Gawker explaining today that a man suffered a heart attack while enjoying the 6,000 calorie Triple-Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas on Saturday wearing the hospital gown that fat-asses patrons are required to wear while eating. Gawker pokes, “Who saw this coming from a fast food franchise with a “Taste Worth Dying For!” slogan and an entrance sign that reads “If you come in this place, it’s going to kill you? Certainly no one.”

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Naked yoga may just sound like a sweatier version of regular yoga, but there’s much more to it than a lack of clothing. Proponents say it helps encourage total physical freedom, including freedom from inhibitions, the opinion of others, self-critical body image, and shame about the body. Down-dog sans yoga pants – sounds hot, right?

Yoga Undressed is a new project from trendsetting yoga/fitness/Pilates expert Jennifer Kriese. The series of four DVDs (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Duet) for women feature a flowing Tantric practice combining Kundalini and Hatha styles. Kriese wants Yoga Undressed to show how to honor the body in its most sacred, natural form and promote an enhanced awareness of and connection to the body. She says seeing and feeling the body as it stretches and moves from one pose to the next results in a more mindful, self-aware practice.

The DVDs will be released in early March and will be available here and on Amazon.

Fight heart disease, the leading killer of women, throughout the month of February by wearing red for Heart Month and shopping at Sole Sports Running Zone, who has partnered with heart disease survivor Nina Linder to raise money for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women. Nina, who experienced a new beginning when her aortic valve was replaced, is highly involved with the community and children’s activities and wanted to promote heart disease research to help others survive. She has teamed with the athletic retailer, who was inspired by her story, as they sell Red Heart Shirts for the American Heart Association, with $10 donated for heart research. That’s not the only way customers can help, however. Head to the any of the store’s three Valley locations on Valentine’s Day, mention the American Heart Association and Sole Sports will donate 10% of each purchase to the foundation.

To read about Nina’s story, click here. For more information, click here.

Sole Sports Running Zone Locations:

Scottsdale| 6941 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ | 85250

Tempe| 1006 E. Warner Rd., Tempe AZ | 85284

Glendale | 18583 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, AZ | 85308

Still in shock from the sad news of Whitney Houston’s abrupt passing over the weekend, we are rockin’ to the amazing voice and legacy of the late singer/actress. Here are a few of the tribute mashups we found.

For more on tributes to Whitney, her final moments and the latest, click here to visit USA Today’s Whitney Houston Tribute Page.

Ian Beers of “It’s Not Right But It’s Okay” by Whitney Houston and “The Devil’s Den” by Skrillex & Wolfgang Gartner.

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“It’s all about winning. And hair. And winning hair,” says the website Bradying.com dedicated to Tom Brady and his amazing hair. Of course, this week for Brady and Brady fans it’s all about pouting. And pictures. And posting Tom Brady-like pouty pictures on Bradying. Take your own and upload it to the site to join in on the virtual pity party here.

Of course we’re looking forward to the match up between…we lie. We love the Super Bowl for the wacky Super Bowl food, the beer, Madonna’s halftime show this year and of course, for the following Super Bowl Commercials:

Jerry Seinfeld is so excited about the new Acura NSX that he will stop at nothing to acquire the very first one. Check out the extended version of Acura’s big game commercial. See what else Jerry would do for the first new NSX at www.acura.com. NSX projected debut in next three years.

There is now more of a price to pay for not going to the gym than a growing waistline. GymPact, a new website and iPhone app, tracks your gym attendance, rewards you for hitting the treadmill and punishes you for, well, not. Upon signing up, you establish the number of days per week you want to exercise and the monetary stakes you’re willing to pay weekly if you don’t (say, $5). You prove your commitment by checking into your gym with GymPact’s app, which calculates your GPS coordinates to confirm your whereabouts. Those who don’t stick to their weekly goals have their credit cards charged for the agreed-upon amount. Those who do, however, are rewarded with real cash, which is credited to their account and funded by the people who didn’t work out. If all this sounds a tad inflexible, fear not: members can change their pact at any time or freeze their membership when they go on vacation. Regardless, even if the prospect of paying for laziness strikes you as perverse, you have to admit that getting paid to work out sounds pretty nice.

