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after an improbably long life, considering the self-inflicted abuse he endured through the years — at 83 in Lawrence, Kansas. It’s somehow perversely appropriate that an iconoclast of Burroughs’ power…
Not every relationship becomes a lasting, grow-old-together love story. Whether you’ve got one ex or several, renowned author and theologian Father Richard Rohr believes that most break-ups are due to…
CHICAGO (AP) — A pregnant 19-year-old Chicago woman on trial in Indonesia for the death of her mother says she is innocent and “petrified” about her future. Heather Mack told…
A compound found in foods including red wine, grapes, and peanuts may help prevent age-related memory loss, according to new research published by a faculty member in the Texas A&M…
Making a portrait from thousands of tea bags would find most artists steeped in frustration. Not Red Hong Yi. – H/T Digg
Jessica Simpson’s son Ace learned to work it like Michael Jackson, and it was just as cute as it sounds. The 19-month-old’s uncle, Evan Ross — husband to Ashlee Simpson…
All men must die, but only some will dine this Valentine’s Day weekend at the “Game of Thrones” pop-up restaurant in London. HBO is sponsoring this short-lived, GoT-themed dinner from…
WASHINGTON — Chris Marvin began to believe veterans might have an image problem when he went out to his mailbox one morning and found a check from a wounded veterans…
Just a few months after her naked Paper magazine spread broke the Internet, Kim Kardashian is baring it all again for Love magazine. – H/T Daily Mail
A college in Vermont is searching for its missing 4-foot-long Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor. – Information from: Rutland Herald, http://www.rutlandherald.com/
In the first Affordable Care Act case three years ago, the Supreme Court had to decide whether Congress had the power, under the Commerce Clause or some other source of…
A law enforcement official said the Secret Service believes the flyer of the DJI Phantom quadcopter, Shawn Usman, should be prosecuted on charges of violating national defense airspace. The official…
Tuesday afternoon, Fox News’ Shepard Smith gave a wrenching, verbal account of a video purporting to show Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive by militants from the Islamic State…
Zimbabwe’s government said President Robert Mugabe, 90, did not fall down the steps from a podium, saying that he “managed to break the fall.” Zimbabwe Information Minister Jonathan Moyo Thursday…
Sam Smith debuted the music video for “Lay Me Down,” off “In The Lonely Hour,” on Thursday. In it, Smith gets married in a church among supportive friends and family,…
Opera diva Joyce DiDonato took to the most appropriate stage possible — New York’s Stonewall Inn — to honor victims of hate and intolerance in a heartbreakingly beautiful performance. In…
WASHINGTON — When Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey said last week that he would give President Obama two months before defying a veto threat and voting for new sanctions…
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals killed most of the animals at its Norfolk, Virginia, shelter in 2014, according to preliminary figures filed with the Virginia Department of Agriculture…
After spending two years traveling abroad, 25-year-old Harry McGurk decided to surprise his mom by coming home a little early. – H/T Reddit
It’s no secret that we here at HuffPost Taste have a bit of a sweet tooth. We relentlessly put together one dessert round-up after another (ahem, like this collection of…
A couple is urging strangers to grant a simple birthday wish for their son who is terminally ill. Bubby Everson of Puyallup, Washington, contracted cytomegalovirus (CMV) at birth. While CMV…
Kanye West is performing twice at the 2015 Grammys this Sunday, and while we can’t ever predict what he might do, we know one thing is for sure: he won’t…
Smith was only 20 when he was assigned to the sniper section of a mortar platoon at the height of the Iraq war. When I met him there in early…
We all need help maintaining our personal spiritual practice. We hope that these Daily Meditations, prayers and mindful awareness exercises can be part of bringing spirituality alive in your life….
Fox News hosts addressed the networks controversial decision to post the video showing the burning alive of a Jordanian fighter pilot by the Islamic State military group on its website….
A great portrait is more than just a frozen reflection of the subject’s appearance. It’s a chance moment, blanketed in natural light, in which the subject’s authentic self is visible…
It’s officialworld football’s controversial leader Sepp Blatter is set to enter the enemy’s lair just weeks after accusing UEFA of plotting to depose him. The FIFA president is prepared to…
While Kim Kardashian is making headlines for baring her butt and posing completely naked once again, her younger sister Kendall Jenner is following in her topless footsteps. Jenner, 19, poses…
Often disparagingly referred to as ‘churnalism,’ some of the larger media organisationsincluding the L.A. Times and Associated Presshave now turned to robots to take the grind out of formulaic dispatches….
2014 was a tumultuous year. Fresh fighting rocked countries like the Central African Republic, Ukraine and South Sudan, even as ongoing violence in Syria and Iraq lingered. The turmoil left…