Selected Air Force members, men and women, will be able to take three years off from the military to start families, a mirror of a recent pilot program by the Navy. It's a pretty novel idea. Almost as novel as paid parental leave, but not quite.
Kansas Avoids Becoming Abortion Clinic-Free
Kansas has issued a license to Planned Parenthood to continue providing abortions in light of new, burdensome regulations that could shutter the state's two other clinics. Those clinics go to court today to fight the regs. [Image WeNews/via Flickr]
Lost's Ben Linus Stars as Your Everyday, Creepy Bug Collector on Parenthood
Missing your weekly dose of evil mastermind Ben Linus? You're in luck, as Michael Emerson turned up on last night's episode of Parenthood. Sadly, he's less of an evil "other" and more of a socially-awkward bug genius.
Comment of the Day: Planned Parenthood
Today we looked at how lesbian moms raise perfect children. Is it simply because they're lesbians? Well, no, probably not. One commenter offered a simple and completely convincing argument for why this phenomenon might exist.
Robert Downey Jr. Is the Wizard of Oz
Or he could be! In a movie. Also today: You Lauren Graham fans will have reason to celebrate, another British TV show gets dragged over to the States, a new food channel, and Curb Your Enthusiasm enthusiasm.
Comment of the Day: On Moms and Facebook

Today we looked at a bizarrely meddlesome Facebook mom and it sparked much conversation! One commenter seemed very frustrated.
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, how to lose a Millionaire in Vegas, Yes, Dear predicted Tiger Woods' woes 2005, the Losties flock to the bad side, a father-to-be's beatboxing skills, and why Parenthood is just another notch on NBC's belt of failures.
Parenthood: Another Notch on NBC's Failure Belt
In another example of the continuing disaster that is NBC, Parenthood—the widely-hyped series based on the 1989 movie—premiered tonight. And as expected, there were a ton of soapy tropes and many a tear shed. Inside, two standout moments.
Karine Bakhoum —
restaurant consultant, Iron Chef America judge dissing the immature palates of her two children — Jean-Baptiste, 8, and Isabelle, 6 — after letting the New York Post feature them prominently in a story on "koodies." (kid + foodie = blech)
Battleship the Board Game's March to Big Screen Now Unstoppable
• July 1, 2011. This will be the date when the world sees Peter Berg's Battleship film, inspired by the Hasbro plastic peg board game. [Variety]
Things You Didn't Know: Levi Johnston Is "Half-Mexican," Possibly Fatherless
Hello, salacious political gossip cross-section: in an interview with AC SlaterExtra's Mario Lopez, Levi Johnston revealed that he was "half-Mexican." Really?
Yuppie Babies Strangled by Fleece
Finally, someone has combined the most puzzling qualities of Snuggies and Park Slope Parenthood into one atrocious product: the "Peekaru."
Larry Birkhead Buys Anna Nicole's Old Lingerie... For Their Daughter?
Larry Birkhead, ex-boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith and father of their daughter Dannielynn, is ensuring that the girl grows up with a link to her mother-in the form of sexy underwear. "[Birkhead] spent nearly $3,000 at a celebrity auction Saturday scooping up lingerie once worn in a Playboy shoot by the late…
