. Love Pilates or yoga? Not only does your computer have you covered, but you can also perfect your peacock pose without getting out of your pajamas. Prefer a 10-minute high-intensity workout? You'll find hundreds of thousands of video instructors who will whip you into shape in the privacy of your home.

But are all workouts created equal? What is the deal with home workouts? Can they really deliver the same fitness benefits as a gym? Certified personal trainer Katy Fraggos, owner of Perspirology, gives us the good, bad and ugly when it comes to home workouts. And don't worry — even if you never plan on stepping foot into a gym again, Fraggos' home workout tips will make the time you do spend working out at home far more effective.

“The most common excuse for exercise is lack of time,” Fraggos says. “With longer work hours, more commitments and growing families, it is easy to see why this is such a constant issue. Streaming workouts and on-demand fitness training programs are now becoming more and more popular for these very reasons. They allow you the convenience (and privacy) of exercising at home on your own time.”

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Fraggos' Perspirology is a dance-based fitness studio in New Jersey, but she says many of her Manhattan clientele cannot attend regular classes in the studio, so they subscribe to her on-demand training videos to get their fitness fix at home. Although she says she believes any workout is better than no workout, she admits there are still some negatives to working out at home.

“The fact is that working out at home takes real discipline,” Fraggos says. “You might start out motivated and ready to get back to the body you once had, but over time, this motivation will most likely fade for a variety of reasons. Many times, the lack of change in the program will cause you to plateau. Another common occurrence is that you finally realize that no one is holding you accountable for your workouts. You may become distracted or allow yourself to skip sessions during the week because no one else cares."

Another problem that Fraggos often sees once clients return to her exercise studio: If their home workout does not give guidance on proper form or alignment, there's a good chance that they have created some "ugly habits" that she says will ultimately have to be corrected before progressing further. Doing daily sets of pushups if you're doing them the wrong way isn't going to deliver the desired results — and it may even lead to injury. It may be worth your time to enroll in a few fitness classes before you commit to an at-home workout in order to ensure you're moving your body and holding poses the right way.

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Fraggos offers three suggestions for creating the best at-home workout possible. “My suggestion is to create scheduled appointments for your home workouts, just as you would with a doctor, hair stylist or dentist," she says. "Make this part of your routine, and do not break your appointments. Make sure you are varying your workout routine if you are not using an on-demand subscription that does it for you. By keeping it fun and fresh, you will be more likely to enjoy this time and see it as a much-needed stress reliever. [Finally], be sure to find a program that helps you understand proper form and alignment. In the end, any workout is better than no workout, so stay focused and choose smart programs to keep the bad and the ugly out of the picture."

Could last week’s bad news for Nashville fans be good news for General Hospital fans? It was disappointing to hear that after four seasons, ABC canceled the primetime show. However, it’s a great opportunity for cast member Jonathan Jackson to return to his role as Lucky Spencer on GH.

He left the ABC soap in 2012 to play the role of the bad-boy musician, Avery Barkley, on Nashville. His story line on GH was left wide open for a possible return, and the role was not recast in his absence.

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In fact, the 32-year-old actor left the show on great terms with the producers.

"There certainly wasn't anything negative or contentious about the way it happened. I have a really good relationship with everyone at the show," he told TV Guide in November 2011. "I don't think my dilemma completely fell on deaf ears. I think there were logistics that made it difficult for them to keep me around if I wasn't in a big story."

The producers believed that Lucky Spencer is a central character, so they couldn't make a smaller story line work for the show. That's why we think Jackson and ABC should consider working his character back to Port Charles since he now has the time.

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Fans last saw Jackson on the show for a brief appearance in July 2015 when Anthony Geary retired from playing Luke Spencer. Could his character return to GH as a way to reconnect with mother, Laura Spencer? Or how about revisiting his roots as a super couple with Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst)?

Either story line or a combination of the two could bring GH back to its sentimental roots with longtime viewers. We also know Jackson has the acting jobs to dive into emotional story lines created for him. There's a reason why he's a five-time Daytime Emmy winner.

There is one catch though.

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Several days after the announcement of Nashville's cancellation, rumors started to appear online that the show's producers are shipping the primetime show to other networks. If the drama continues on cable or a streaming service like Hulu or Netflix, it may limit Jackson's opportunity to revisit Lucky Spencer.

Do you think Jonathan Jackson should return to General Hospital?

6Mother Nature can be a fickle old lady, I tell you. (Just don't tell her I called her old, I beg you... she may just hold it against me and keep those 40s and 50s hanging on even longer.)

