Newly released info from the U.S. Census revealed that more than half of babies born in the U.S. in the last year were minorities. This shouldn’t come as a shocker, considering the reported demographic changes over the past  few years. But still, the milestone represents a significant change in what our country will look like in the next decades. What does it mean? Firstly, the gap between white and minority privilege has to disappear. Only 13 percent of Latinos and 18 percent of blacks earn college degrees, compared to 31 percent of whites. Maybe this shift will finally give society the push it needs to change things.

JP Morgan Chase, one of the more successful banks during the economic crisis, has lost big-time. The company reported trading losses of about $3 billion this week because of risky trading practices. The big risks didn’t pay off (obviously), and the head of the chief investment office, Ina Drew, has resigned. The bank will recover, though. Even with these massive losses, they’re expecting a profit of at least $2 billion over the next quarter.

Columbia Law School posted a 400-page investigation online alleging that Texas wrongfully executed an innocent man back in 1989. According to the piece from the Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Carlos DeLuna did not kill a Corpus Christi convenience store clerk as prosecutors suggested. Instead, the murderer was probably somebody else named Carlos. This comes after another Texas execution has been called into serious doubt. Cameron Todd Willingham was put to death for setting a fire that killed 3 of his daughters, despite extensive evidence to the contrary. If you have lots and lots of free time, Columbia Law School’s multimedia report is online here.

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Au Revoir! Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy walked down a massive red carpet after he ceremonially handed the presidency over to his successor, Francoise Holland, on May 15.

The internet has been buzzing about Jenny McCarthy’s decision to pose nude for Playboy for her 40th birthday. Is this cool? My mother is a bit older than 40, but I probably wouldn’t want men and boys all over the world masturbating to her naked center spread. Am I right? I am all about women owning up to their sexuality, so I won’t pass judgment either way, but I am definitely glad it’s not my mom! Want to know what people are saying about this? Celebuzz has reader responses here!

Unless you’ve been living under a wi-fi-less rock lately, you know that you too can own a little slice of Facebook now. No hoodie purchases necessary! Mega-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has decided to move Facebook from the private to the public sector with the most anticipated initial public offering (IPO is that word you’ve heard about ten thousand times today) of the millennium.  I’m sure the Winklevoss twins are chopping at the bit to grab up some shares.

Zuckerberg was expected to make up to $20 billion. Unfortunately he only made $16 million, the poor guy. But, that got us thinking here at the CC offices. What can you buy with $20 billion? The answer is: a lot.

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Ariana Romero is a student at Syracuse University. That would probably explain why she once had a load of laundry filled solely  with orange tee shirts. She watches too much television and reads too much entertainment news than is probably healthy. Follow her on Twitter @ArianaRomero17.

Disco diva Donna Summer passed away this morning after a battle with cancer. She was just 63-years-old and working on her upcoming album at the time of her passing. Ms. Summer, born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, was a 5-time Grammy award winner and rose to fame in the ’70s with hits like “Hot Stuff,” “Bad Girls” and “Love to Love You Baby.”

This is a very sad day for the music world, losing such a great talent like Donna Summer. I think we all can remember a time when a Donna Summer song came on, and we couldn’t help but groove to her disco tunes. She and her music will be greatly missed.

The chief executive of Yahoo has resigned after it was discovered that he lied on his resume. Tsk, tsk. Even I  know that’s a bad idea.   Scott Thompson falsely claimed that he had received a degree in Computer Science, when no such thing had ever happened. Thompson had only held the position for four months, and struggling Yahoo is in no position to deal with such a scandal. On the other hand, couldn’t a simple Yahoo search have avoided such an error?

In other resume news, a 22-year-old Minnesota man got a job after posting his resume on a billboard. Bennett Olson’s $300 investment landed the out-of-work fellow a new marketing job. Hey, sometimes desperation pays off.

George Clooney hosted a dinner fundraiser for President Obama on Thursday, funneling a cool $15 million into the Prez’s reelection campaign. Is it bad that I don’t know who I’d be more excited to see if I’d been able to attend? Unfortunately, such a privilege was impossible- each attendee forked over $40,000. The event was the largest single night fundraiser ever recorded, and perhaps one of the most star-studded ones. Celebrity caterer Wolfgang Puck served celebs including Barbra Streisand, Tobey Maguire, Diane Von Furstenburg, Jack Black, Salma Hayek and Robert Downey Jr.

Two car bombings in Syria on Thursday killed 55 people and injured hundreds more. The latest outbreak of violence led protestors to return to the streets on Friday. The Syrian government claims the bombings were set off by terrorist groups, but Syrian opposition leaders say the attacks were staged by the government to justify more violence. Whatever the truth is, the surge of violence will only mean more deaths and more fleeing refugees, and the likelihood that the U.S. enforced cease-fire will do any good is getting smaller and smaller.

Time magazine’s recent cover is making waves in the media and getting a strong response from the public. And for good reason! Stay-at-home mom Jamie Lynne Grumet (26)  was photographed breastfeeding her three year old son! The cover aimed to draw attention to a story on attachment parenting, a practice started by Dr. Bill Sears. Attachment parenting encourages breastfeeding beyond infancy, parent/child co-sleeping, and what they call “baby wearing,” where the child is attached to their parent by a sling. Attention attained!