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For Titanic fanatics, there is now a better way to mark the 100^th anniversary of the ship’s sinking than with Titanic 3D. If wearing those thick glasses for three hours isn’t your style, we’re thinking a destination cruise – of sorts – will be. Sound like a strange vacation, especially after the Costa Concordia disaster? We agree, but someone had to do it: For up to $14k, UK-based Miles Morgan Travel is marking the occasion with three Titanic-dedicated cruises in April. From serving food that was also served on the ship to opportunities for period dressing, the cruises will also have daily lectures surrounding the life and history of the Titanic and themed entertainment from the era. Both the 100^th Memorial Cruise – which departs from Southampton April 8 and already has a waitlist – and the Anniversary Cruise, which departs from New York April 10, will follow the doomed ship’s itinerary and give a memorial service at the exact time and location of the ship’s sinking. If it all sounds a little over-the-top, the Titanic Mini Cruise, which departs on April 3, is a 5-night voyage that will stop in both Liverpool and Belfast to commemorate the ship’s “engine room heroes” without the slightly-eerie and subzero mid-ocean memorial service.

For more info, click here.

As chosen by you, here are the top stories of ALL TIME aka last week just in case you missed them.

Well this is pretty crappy!

Kohler Academy, Scottsdale’s premier cosmetology and skin therapy school with an awesome student salon and spa, was recently forced by the powerhouse of housing fixtures, Kohler, yes the glamourous makers of toilets and plumbing fixtures, to change their name citing “trademark infringement,” aka we are the only ones who think we can use the name “Kohler.” The past Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce Small Business winner, Kohler Academy, decided to flush the KA moniker and change their name to Penrose Academy this month, rather than take on the big business bully. Academy owners Jill and Burt Kohler, obviously no relation to the aforementioned toileteria company, said, “As small business owners we were unwilling to participate in a legal battle that we feel we would ultimately win, yet would take time, money and our focus away from our goal of preparing students for a successful career in the Professional Beauty industry.” Kudos to the Kohlers for taking the high road while doing their business.

Penrose Academy will still offer awesome student services in their student salon and student spa. Sign up for their newsletter monthly featured services here for even better deals like 30% off all Menu pricing through January. Kohler Penrose Academy is also a retailer of Dermalogica, bareMinerals, CND and Bumble and bumble products, and now offering the new LiLash Purified Eyelash Serum.

Penrose Academy | 13402 N. Scottsdale Road, Ste. B160 | Scottsdale, AZ 85254 | 480.222.9540

Turn your holiday gift snub into cash with Gawker’s Worst Gift Contest. One winner wins $100 Visa gift card for submitting the picture of the worst gift. Gawker says, “Is it an ugly tie? Is it an apron that your mother-in-law sewed for you? Is it feminine hygene products your crazy Aunt Ethel regifted? If you wanna win, click here for details for how to play.

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Poor David Dopp, winner of the Maverik Joe Schmo to Lambo contest in Utah, won a brand new $380,000 Lamborghini and crashed his fancy new ride just 6 hours later. AP News Reports, “He said he was taking friends and family on joy rides that evening on the outskirts of town. He said he took a curve at 40 or 50 mph when the vehicle hit ice or loose gravel and started spinning.”  The damage to the car is repairable and Dopp, a Frito-Lay delivery driver, plans to have the car back in a couple of months. Read more about this Joe Schmo crashing his Lambo by clicking here.

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Little Ralphie would be jealous.

This joyous holiday card from the Scottsdale Gun Club making national news this afternoon for obvious reasons. The ladies are looking quite chipper with their machine guns as they post with a less than jolly looking Santa.

Gawker describes the photos as, “Locked and loaded for a merry Christmas and a very happy new year!”

Certainly these sharp-shooting ladies won’t shoot their eye out this season.

Apparently, not everyone knows that wearing underwear is best when pushing and shoving hundreds of others for a $2 waffle maker at the local big box shop. Perhaps, we should have included this little reminder in our shopping guide posted earlier this week. Check this vid out of Little Rock as posted just minutes ago on the New York Post as shoppers crack up, one in particular, for the $2 waffle iron. Click here to watch the video.

Rumor has it that Ashton is in fact in town today looking for young ASU students to hot tub with tonight.  Ok, that’s not true. We think it’s fair to say we all saw this one coming down the road…

In a statement released to the Associated Press, Demi expounded on the end of Mootcher:

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life. This is a trying time for me and my family, and so I would ask for the same compassion and privacy that you would give to anyone going through a similar situation.

After the news broke Ashton tweeted,

I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi. Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK

“I began by trying to make a few friends laugh. I had no idea how quickly tweeting would consume me. Before long I was posting 20 to 30 times a day, seven days a week,” tells Larry Carlat, formerly “L.C.” of Twitter, to the New York Times. Carlat goes on about losing his job and marriage due to his tweetaholism.

