We realize that there are far graver consequences to the News Corp phone-hacking scandal than the cancellation of a beloved, more-than-two-decades-old cartoon show.

How politically correct is too politically correct?

It would be a gross understatement to say a lot has changed in the year since Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, took office.

Turns out Apple’s cheeky iPhone assistant Siri has no problem stirring up trouble, even when she’s not busy in the right-to-life game.

Remember the alleged creepiness surrounding Mark Hurd’s exit from H-P? The former CEO faced some murky allegations of impropriety and that, coupled with an alleged fake expense report scandal led to his ouster last year. And the whole muckety mess has been shrouded in mystery — until now. And the allegations are shocking.

We honestly had to ask — was his Twitter account hacked?

The hottest new business in Medellin, Colombia isn’t what you’d think. It’s…a female-only taxi service.

EOD Thursday: An amazing Ms. Pac-Man Cereal commercial was unearthed, Newt Gingrich was called a polygamist and Ron Paul won over the “pop stars who peaked 10 years ago” caucus. Read on!

It’s Rewind Thursday — and that means it’s movie time. Have a clip you’d like to nominate? Give it here! amy@thejanedough.com.

Go ahead, laugh. I don’t care. I completely and totally love “Working Girl,” without a hint of irony. And all off the awfulness that happens to Melanie Griffith in that movie (evil boss, gross Kevin Spacey, gross Alec Baldwin) is made completely worthwhile by A) Joan Cusack, playing “The Best-Best Friend Ever” and B) The end of the movie, which I have included below.

Self-help books. The term should be pretty self-explanatory. And yet — there are so many which prove anathema to the concept of ‘helping self.’