Making couple friends seems like a social headache. There are many chances for things to backfire. Each person has to like, or at least tolerate, three other people. It's much more complicated than a forming one-on-one friendship, for sure. But, the payoff seems like a fun assurance of double-dates for always, so it's easy to understand the effort on the part of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni to woo over their desired couple friends, the Obamas.

A giant bluefin tuna was sold to wholesalers in Tokyo for a record $396,000. Want to know what it tastes like? Try one of the "up-market" sushi restaurants it'll be sold to. (Spoiler alert! It tastes like fish.)

The official residence of the mayor of Denver has a fire pole in the master bedroom, a pink grand piano, and "mini-condominiums for squirrels." Sweetest mayor's house ever, right? So why is Denver selling it?

After thousands of layoffs last year, Yahoo's gearing up to cut more staff. Here's an idea: Why not trim outrageous spending first? One Yahoo engineer has helpfully, if unwittingly, shown where to start.

That recession that only seemed to be affecting homeowners in places like Ft. Lauderdale and Tucson seems to have arrived in New York—the local rich aren't splurging on luxury goods as recklessly as in fiscal quarters past. Today the Sun lists a few examples of how moneyed New Yorkers are exhibiting ominious frugality: Sales at local Ferrari dealerships are sagging; cosmetic surgery patients are opting for relatively bargain-basement procedures like lipo in lieu of pricier ones like facelifts; and high-end caterer Serena Bass confesses that clients who once sprang for cornucopia-like cheese tables with 10 choices are now requesting lonely cheese tables with only two choices. Even worse is the news that certain luxury items have been pricier. The price of Beluga caviar is at a record high, which means frugal trophy wives may just be forced to choose between a facelift or a $12,000 1kg tin at Caviar Russe!