“Do I still have the occasional urge to tweet? Do I continue to compose tweets in my head? Do I miss my Twitter friends? Sure. But the immense weight of compulsion has been lifted. Now, before I go to sleep, I turn off my iPhone before I turn out the lights.” Interestingly, what some may consider a brave confession of a true obsession, many of the readers’ comments on the post call foul, claiming L.C. may be full of B.S.

Read the full article by clicking here. And tell us what you think. Do you prefer your tweeps to real peeps?

We know you know that Facebook is getting ready to unveil arguably its biggest design change yet. Instead of panicking and irrationally hating the new layout like we have been, we asked Daniel Moran, Jr., director of social marketing and communications for Blufish Design Studio, to share the skinny on the impending changes and how to stalk like a pro on the new Facebook 8:

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerburg took the stage at the company’s fourth f8 conference and announced some major overhauls to the look and feel of Facebook. While users are threatening to gather their torches and pitchforks, I happen to have fallen in love with the new features— especially Timeline.

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Watson, the super computer debuting last year on Jeopardy, may be taking up residence in doctor’s offices and hospitals nationwide. WellPoint, the brains behind the “computerized guidance” concept in a medical setting, is teaming up with the brains behind Watson’s brain, IBM Computers to create the technology that will “help doctors with diagnoses and treatment suggestions.”

Before you read CafeMom’s rant on the rest of this story, tell us, would you be okay with Watson giving you medical advice or diagnosing your strep throat instead of a warm-blooded nurse or doctor?

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We’re saddened by the weekend devastation as Hurricane Irene pounded the East Coast. As we rummage through story after story, photo after photo of the destruction and disaster, sweating living in the #1 Worst State in America doesn’t seem so bad this morning.

Though Irene and past hurricanes devastate so many, we’ve got to extend a virtual high-five to the media reporting from the eye of the storm. We don’t even want to imagine what it’s like to plead everyone to run for their lives while being stuck coastal, as 35 mph winds, rain and the occasional tree branch pelt your face.

Check out these links for how Irene blows for reporters:

Reporter Gives Irene Update Covered in Toxic Waste

NSFW! Streaking Irene Reveler Ruins Weather Channel

Reporter Seaside, Camera Man Inside

Waist Deep in Rogue Wave 

And check out The Daily Mail’s “Hurricane Moments” from past storms.

Last night the legendary leader of Apple computer handed down his resignation sending waves across the tech world. This is a move that was expected given his poor health and the future of Apple is certainly stronger than ever. So who is this Tim Cook guy anyway?

The crew at Gizmodo give us a detailed “Who is Tim Cook” post to help us begin the new phase of leadership.

We love shopping at Whole Foods as much as the next guy but this here saga of the big company and the little fired up employee is just too good to resist. Give it a read here courtesy of Seth Abramovitch

After violating her probation by testing positive for alcohol last week, house-arrested Lindsay Lohan may be jailbound again (she’s due in court today) which means interviewing her is the biggest coup an American journalist could get right now! Bigger than interviewing the president. Bigger than a sit-down with Osama bin Laden’s reanimated corpse. But Matt Lauer walked out of an interview with her, because she was too demanding. [Gawker]

From TMZ:

Also, Here’s what we know.  Lindsay was tested twice last week.  Sources tell TMZ … Lindsay tested positive for alcohol on one of the tests and negative on the other.  In both tests, she tested negative for drugs.  One of the tests was administered just after Lindsay had a rooftop barbecue party.

Sources tell TMZ … the L.A. County Probation Department will ask Judge Stephanie Sautner to yank her out of house arrest and throw her in L.A. County Jail. [TMZ]

As chosen by you, here are the most popular stories OF ALL TIME (aka last week). Just in case you missed it

A Canadian fisherman named Blair Doucette recently caught a bright blue lobster in the waters off Prince Edward Island. According to Canadian news reports, only about one in four million lobsters is blue, and the last one reported in the area was back in 2009. The color is caused by genetic mutation, but cooking a blue lobster would turn it to an ordinary red. Not that anyone is planning to cook this particular lobster; Doucette says the crustacean is alive and well in a tank at his house, and he’s planning to donate it to an aquarium.

[Globe & Mail]

The ultimate save your ass Father’s Day Helper [Tasting Table]

We think it is fair to say that there will be many more chapters to uncover before this gets kicked off the front pages of every single paper and website. What is next?
[Gawker]