Afternoon Headlines

Thursday Styles asks: "Is looking your age the new taboo?" Is this a rhetorical question? Um, yeah. (NYT)

At least two Picasso paintings worth a total of nearly $66 million were stolen from the house of the artist's granddaughter in Paris, police said Wednesday. (AP)

One Is the Loneliest Number: When Death Cuts the Bond of Twins / My dad's twin brother (Kenny) died some 23 years before he did, although by then Dad had many bigger problems. (NYT)

Another slap on the weave wrist for Foxy Brown. (AP)

A Girl In Trouble Is a Temporary Thing: Sign the petition to save Steve Stanton's job. (He's the transgendered city manager in Largo, Fla., who is facing dismissal for simply beginning to transition.) (Here)

Rob Sager (dba Brett Mycles): Death of a porn star. (Towleroad)

Hate Crime: A 21-year-old man from my friend Kelly's home town, Bayonne, N.J., was followed off a PATH train and then beaten for wearing pink pants. I'm glad I never visited Kelly at the ole homestead -- or owned pink pants. (JJ)