News Corp. Set To Rehire Rebekah Brooks, Acquitted Executive
Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s media holdings in Britain, acquitted last year on charges related to the phone hacking scandal, is likely to return to News Corporation…
Apple’s New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public
SAN FRANCISCO — For Apple, the hard part — making a smartwatch — is nearly over. Soon it will be time for the harder part: selling the long-anticipated Apple Watch…
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: From mundane to mystery
Some took photos of the aircraft parked at its gate in Kuala Lumpur ahead of departure. These usually prosaic shots take on a ghostly quality in this context. A routine…
What it was like on Netanyahu’s plane
Indeed on the tarmac, Netanyahu, with his wife, Sara, at his side, somberly declared his visit to Washington a “crucial” and “historic” trip and himself the “messenger” of all the…
Saving the Galapagos, saving ourselves
Wait. Check that. Those aren’t rocks. Because that one just sneezed. They are creatures! Dirty black with skin as rough the hardened lava beneath them, long tails and dorsal scales….
‘Judge Judy’ extends contract with CBS until 2020
First debuting in 1996, “Judge Judy” has been the #1 court show for 969 consecutive weeks. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real…
9 companies Warren Buffett should consider buying
I limited it to companies in the S&P 500 with market values between $5 billion and $20 billion. They had to be trading at reasonable valuations, have strong balance sheets…
11 stocks hedge funds and mutual funds love now
Interestingly, hedge funds are still not giving up on energy and health care, while mutual funds have given up those sectors. Related: The ‘smart money’ is investing in oil now…
The Spiritual Allure Of Dr. Ben Carson
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Other speakers had rowdier receptions and larger followings. But few who appeared at the Conservative Political Action Conference this past week had an emotional pull on…
5 Perfect Quotes From HBO’s ‘Girls’ Season 4, Episode 7
Here at HuffPost Women, one of the things we love most about Lena Dunham’s HBO show, “Girls,” is the incisive, witty and hilarious dialogue that Dunham and the rest of…
Shoestring Legal Aid Group Helps Poor in Rural India
JAGDALPUR, India — On a quiet night last November, the human rights lawyer Shalini Gera was brewing tea in her drab, small-town office, which doubles as an apartment, when her…
It’s settled: How to pronounce ‘GIF’
Those short, animated loops that have captivated the Web for decades? They’re pronounced like a brand of peanut butter. Steve Wilhite created the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, while working…
Has Netanyahu gone too far?
Netanyahu is driven not only by his concerns about Iran’s nuclear threatthe topic of his addressbut also by domestic political considerations. Israel will hold its national elections just two weeks…
‘The Sound of Music’: Where are they now?
Of course, there remains one notable dissenter: Christopher Plummer, who has long had a grudging opinion of perhaps his most famous role. – So, what ever happened to Liesl, Friedrich,…
Optimism and frustration as MH370 anniversary approaches
Watch “Vanished: The Mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370” Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET. Australia’s transport safety chief has always described himself as a pessimist. But Martin Dolan, Chief Commissioner…
LAPD Caught On Video Shooting Homeless Man To Death
Los Angeles police fatally shot a homeless man on Sunday in a disturbing encounter that was caught on video. According to the Los Angeles Times, the man, whom witnesses called…
News Corp. Set to Rehire Rebekah Brooks, Acquitted Executive
Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s media holdings in Britain, acquitted last year on charges related to the phone hacking scandal, is likely to return to News Corporation…
Recordings Suggest Emirates and Egyptian Military Pushed Ousting of Morsi
Audio recordings of senior Egyptian officials that were leaked Sunday suggest that when Mohamed Morsi was president, the United Arab Emirates gave the Egyptian Defense Ministry money for a protest…
Syria: 19 Christians Have Been Released by the Islamic State, Local Leaders Say
Nineteen of the Assyrian Christians seized by Islamic State militants last week in northeastern Syria have been freed, and they met with church officials in a cathedral in the city…
No shortage of color in ‘Commodity City’
The shopper’s paradise, in the city of Yiwu, covers 46 million square feet and has about 62,000 booths, with 100,000 suppliers exhibiting 400,000 kinds of products. The sheer enormity of…
Will Smith’s ‘Focus’ Tops Box Office With $19.1 Million
Will Smith’s con-man caper “Focus” dethroned “Fifty Shades of Grey” at the box office, but the film’s modest $19.1 million opening still left questions about the drawing power of the…
Data Security Is Becoming the Sparkle in Bitcoin
Some couples opt for a traditional wedding, while others go for the Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas. But David Mondrus and Joyce Bayo may be the first to have incorporated…
Palawan: Sailing’s next great destination?
The wind, particularly in the winter, blows strong, and reliably. It’s sunny almost all the time, and there are literally thousands of islands7,107 at last count. All of these enviable…
Palawan: Sailing’s next great destination?
All of these enviable factors would usually point to the perfect destination for a sailing trip, but the charter industry here lags far behind other sailing destinations, like Thailand, Australia…
Voodoo economics on ‘House of Cards’: Why Underwood’s jobs plan is crazy
President Underwood, played with scheming charm by Kevin Spacey, uses Washington, D.C., as a guinea pig for his policy. He tells District residents: “If you want a job, you get…
Report: Hillary Clinton Launching Presidential Campaign In April
Hillary Clinton and her close advisers are telling Democratic donors she will enter the presidential race sooner than expected, likely in April, a move that would allay uncertainties within her…
Sierra Leone’s Vice President In Quarantine For Ebola
Sierra Leone’s vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from Ebola of one of his security guards. Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is set to become acting president…
Obama and Netanyahu: A clash of world views, not just personalities
A long, steadily worsening showdown between the rivals is coming to a head in the tense final stages of talks between world powers and Iran in pursuit of a nuclear…
North Korea Fires Two Short-Range Missiles Off Coast
SEOUL, March 2 (Reuters) – North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, a South Korean military official said, a move seen as a protest against…
California Republicans Vote To Officially Recognize Gay Political Organization
LOS ANGELES, March 1 (Reuters) – California Republicans broke from their own platform on Sunday and voted overwhelmingly at their state party convention to give official recognition to a gay…