In our house, spring and summer mean many things. It is the time when we are the happiest. There is something about the longer days, the sunnier skies, the greener grass and trees, the blooming flowers, the chance to be outside and, most specifically, the opportunity for the small people to play their favorite sports — baseball and softball — that simply brings out the best in everyone.

Did I mention that my husband coaches them both? So, guess who else is happy as a clam? Dad.

But there is a little something else that comes with spring and summer for this happy clan: allergies.

Think runny noses, watery eyes that comes with it all if we don't take the right steps at the right time.

The good news is, there are ways to help.

Here are 6 tips to keep your allergy kids happy during spring.

1. Stay inside and busy: I know this doesn't always sound like the most fun when they have been dying to get outside after a long winter, but when pollen counts are at their highest, try to keep your kiddos inside as much as possible — especially if the wind is blowing. Monitor local pollen levels so that you know which days to expect the best and the worst. Opt for reading, playing games or let them call the shots instead of playing outside.
2. Close it up: This is a difficult one in our home, as there is nothing we would love more after a long, stuffy winter than to open the house for some beautiful fresh air. But, doctor's orders are clear: keep those windows closed. Letting the 'outside' in has dire consequences for the small people in our home — the allergic reactions are rough.
3. Cool it down: In your home and in your car, especially as the weather truly starts to heat up, turn the air conditioning on to keep the pollen out.
4. Hydration is key: Keeping your child's favorite water bottle handy will help them to replace the water they lose with the constant sneezing and blowing caused by their allergies. Make it snazzy and fun by adding some of their favorite fruits.
5. Go hands-free: The less your little ones can touch their irritated eyes and noses, the better. I know this is easier said than done, but rubbing already irritated eyes only makes them worse.
6. Think tea: Tea is a favorite in our home — served with a little honey and lemon can feel like a special treat when my small people are under the weather with these crazy allergies.

What tricks and tips do you use to keep your kids happy during spring allergy season so they can spend they time outside doing the things they love? We know it is coming and we're ready and waiting — we'll take the runny noses over the long, cold winter!

This post is part of a sponsored collaboration between Children’s FLONASE® Allergy Relief and SheKnows

If there's one show that knows how to make a seriously cryptic trailer, it's Pretty Little Liars. The Freeform series is back for its seventh (and most likely final) season, and Season 7 of PLL is putting the Liars in more danger than ever. Freeform just dropped a brand-new PLL trailer for the upcoming season, which will premiere on June 21, and it's totally shocking — and, hopefully, very misleading. There's no way that Hanna was really killed by Uber A in the new season, but the trailer is trying very hard to make it look like she's a total goner.

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This is the second look we've gotten at Pretty Little Liars Season 7, and it's painting a very scary portrait for Hanna. The video opens with the Liars, their love interests Caleb, Toby and Ezra, and Mona searching desperately for Hanna, who, at the end of Season 6 was kidnapped by a very stealthy person known as A.D. In the trailer, Mona drops the bomb that A.D. has given the group a mere 24 hours to hunt down Hanna. A.D. then seemingly texts the group a major clue that Hanna is in the bell tower of Rosewood's infamous church: "The bell tolls for Hanna." Unfortunately, when the gang arrives at bell tower, they find a horrible sight — one that seemingly suggests Hanna is no longer of this world. Could Hanna be the woman hanging from the ropes in the bell tower?

Though the trailer is making us think that Hanna could be the murder victim very literally "hanging out" in the bell tower, I would place serious cash on Hanna being alive and well in Season 7. We don't see the face of the woman in the bell tower, so it's totally possible that the body could be anyone — blonde or not. Clearly, A.D. wants to freak the Liars out, and throwing a blonde wig on any ol' body would be the perfect way to do it. Perhaps A.D. really did off someone disposable, like Sara Harvey, dressed her up like Hanna, and watched the Liars freak the eff out about it.

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Then there's the possibility that it is Hanna's body, but that she's still very much alive. Remember what happened when Spencer and Ian had their showdown in the bell tower? Ian also ended up against the ropes, but was able to get himself down and escape. Maybe Hanna is merely unconscious, and it will be up to the Liars to cut her down from A.D.'s trap.

Truth is, there's just no way for this show to work without the four core Liars all being alive and well — that's a dark turn that I don't think the show would take so late in the game. Fortunately, that should make fans rest easy. Though Hanna's clearly in serious trouble, she probably won't be knocking on death's door before the season is out. You can't fool us, PLL trailer.

Do you think Hanna will die when PLL returns? Sound off in the comments.

The day a new item popped up on my Facebook feed showing that Bernie Sanders would make a stop in my small town of Missoula, Montana, I knew without a doubt that I would have to take my daughter.