The internet immediately exploded with mixed reactions regarding the cover. Some people said it was super progressive and a great (albeit bold) way to draw attention to this parenting style. Other people were less impressed, explaining that the whole thing was super tacky and disrespectful. The more conservative responses held that parenting is personal and it should stay in the family and not exploited by the media. Many people thought a three year old still breast feeding was “just wrong.” While I’ll admit the picture was, at first, a bit unnerving (did anyone else picture Lysa Aaryn breastfeeding the 6 year old Robin in Game of Thrones?), I don’t think anyone can say it is right or wrong. Pregnant celebrities pose nude on magazines all the time, and it isn’t considered scandalous, but artistic and beautiful. Not sure how this is too much different? Novel, sure. Wrong, maybe not.

What do you think about the Time Cover? Totally WTF or A-Okay?

Student raises hand. “May I be excused to go get my amino acid injection?” This is a real thing. And it happens pretty frequently in China.

Sure, we’ve all cut class for a number of reasons. The weather is too bad, the weather is too good, we partied too hard, we’re still partying too hard; the list goes on and on. However, we actually found an excuse for cutting class that truly surprised us. It is very common for students in China to cut class so they may spend a longer time IN class. Students often head to the clinic for an IV drip of amino acids. This restores their energy levels and allows them to study longer hours for the Gaokao, the Chinese equivalent of the ACT or SAT. Now that is productivity! But not productive enough.

It became more and more evident that students were losing precious study time during the walk to and from the clinic. The solution? IVs in the classroom! Anyone else find this a bit creepy? It also shows the extreme pressure these students are under to do well on this test, and should probably put most people’s educational experience into sharp perspective!

Here at the CollegeCandy office, we thought of a few other things we’d want in IVs above our desks. Check out our list below:

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Traveling alone and having to eat at restaurants is the worst if you’re a women. At least that’s what CNN and the founder of a new female-only app called “Invite for a Bite” are saying.

This App “solves the problem” of eating out alone when you’re traveling. On the site you can either search for a invite or create one, connecting you with other women in your destination. Now, I’m all for this idea. It’s a great way to meet other travelers or have a local to connect with and learn about a new culture in the process. That’s wonderful.

What isn’t wonderful is how this app depicts women. In the CNN article, founder of another App, called “I Love Your Accent,” Rachelle Peachey says, “When I walk into a restaurant or bar alone, I feel others see me as either a woman out to pick up men or a sad, lonely spinster.” I question if our gender has really advanced when otherwise successful women can’t deal with being out alone. While the App is a good idea — and hey, I might even try it next time I’m traveling along — it does create a crutch.

Eating alone may seem uncomfortable at first, but it doesn’t take long to get used to it. I’m a solo diner if I’m in my home city or if I’m traveling. I like food and I like my independence. Throw the two together and I’m happily sitting alone people watching over dinner by myself. If you’ve ever skipped a meal or felt sad as your crammed McDonald’s into your mouth instead of real food, just because you didn’t want to dine-in alone, I encourage you to try it.

Savour your food, enjoy your own company, and don’t be afraid to order dessert!

Do you like to dine alone? Why or why not?

Leah is just waiting on a piece of paper to say she has her Bachelor of Journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto. She just wrapped up working on the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Now she is spending her obscene amount of free time baking tasty cupcakes and hunting for a job (hopefully that pays). Follow her @Elleandbee.

France elected a new president. Previous Prez Nicolas Sarkozy is out and Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande. The election of a Socialist president in the struggling European Union is significant- many fear his leftist views will make the European economy even more unstable. The world’s opinion? Not so good. Markets tumbled after Hollande’s win as investors pulled their money out, out, out.

A 13-year-old is CEO and founder of a company that has created a cure for hiccups. Her product is the Hiccupop, a lollipop that stops hiccups. She invented the treat one day after she had a particularly horrible bout of the hiccups that just wouldn’t go away (been there!). She tried hundreds of “cures,” and combined her three favorites — sugar, apple cider vinegar and lollipops — into a single product. Does it work? It’s hard to test until, well, you know, you get the hiccups, but I would be down to try.

The terrorist group Al Qaeda has posted a video of a kidnapped American development worker. Warren Weinstein, 70, was kidnapped last August from Pakistan where he was working on a project for his company. A few months later, Al Qaeda announced that they were responsible. Now, in the latest update, the terrorists have announced that Weinstein will be killed if Obama does not meet their demands to release all Al Qaeda and Taliban militants currently being detained and end all U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. “If you accept the demands, I live,” Weinstein said in the video, “If you don’t accept the demands, then I die.”

A French designer and an American scientist have created a portable mouth spray that causes instant drunkenness. Just one little spritz and bam! It’s like you’ve been taking shots all night. But don’t get too excited: the buzz reportedly only lasts a few seconds. The “WAHH Quantum Sensations” system (think they could’ve come up with a better name, btw?) spritzes a teensy, tinesy bit of alcohol (only .075 milliliters) right into the spot where it matters most in your mouth so that the chemicals are instantly absorbed. But you better enjoy the next couple of seconds, because before you know it, that warm, wobbly feeling will be gone and you’ll be jonesing for another spritz. How much for the novelty? 26 bucks.

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A bear that was made famous for his famous photo after wandering into the University of Colorado Boulder and being tranquilized was killed by a car on Friday. Poor fella’.

The sad news just broke that rapper Adam Yauch of the iconic Beastie Boys, whose stage name was MCA, has died at age 47. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer, but it’s unclear if his death was cancer related. RIP, Adam! Our hearts go out to his friends and family. For more information, head over to TMZ. In honor of Adam, here are our favorite Beastie Boys videos.