What Nutrition Experts Eat On Vacation
If you’re a healthy eater who practices portion control, you know a vacation can put a dent in your healthy lifestyle. Whether you’re kicking back and relaxing for a week…
Month: February 2015
The Kids Are All Right With Transgender Rights
Last summer, a troubling poll showed that a majority of Americans had a problem with transgender people using bathrooms that correspond with their identity. A poll conducted last week brings…
Ten Great Gay Love Songs To Crack The Toughest Cynic
What better time to celebrate these ten glorious gay love songs than Valentine’s day? And if you’re feeling a little scorned by love these days, don’t worry, they don’t all…
Former Knicks Player Anthony Mason Dead At Age 48
The New York Knicks say Anthony Mason, a rugged power forward who was a defensive force for several NBA teams in the 1990s, has died. He was 48. Knicks spokesman…
Troy Roness And Zach Stafford Discuss Eating Disorders With HuffPost Live
What’s it like to identify as a male and struggle with an eating disorder? – Check out the video above to hear more about eating disorders among men or head…
India’s New Budget Aims to Boost Growth
NEW DELHI — India’s finance minister, Arun Jaitley, unveiled the first full-year budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Saturday, promising to boost growth with a major increase in…
Best Tweets: What Women Said On Twitter This Week
The ladies of Twitter talked a lot about orgasms this week. Twitter user Boobston Girl posed an interesting question: “But can I get a Best Actress award for faking orgasms?”…
China Cuts Interest Rates to Stimulate Slowing Economy
SHANGHAI — With its growth engine slowing, China said on Saturday that for the second time in three months it was reducing the nation’s benchmark interest rates. In an announcement…
Russian Investigation Examines Possible Motives For Boris Nemtsov Murder
Russia’s top investigative body said Saturday it is looking into several possible motives for the killing of prominent opposition figure Boris Nemtsov, including an attempt to destabilize the state, Islamic…
Hints at Warren Buffett’s Succession
Warren E. Buffett released his annual letter to shareholders on Saturday, expounding on business, reflecting on his 50 years assembling one of the world’s largest companies and adding to the…
Mom Let 2-Year-Old Sip Margarita: Cops
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Massachusetts woman allowed her 2-year-old daughter to sip her margarita at a restaurant and poured some of it into the girl’s sippy cup….
Tiny Missouri Town Mourns After Gunman Kills 7, Then Himself
Residents in a remote area of southern Missouri are trying to come to grips with what could cause a man to kill seven people, including four of his own relatives,…
Jailed Kurdish Leader Abdullah Ocalan Calls On PKK To Disarm
Imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his fighters to lay down arms as part of a peace process to end a 30-year insurgency, Turkey’s main Kurdish party…
Teen Accused Of Knocking School Bus Driver Unconscious
One Louisiana teen has been charged with assault and another with saving the day: The first knocked a school bus driver unconscious and the second prevented the bus from crashing….
Russia Mourns Murdered Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov
By Alexander Winning and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Thousands of stunned Russians laid flowers and lit candles on Saturday on the bridge where opposition politician Boris Nemtsov…
Man Sentenced In Death Of Boy Made To Hold Paint Buckets
Prosecutors say a suburban Atlanta man who forced a boy to hold paint buckets outdoors for hours as punishment on a hot June day has been sentenced to life imprisonment…
BLADES OF GLORY:It’s World Sword Swallowers Day
Sword swallowers will be sharpening their resolve and their blades today because it’s World Sword Swallowers Day. – David Peyre-Ferry will attempt to swallow a sword while sandwiched between two…
The Street Style At Milan Fashion Week Is Pretty Bellissima
New Yorkers know hats, the British know shoes, but the Italians, they know bags. Over the last couple of days at Milan Fashion Week, we have spotted some pretty amazing…
What Star Trek taught me
All I have is a model communicator with a flip-lid that makes three different sound effects. And a Federation of Planets command badge. And the complete DVD set of the…
City of Cleveland responds to Tamir Rice lawsuit by saying boy’s death was caused because of his own actions
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The city of Cleveland on Friday responded to a lawsuit filed by the family of Tamir Rice with several defenses, including that the 12-year-old died and his…
Brooklyn Arrests Highlight Challenges in Fighting of ISIS and ‘Known Wolves’
In Canada and Australia, young men inspired by the bloody, apocalyptic vision of the Islamic State were thwarted in their efforts to join the battle in Syria, so they took…
Brooklyn Arrests Highlight Challenges in Fighting of ISIS and ‘Known Wolves’
In Canada and Australia, young men inspired by the bloody, apocalyptic vision of the Islamic State were thwarted in their efforts to join the battle in Syria, so they took…
Iraq P.M.: ISIS ‘barbarians’ will not destroy our history
“They are trying, with their barbarism and arrogance, to destroy the inheritance of humanity, the inheritance of Iraqi people and their civilization, [the] same way they destroyed humans,” al-Abadi said….
So That Happened: Obama, Warren Team Up To Save Older America
So, that happened. This week, the Republican-led House Agriculture Committee began what they termed a “top to bottom” review of the federal food stamp program. In a surprising twist, the…
Who Gets Food Stamps? White People, Mostly
WASHINGTON — Gene Alday, a Republican member of the Mississippi state legislature, apologized last week for telling a reporter that all the African-Americans in his hometown of Walls, Mississippi, are…
Russian Authorities Say Fellow Opposition Members May Have Killed Boris Nemtsov
MOSCOW — As supporters of Boris Y. Nemtsov, the slain Russian opposition leader, laid flowers Saturday on the pavement where he had been shot dead hours earlier, the Russian authorities…
Algeria From A Drone Might Be The Most Stunning Place We’ve Ever Seen
Algeria is a place of nearly unimaginable beauty and diversity. From the heights of the Tell Atlas mountains to the bleakly beautiful desert expanse of Tamanrasset Province, it offers truly…
Advice from Warren Buffett that could make you rich
In 2015, there is no shortage of reasons to worry. But here’s what Buffett has to say about it: “Charlie and I have always considered a “bet” on ever-rising U.S….
China’s Central Bank Cuts Rates Again to Boost Economy
BEIJING — China on Saturday cut interest rates for the second time in three months, adding to signs that Chinese leaders are worried that the economic slowdown is deepening too…
China’s Central Bank Cuts Rates Again to Boost Economy
BEIJING — China is cutting interest rates again in a new effort to shore up its anemic economic growth. – Go to Home Page »