Earlier that day, she'd asked me, "Mom? Does it cost a lot to go to college?"

Mia is a planner. She spends the year carefully choosing what she will be for Halloween and has talked about her plans after high school extensively for several years. When she was 3, she wanted to live in an apartment over my garage. Lately she has talked about getting a van, a couple of golden retrievers and dirt-bagging it like some of our rock-climber friends have done in spurts from time to time.

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"It depends," I said. "You can get scholarships if you work really hard and keep getting good grades or play a sport really well."

"Did it cost you a lot to go to college?"

We were driving, so I had a few seconds to come up with something to say. Mia had just turned 1 when I went back to school full time, and she watched me graduate when she was 6.

"Yeah, it cost me a lot to go to college," I said.

I remembered, distinctly, the moment, as a junior in high school, that I approached my dad with a list of colleges I wanted to apply to. I wanted to be a special education teacher then, excited to live in dorms and be in a college-level choir. He'd turned to me, away from the computer where he sat balancing the checkbook to pay bills, and said, "How are you going to pay for that?"

For the next 20 minutes, he showed me their monthly budget and how little my parents had left over at the end of the month. I already worked two part-time jobs — one at an after-school kids' program and as a busser at a fancy restaurant on the weekends. I started to cry and, in a dramatic, teenage girl fashion, retreated to my bedroom. My mom went to college after my little brother started kindergarten, and she graduated with her master's when I was 12. If I went and graduated, I'd be the second person in my entire family to do so. But I went to work instead.

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"How much did it cost?" Mia asked.

"Well, it cost me a lot because I had you to take care of and couldn't work very much," I said. "I got grants and scholarships, but I had to borrow money to pay for rent and all of that. So, it cost me about $60,000."

"I'm not going," she said.

"I really don't think it would cost you that much," I said, with no way of knowing that was true.

Then came the Facebook post about Bernie.

"He could be our next president," I told Mia. "It'd be like meeting Obama right before he got elected the first time." Fortunately she was pumped. There was a promise of a cupcake, pizza, and she did get to miss school.

More than 9,000 people showed up to see Bernie talk, outside, in the heart of town that day. We lined up at 9 a.m., three hours before he'd take the stage, the people behind us wrapping around for miles.

Mia got excited when we neared the front of the line and saw men in sunglasses, talking into the collars of their dark suits. We squeezed our way over to the right side of the stage and watched with excitement when several buses and black SUVs pulled up. Mia edged her way over to the gate after Bernie and his wife, Jane, walked to a tent 20 feet away from where we stood.

A co-chair of the university's Native American Studies, Theodore Van Alst, got up to talk. Montana is home to 12 reservations, and tribal leaders stood and sat in VIP sections in the crowd, holding signs that said "Natives for Bernie."

"I tell my kids," Alst said, "you are the generation — the seventh generation — you are the ones who will make a difference, that will lead the way."

I looked at my daughter, who was the seventh generation of my family on both sides to be born in a small valley of Northwest Washington, and she looked at me and smiled. She had on my "Bernin' down the house" shirt and a temporary tattoo of a star on her cheek.

Bernie walked by her, just a few feet away. She took a video of him, and you can see him turn to her and smile.

Halfway through his speech, Bernie said, "We are listening to young people, and young people are asking me a very simple question, and it's a question that impacts the lives of tens of millions of families. Everybody here knows that education and learning is an essential part of who we are as human beings. And our goal is to keep learning until the day we die."

I brought Mia close to me and put my arms around her. She feels so solid these days, no longer the wiry kid who spent summers running around in leotards and tutus.

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"I grew up in a family who didn't have a lot of money, and my parents never went to college," Bernie said. "You've got millions of kids whose families are struggling, whose parents never went to college. Many of these kids don't know anybody who ever went to college, and they think, right now, in the fourth grade in Missoula, there's no way in the world they're ever going to get to college, because their family can't afford it."

I got a little choked up and hugged Mia a little. I could swear he was talking directly to us.

"What I want, and what is revolutionary, I want every child in this country today, regardless of his or her income, to understand that if they take school seriously, if they study hard, yes, they will get a college education regardless of their income."

Bernie talked for more than an hour. At the end, we made our way to the front, just missing him pass by to shake hands. Then I looked over, and his wife Jane stood there, smiling, and took my hand. I'd read later that her daughter graduated from the University of Montana, where I'd gotten my degree two years ago.

Mia skipped as we walked away from the crowd. I wondered if anything had sunk in.

"What do you remember most about today?" I asked as we looked through pictures at home.

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"That he said people should get $15 an hour and that college should be free," Mia said. She paused. "Mom? Do you think that'll happen?"

