Now even sociologists are discovering the art of hooking up.

Earlier: Laura Sessions Stepp Is a “Chastity All-Star” at Ethically-Challenged Author’s Seminar

And: Laura Sessions Stepp’s Hookup Tactics

The Washington Post Company will launch a new Web site on Monday dedicated to black culture and heritage. It is called “The Root” and aims to raise the profile of black voices in mainstream media. Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., former New York Times reporter Lynette Clemetson, Terence Samuel of AOL Black Voices, Malcolm Gladwell, Thelma Golden, William Julius Wilson, John McWhorter, Charlayne Hunter Gault, and other prominent figures are joining in the project. The site will go live at 12:01 a.m. ET on Jan. 28 at TheRoot.com.

FOX News has aired a video showing Mitt Romney dining at KFC for a photo opportunity on a recent campaign stop. “First he took the skin off the chicken, and then ate it with knife and fork!” according to a disbelieving viewer. “The anchor pointed out that the whole point of going to KFC is to pick the chicken up and eat it skin and all.”

A Big Head DC spy at a campaign victory event for Barack Obama in Columbia, South Carolina tells us that the crowd “wildly booed” Bill Clinton when the former president’s image, beamed from an event in Missouri, was shown on a screen there. The boos were so loud that our spy couldn’t hear Clinton’s speech.

WASHINGTON (AP)—A large U.S. spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit the Earth in late February or March, government officials said Saturday.

The satellite, which no longer be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret.