A lot of pregnant women don't get tested for sexually transmitted diseases. But a lot of pregnant need to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases, according to just released Centers for Disease Control stats.

Out of some 1.3 million American women who had blood work during pregnancy, only 59 percent got tested for chlamydia, Reuters reports on the findings.

Obvs, when you've got a bun in the oven, your health doesn't just impact you: chlamydia, as well as other STDs, can complicate pregnancies and get transmitted to newborns.

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Cruise ships have never been something we've found appealing, personally. Really, there's something about being trapped in a large vessel on the open sea with a bunch of people we don't know that has always kind of freaked us out. The boats themselves haven't been doing a lot to prove us wrong recently. First, the Costa Concordia tragedy. Now, CNN reports outbreaks of Norovirus on two Princess Cruise ships. Cruise ships, you aren't doing yourselves any favors here.

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Looks like the hip thing to do is to make non-profits even less profitable.

For the third time in a week, a New Yorker has been accused of illegally pocketing megabucks from a non-profit.

The Manhattan District Attorney says that Jeffrey Bernstein swindled more than $2,500,000 from the Albert Ellis Institute, a psychotherapy charity, between January 2010 and February 2011.

Bernstein, 62, worked as director of administration at the org, which offered affordable therapy to the public.

The D.A. indicted Bernstein today, claiming that he conned the group out of money by sending some 80 unauthorized wire transfers to his own business accounts.

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Here's some good news for the giant rats galavanting through our fair city (and bad news for the rest of us who want to avoid disease): Stats show that a decent amount New Yorkers are complete dirtbags who really like to dump their trash in public.

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The guy who beat you.

Today, the New York Marathon course record was shattered by Geoffrey Mutai. The 30-year-old Kenyan ran it in 2:05:06, beating the previous record by 2 minutes and 37 seconds. Mutai also won the Boston marathon earlier in the year and set the course record for that race as well. If you are reading this, Geoffrey, congratulations! If you aren't Geoffrey Mutai, get back to work, you miserable sack of failure.

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Approximately 185,000 pounds of ground turkey meat has been recalled by agriculture conglomerate Cargill, the Daily News reports. The recall was initiated after salmonella was discovered at an Arkansas processing plant. According to reports, no humans have fallen ill from this batch of tainted meat. This is the second time since August that Cargill has had to execute a large-scale turkey meat recall.

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The BBC has a profile of Carmel, Indiana, which has become the "roundabout capital" of America. In the piece, the mayor proudly boasts that he removed 78 sets of traffic lights and replaced them with roundabouts "because of the expense saved and more importantly the safety." It's suggested that America has "started to embrace the free-flowing British circular." Have we? Let's take a look at the pros and cons.

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The New York Times has the horrifying story of a young woman in Brooklyn who was allegedly raped, forced into prostitution and "terrorized" by four men for eight years starting when she was 13. The men have now been charged with various crimes including rape, sex trafficking and compelling prostitution. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes told the Times that two of the men, Damien Crooks and Jamali Brockett, had "terrorized the child for years, preventing her from reporting the violence by threatening to harm her family if she told anyone." [NYT]

Yesterday, a Bronx teacher was arrested after using his belt to break up a fight between two students. Pedro Molano, 54, saw the kids fighting, removed his belt and began whipping them to stop the scuffle. The ages of the children were undisclosed, but the the school only teaches pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. This means that the children could only have been ten- or eleven-years-old, tops. Molano was charged with two counts of assault and reassigned to a different school. He may face further disciplinary action depending on the results of the trial. We can't imagine parents will be thrilled to discover that he's teaching at their children's school. [NYDN]

The dating website WhatsYourPrice recently reported that New York City men spend only $145 on average for a first date. This puts us in 11th place as big spenders, behind D.C., Dallas, Seattle, Toronto, and Denver. While the Post took the story seriously and chastised New Yorkers for being "cheapos," the boys of Reddit found humor in the story. After the jump you'll find some of the funniest reactions:

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