"I hope so," I said.

"I hope so too," she said.

Over the weekend, there was a sighting that sent Britney fans back to 2007 — a place we never wanted to be again. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline both attended their sons’ football games in Los Angeles on Saturday and they were hanging out the whole time. Onlookers spotted the two laughing and talking during the game. At one point, Spears even leaned over and whispered something to Federline.

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If I’m being completely honest, I hope it was something along the lines of, “Glad to see you. This is definitely a one-time thing.”

I fully support the parents getting along in front of their boys. I would never hope that exes would be constantly fighting, but I just don’t want Spears and Federline to start being friends again because of how tumultuous their time together was. They did name their reality show Britney & Kevin: Chaotic. It’s not like any of us remember that time as blissful and wonderful.

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The demise of Spears and Federline also spurred her very public breakdown and ended up with her in a conservatorship. So, again, you can’t blame me, or any Spears fan, for really hoping this doesn’t become a habit for them. Co-parenting Preston and Jayden is as far as they need to go with their relationship.

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And it probably will only go that far. Federline has been married to Victoria Prince since August of 2013. The two share two children as well, Jordan and Peyton. Spears has had a bit more trouble finding love. She was engaged to Jason Trawick, but the two split back in January of 2013. Instead of looking for a new husband, she’s spent her time killing it onstage in Vegas and being an incredible mom to her “masterpieces” Preston and Jayden. Which is exactly where all Spears fans want to see her.

The first time Jesse Jackson ran for president, my paternal grandfather and I watched the campaign coverage from the brown leather couch in our basement. My mother had purchased the couch with S&H Green Stamps in the early years of her marriage, a symbol of her independence and the home she was creating for her new family. It was heavy, as if anchored. The frame was solid and built to last a lifetime. The leather was thick enough to withstand children but soft enough to sleep on. I loved how cool it felt on the backs of my sunburned legs, and how it held warmth in winter, when I snuggled safe under blankets with my family.

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As my grandfather and I watched the news, I was impressed by the energy of Jackson’s campaign, by his Rainbow Coalition and by his announcement that he would consider a woman as his running mate. I was 9, and it was 1984, so I had a thing for rainbows in general. But I also had a child’s sense of justice and equality, and I understood even then that if Jackson were elected to the White House, he could give voice to those who hadn’t been heard. The excitement was contagious.

“If I could, I’d vote for Jesse Jackson,” I said, proud not only that I was old enough to make such a choice but that I’d made such a good one. My grandfather sat only inches away, so his slap wasn’t that hard, but it stung. “A black man will be president over my dead body!” he said. His cheeks flushed red with anger, and he leaned away from me as if to determine the success of the blow. He gestured toward the television. “That man will not be president!” he said, settling back against the cushions, confident he’d driven his point home.

I burned with humiliation and confusion but didn’t have the vocabulary or maturity to express myself. Instead, I waited until the next set of commercials, which in those days was a decent interval, and then excused myself to the bathroom, where I sat on the floor and cried.

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My grandfather smiled more than anyone I’ve met. He was always patient and always proud of me. Now, suddenly, I’d let him down. But worse than that, I’d disappointed him by being on the side of right. His slap didn’t shake my political and social commitment — but it shook my love for him and damaged the foundation of our relationship. In 10 words, he called into question everything I thought I knew about my family and what it meant to be a good person. He may as well have punched me in the gut.

The Connecticut town in which my grandfather, my father and I were born changed little over the course of 50 years. Its mills and factories were owned and staffed by Italian, Irish, Polish and German immigrants, its population held steady at about 35,000 and the middle class thrived. In the 1984 election year, more than 98 percent of my town identified itself as white, down one percentage point from the year I was born. I hadn’t known my grandfather was a racist because we never encountered anyone who didn’t look like us.

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I didn’t tell anyone else about my desire for a Jackson presidency. I no longer knew whom to trust. I listened for hints of intolerance in everyone I loved, and I feared that I’d love them less for what I heard. My parents raised me on Ezra Jack Keats and Moja Means One, a Swahili counting book. Despite the differences between the characters and me, I saw myself in them and them in me. I’d embraced those differences, and I recognized our shared humanity. But in hindsight, perhaps it’s too easy to love the idea of another when you’ve never shared a reality, just as it’s easier to hate and fear what you don’t know or understand.

