Is 50 the new 40 for motherhood?
“I went through waking up crying and saying, ‘Am I too old? Will I suddenly at 51 have my knees give out?’ ” Hawkins, who used a sperm donor and…
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11 Animals You Didn’t Know Could Fly
Not a bird? No problem. Several species can achieve takeoff using their skin, ribs and even silk to glide through air. These animals take the phrase “when pigs fly” to…
Attack of the Student Hairdressers
When my two eldest girls went off to college, I began to look for a part-time job. Through the grapevine, I heard of an opening for a part-time substitute teacher…
U.S. suspects accused of sending military supplies to terrorists in Syria, Iraq
The Bosnian immigrants, including a husband and wife, were arrested this month in Illinois and St. Louis, according to court records released Friday. Three of the suspects are naturalized American…
How To Avoid A Nasty And Costly Divorce War
After attorney Joryn Jenkins’ parents divorced when she was seven, she never saw her father again. Experiencing firsthand how divorce can destroy a family forever, Jenkins never wanted other families…
Travel where it’s still summer right now
Yet travelers willing to venture south can find sunshine, shorts weather and beaches right now in the parts of the world where summer is just winding down. Here are some…
21 Quotes On Womanhood By Female Authors That Totally Nailed It
Books can change the way we feel about ourselves. Sometimes, plots reflect our own experiences, guiding us through the future or refracting our memories through a new lens. Other times,…
Quecreek Mine Rescue Fast Facts
50 to 60 million gallons of water flooded the mine when a wall to a mine, last worked in the 1950s, was broken through. A 6-inch hole, drilled by rescuers,…
Fartners App Allows Strangers To Share Their Farts
A new app is raising a stink in the tech world. It’s called Fartners and is described as a social network that connects people through farts.
The latest Obamacare challenge: What you need to know
In 2012, the Affordable Care Act barely survived a constitutional challenge when Chief Justice John Roberts stunned conservatives and voted along with the court’s four liberal justices to uphold the…
The man who spies on penguins for science
Today I’m tagging penguins in Antarctica. Not something I’d thought I would ever get the chance to do but here we are. A few hours in and it’s actually quite…
The ‘Parks And Rec’ Finale Flash Forwards Gave Us 12 Happy Endings
Raise your hand if you sobbed through the “Parks and Recreation” series finale. Great, so we’re all in this together. NBC aired the final installment of “Parks” on Tuesday night,…
How Junk Science Sent Claude Garrett to Prison For Life
JUST BEFORE DAWN, on the unseasonably warm morning of February 24, 1992, a small house caught fire in Old Hickory, Tennessee, a few miles northeast of Nashville. The one-story cinderblock…
Danny DeVito At 70: A National Treasure On Sex, Drugs And Family
The following article is provided by Rolling Stone. By ERIK HEDEGAARD Outside his Malibu beach house, all snuggly in the early-afternoon sun, belly protruding from a half-unbuttoned shirt, balding scalp…
HSBC Chief Defends Swiss Bank Account Worth $7.7 Million
LONDON — Already forced to apologize for helping clients hide their income from tax authorities, HSBC had to explain on Monday why its chief executive went to lengths for years…
NSA: Snowden leaks hurt ability to track terrorists
“I would say that it has had a material impact in our ability to generate insights as to what counterterrorism, what terrorist groups around the world are doing,” Adm. Michael…
Ukraine Town Eases Back Into Life After Deadly Week of Fighting
DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine — While the Ukrainian government accused Russia of sending more tanks and troops into the country despite a cease-fire agreement, the few residents who remained in the fiercely…
Fire Breaks Out at Dubai Residential Skyscraper
DUBAI — Hundreds of people were evacuated from one of the world’s tallest residential buildings on Saturday when fire swept through the more than 330-metre (1,082-foot) tall skyscraper “The Torch”…
Ask Well: Sick With Two Kinds of Flu?
Yes. The first word that influenza experts use to describe the illness is “unpredictable.” In a normal flu season, at least three strains circulate. Flus mutate every year as they…
Sources: Bobbi Kristina Brown’s breathing tube removed
Doctors performed the procedure on Wednesday, the sources said. Brown will now be ventilated through a hole in her throat. – CNN’s MaryLynn Ryan, Sunny Hostin and Carolyn Sung contributed…
Rap star Vanilla Ice: Burglary arrest ‘blown out of proportion’
The rapper spoke to WPBF after his release from Palm Beach County Jail on a $6,000 bond Wednesday. The Lantana Police Department said the robbery occurred sometime between December and…
Video Aims To Show What 10 Hours Of Walking In Paris As A Jew Looks Like
A month after a gunman killed four people at a kosher market in Paris, following a larger attack on Charlie Hebdo, Jewish journalist Zvika Klein decided to record 10 hours…
10 weirdest travel jobs
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Are presidents overrated?
We have an unhealthy obsession with presidents as the sole movers of American politics. For too long, Americans have understood history primarily through the lens of the presidency. School textbooks…
A Holocaust Survivor Band Plays The Music Of Their Youth
They’re almost 90, survived the Holocaust and love to play music together, so why not? Saul Dreier and Reuben Sosnowicz, nostalgic for the tunes of their youth, have started a…
On Tinder, Taking a Swipe at Love, or Sex, or Something, in New York
On a recent night, with Valentine’s Day looming, I went out for drinks with a woman I know and a few of her friends. It was a Thursday, and the…
The Invicibles: Amazing Portraits of Truly Free Spirits
Letizia Battaglia, an important Sicilian photographer from Palermo, Italy, took a series of shots of legendary Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini at a debate about art and free speech,…
What It’s Really Like To Break An Engagement, From Women Who’ve Been There
By the time Katherine’s* fiancé called off the wedding, they had signed a two-year lease and were a year into a 16-month engagement. They had 200 guests planning on attending…
Carly Fiorina: Chances of 2016 run ‘way over 50%’
Fiorina’s comments came after she spoke at a conference in Washington hosted by LincolnLabs, a group that aims to advance conservative principles through technology. – With eye on a presidential…
11 Things Every Spanish Speaker Deals With At The Office
Speaking more than one language is great. But sometimes, when you’re the only Spanish speaker at work, things can get, well… annoying. Even though it’s mostly awesome, here’s some things…