Islamic State-Linked Militants Kill Dozens In Egypt
Militants struck more than a dozen army and police targets in the restive Sinai Peninsula with simultaneous attacks involving a car bomb and mortar rounds on Thursday, killing at least…
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UVA Sororities Stick To Hated Ban On This Weekend’s Frat Parties
National offices for 16 sororities on Thursday declared they would not back down from their deeply unpopular directive forbidding University of Virginia sorority members from attending this weekend’s fraternity parties….
India Woman Sues Uber After Reporting Driver Raped Her
A woman who says an Uber driver raped her in New Dehli, India, on Thursday accused the company in a lawsuit filed in U.S. court of failing to properly investigate…
Family Outraged After Girl With Autism Leaves School In Middle Of Day Unsupervised
A Florida mother is outraged after her 6-year-old daughter showed up at her door in the middle of a school day on Monday. Zoe Maglio, who has been diagnosed with…
Larry Markword Reappointed To County Board Despite Dying In 2012
Officials in western Pennsylvania are trying to figure out how a man who’s been dead for more than two years wound up being reappointed to a county industrial authority board….
Idaho Republicans Reject Gay Rights Measure
By Laura Zuckerman Jan 29 (Reuters) – A bill granting job and housing protections for gay and transgender people in socially conservative Idaho was stalled by Republican lawmakers on Thursday…
Triple Amputee Veteran Martin Pollock Now Surfs With The Best Of Them
After an improvised explosive devise took both of Martin Pollock’s legs and part of his left arm in 2010, he did everything he could to get his active lifestyle back….
Aerial View Of Auschwitz Pays Gripping Tribute To Holocaust Victims
Personal accounts are invaluable in documenting the horrors of the Holocaust. But a stunning aerial view of one of the most notorious concentration camps offers a didactic perspective no words…
Who Will Win Super Bowl XLIX: A Showdown In Energy Efficiency Between New England And Seattle
Who’s to say who will win Super Bowl XLIX this Sunday? When trying to predict the victor, should we consider the skills of the quarterbacks or the strength of the…
Arizona Tried To Keep KRS-One Out Of Classrooms, So He Went There Himself
Arizona education officials may say it’s illegal to teach his writing, but KRS-One isn’t backing away. The hip host artist offered a three-hour lecture to students at Tucson’s Cholla Magnet…
10 Novel Ways To Drop The Weight Fast
SPECIAL FROM Grandparents.com Eat fewer carbs. Reduce portion size. Exercise more. All are solid strategies for shedding unwanted pounds. But sometimes you need a few extra tricks and tips to…
Amazon Gives Investors Unexpectedly Good News
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc reported stronger than expected earnings on Thursday as North American sales surged during the crucial holiday quarter, sending its shares up 9 percent. The…
Ex-Patriots Star Aaron Hernandez Goes On Trial On Murder Charges
With his old team about to play in the Super Bowl, former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez went on trial on murder charges Thursday, watching from the defense table…
Israeli Center-Left Alliance Looks To Unseat Netanyahu
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved his unwieldy coalition and called new elections last month, he appeared almost certain to be returned once more to office. But a new center-left…
Recreating the Odyssey, With An iPhone
If Homer had his own iPhone, he might’ve snapped shots of Ulysses on all his adventures, documenting every step of the hero’s long voyage. He might’ve taken pictures of the…
Dartmouth Creates New Rules, Bans Liquor To Tame ‘Heavy-Drinking’ Culture
Dartmouth College will roll out a number of new policies in an effort to address binge drinking, hazing and sexual assault on campus, Dartmouth President Phil Hanlon announced in a…
‘World’s Poorest President’ Stops His Car To Give Hitchhiker A Ride
A hitchhiker was caught off-guard when a world leader offered to give him a lift. Gerhald Acosta was looking for a ride on his way home from his job at…
Texas Is About To Execute A Man With An IQ Of 67
Two days after the execution of Warren Hill, a Georgia man whose lawyers said he had an intellectual disability, another prisoner is scheduled to die despite his attorneys making a…
Sorry, Disney’s New Princess Elena Probably Doesn’t Count As Latina
When news of Disney’s “first Latina princess” hit the Internet on Thursday, Latinos rejoiced. But advocates of a more diverse set of princesses shouldn’t get too excited yet: Elena of…
Guess Who This Pretty Planter Turned Into!
www.tmz.com: Before this little girl sprouted into a Hollywood hottie she was just another little girl with a green thumb growing up in Checotah, Oklahoma. Can you guess who she…
The Tech Diversity Story That’s Not Being Told
One of the most destructive tropes about Asian Americans is the pervasive myth of the “model minority”. Grounded in detestably anti-Black, anti-Latino stereotypes that pit one minority against another, the…
Katy Perry Takes Her Super Bowl Performance Duties Quite Literally
Katy Perry is known for wowing us with playful vibes on the red carpet, but when it comes to taking on the role of Super Bowl Halftime Show performer, she’s…
Here’s How Fast The Marijuana Industry Is Growing, In 5 Charts
The marijuana industry is booming, and it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down in the near future. Legal marijuana is the fastest-growing industry in the United States, according to…
Eddie Murphy Is Returning To ‘SNL’ For The First Time Since 1984
The last time Eddie Murphy made an appearance on “Saturday Night Live” was Dec. 15, 1984. Thirty-one years later, it appears Murphy will finally return to the show that helped…
‘Fortitude’ Review: Stanley Tucci Excels In A Tale Of Icebound Crime
It’s easy to give you an idea of what “Fortitude” is like and whether you might like it, because it’s not hard to find good shows that are pretty similar…
HUFFPOST HILL – John McCain And Code Pink: These Two Teams Just Don’t Like Each Other
Democratic dollars helped elect Republicans last cycle, a departure from the norm when Democratic *strategy* helps elect Republicans. Lawmakers in West Virginia want to outlaw the teaching of socialism, yet…
Why Is Marissa Alexander Still Being Punished for Fighting Back?
On Tuesday, January 27, 2015, Marissa Alexander walked out of jail, but not as a free woman. At yesterday’s hearing, the judge sentenced her to two years of house arrest…
Report: Pilots Disabled Critical Computers Moments Before AirAsia Crash
The pilots of AirAsia Bhd. Flight 8501 cut power to a critical computer system that normally prevents planes from going out of control shortly before it plunged into the Java…
Residents Didn’t Hear Alarm In Deadly San Francisco Fire (PHOTOS)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Residents fleeing a massive blaze that killed a man and injured five people as it ripped through a San Francisco building told officials they did not…
Twitter Troll Bryan Fischer Reportedly Canned, But Trolling To Carry On
Forced to choose between battling the radical homosexual agenda and supporting Israel, which some motivated evangelical Christians believe will be central to Judgment Day, one Christian group has made its…