My grandfather was right about one thing. A black man became president over his dead body. In the years between the incident on the couch and my grandfather’s death 14 years later, I struggled to understand his perspective. It wasn’t until 2015, when I took a Harvard Implicit Association Test, an online tool to uncover your own biases, that I finally forgave him. I was shocked to discover that I have a “slight racial bias” toward white people. I’ve worked in social justice, in educational programs in ports most affected by the legacy of slavery. As a white woman in what some viewed as a role only a black person should have, I’ve had plenty of hard conversations about race. But it took the IAT to show me that I, like my grandfather, am a product of my time and place, as well as the color of my skin. For the first time, I was able to see myself in my grandfather, and him in me.

My hometown is now 15 percent less white than it was in 1984, and the old couch is now mine. Its frame is still solid and strong, but the leather has dried and cracked, and I didn’t inherit the family propensity for keeping things the way they’ve always been. I’m sitting now where I sat with my grandfather decades ago, thinking about the things we pass down, intentionally and obliviously. I wish my grandfather had lived to see Obama take office, to talk with me about my votes, to see — even if he couldn’t participate — the world change around him.

Sinéad O’Connor has gone missing. On Sunday afternoon, O’Connor went for a bike ride, but still hadn’t returned by Monday morning. It’s another heartbreaking example of her struggle with her own mental health.

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The police in Wilmette, a suburb in Illinois, have been searching for O’Connor since they discovered she was missing. They issued a well-being check on her after realizing she hadn’t come home from her ride. In a statement, the department said, “The Wilmette Police is seeking to check the well-being of Sinéad O’Connor. O’Connor reportedly left the Wilmette area for a bicycle ride yesterday at 6:00 a.m. and has not returned. A caller expressed concern for her well-being and no other information is available at this time.”

The problem with cases like this is that everything could be fine and O’Connor could be exploring a new part of the town, as content as she can be. Or things could be very wrong. And friends, family and fans are worried that it’s the latter, especially after O’Connor’s post to Facebook on Sunday morning.

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She wrote, “Jake, kindly go to the court on Tuesday and take custody your brother from Tusla. My lawyer will be making the illegal way yourself and Donal got him into Tusla (lying to the cops etc) known to the judge. expect to be in trouble. In fact you’d best bring a lawyer of your own. And do not abandon your brother or any other of my babies again. What you have done to your brother and your mother is LITERALLY criminal.”

O’Connor regularly updates her family and fans through Facebook, which only adds to everyone’s concern. Most of her recent updates have focused on her severe depression and in one November post, she even revealed that she had overdosed.

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Our thoughts are with O’Connor. We hope that the Wilmette Police Department can find her soon and that she is safe. If you are around that area, stay on the lookout for a motorized bicycle with a pink basket. It may be O’Connor’s bike.

UPDATE, May 16 at 1:20 p.m. PST: According to CNN, O'Connor was found safe; however, no other details regarding where or how she was located have been released.

You know how when you're first experimenting with sex, you go through the list of sexual things you can do that definitely won't get you pregnant? Anal sex was always on my list, along with fingering, oral and dry humping. Well, it looks like I'm going to have to take it off my list, because some woman managed to get herself pregnant by having anal sex.

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OK, it is very, very rare, but according to one medical professional's experience, it can happen. Dr. Brian Steixner, a urologist at the Jersey Urology Group in Atlantic City, revealed that one of his patients did in fact get pregnant this way because she has what's called cloacal malformation. Essentially what this means is you have underdeveloped lower organs, meaning your urinary tract, vagina and rectum all merge together at one point or another. Due to this "organ bottleneck," as I'm going to call it, the intersecting channels can allow incoming fluids from one area to move seamlessly into another.

However, in the case of this particular woman, she thought she had rectified the problem when she was younger. She had surgery to stop the organ traffic jams, but what she didn't realize is that there was a not-so-minor complication that occurred — namely, a hole was punched between her womb and her rectum. And if you think this created some other disturbing problems for her, you're right.

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Her "blind-ending vagina" caused her to bleed from her rectum during her period. You'd think this might make her rethink the success of her surgery and go see a doctor, but apparently she didn't — that is, until she got pregnant... by having anal sex.

“We knew about her condition, and we had followed her for a decade,” said Dr. Steixner to Men's Health. “After doing a whole bunch of X-rays, we determined that she got pregnant from having anal sex.”

Of course, this led to a lot of gynecological questions — most important, how in the hell would she give birth? Would it be the largest bowel movement of all time? Fortunately her OB-GYN realized birth via rectum was not a good plan, so they scheduled her for a C-section. Apparently she had the baby, the internal issue was fixed, and all was once again right with the world.

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However, we're left with an important lesson. Although rare (1 out of 50,000 people rare), it is possible to get pregnant from having anal sex. So I'm sorry, anyone who thought that was a safe, guaranteed pregnancy-free route to take. Hopefully one good thing that will come from this newfound knowledge is an overall decreased rate of STDs.