For SkyMall, It All Seemed So Cool at Six Miles High
For years, it was something of a ritual. You had made it through airport security, survived the lengthy delays and even crammed your carry-on into an overhead bin. Then you…
Mosquito Nets for Malaria Spawn New Epidemic: Overfishing
Millions of mosquito nets are given out fight to malaria in Africa, yet many faced with hunger use them as fish nets, creating potential environmental problems. BANGWEULU WETLANDS, Zambia —…
Alleged ISIS Video Claims Japanese Hostage Haruna Yukawa Was Executed, Issues New Demand
Members of the Islamic State militant group circulated an online video on Saturday claiming they have executed Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa. A still image of the second Japanese man held…
Rules For Saying Goodbye: How To Break Up With Your F**k Buddy
Urban Dictionary defines a friend with benefits as “Two friends who have a sexual relationship without being emotionally involved.” It is someone you can get away with drunk texting on…
‘Cooking With Bears’ Offers Italian Recipes For And By Bears
“Cooking with the Bears –- Healthy Recipes by Hairy Men “claims to be the first cookbook in the world dedicated to all of the men who identifying as being a…
Oregon Becomes The Focus Of Efforts To Expand Background Checks For Guns
Fresh off a victory in Washington state, a leading gun control group backed by billionaire Michael Bloomberg is hoping to make Oregon its next prize in a campaign to require…
Crittercam Video Shows Strange Way Jumbo Squid ‘Flash’ To Communicate
Marine biologists have long known that giant Humboldt squid communicate by rapidly changing their body color in flashes of red and white. But what message do the flashes send? –…
Video claims 1 Japanese ISIS hostage killed; new demand made
The voice says his captors no longer want money, but rather are demanding the release of Sajedah Rishawi, who is being held by Jordanian authorities. “You were given a deadline,…
Patrick Dempsey’s Wife Jillian Fink Files For Divorce
Patrick Dempsey’s wife, Jillian Fink, has filed for divorce after 15 years of marriage. – Dempsey and Fink, a hairstylist and makeup artist, married in 1999. The couple is said…
Ron Bruder: ‘There’s A Social And Structural Barrier’ Toward Women
Education for Employment’s president and CEO Jamie McAuliffe, along with founder and chair Ron Bruder, sat down with HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday where they discussed youth unemployment. Bruder…
LGBT Wellness Roundup: Jan. 23
Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with blogger Scout, LGBT HealthLink and researcher Michael G. Bare, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness…
Microsoft’s Brad Smith: U.S. Laws On Technology Are Outdated
Microsoft’s Brad Smith joined HuffPost Live at Davos on Saturday to discuss the importance of online security and privacy. “2015 needs to be a year for new solutions, and that’s…
Watch A Scientist Put ‘Deflategate’ Under The Microscope
The New England Patriots have been under fire amid allegations that 11 of the 12 balls they used in their AFC Championship Game win were inflated significantly below the NFL’s…
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s Warning Sends Chill Through Albany
The big fish reportedly being looked at is Gov. Cuomo. Read the whole story at New York Daily News
The Scary Way Excessive Salt Intake May ‘Reprogram’ The Brain
There are many health reasons to lay off the salt, from fluid retention to an increased risk over time of developing high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke. – The…
World’s Biggest Labyrinth Is Yet Another Reason To Go To Italy
The labyrinth of Franco Maria Ricci (photo: Carlo Vannini) Bambù the terrier makes an excellent guide. He races around on all fours through the labyrinth, and comes back only when…
Desmond Hague, Puppy-Kicking CEO, Faces Charges In Elevator Incident (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
The multimillionaire caught on camera abusing a puppy last summer was formally charged Friday. – Charges against Hague were filed in Vancouver, where the incident took place. In British Columbia,…
Japan Vows Not To Give Up On 2 Hostages ‘Until The Very End’
Japan promised Saturday not to give up “until the very end” on efforts to free two Japanese hostages threatened with beheading by Islamic militants demanding a $200 million ransom, after…
Fall Out Boy Singer Pete Wentz Opens Up About His Battle With Bipolar Disorder
For the millions of people who have been touched by some form mental illness, Pete Wentz has a message for you: It’s OK to open up. – Need help? In…
Using Twitter To Track Down Heart Disease
By Tom Jacobs Why does one community have higher levels of heart disease than another? Some of the reasons are obvious, such as income and education levels or local eating…
Man Sentenced To Crime He Doesn’t Remember Following Car Wreck: Lawyer
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a year’s probation for crimes his defense attorney says the man can’t recall because of a brain injury…
Best Tweets: What Women Said On Twitter This Week
There wasn’t much to laugh about this week after the House of Representatives passed an anti-abortion bill on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Thursday. But Jessica Misener lightened…
Rescuers Try To Lift Fuselage Of Crashed AirAsia Plane
Indonesian rescuers lifted the fuselage of the crashed AirAsia jetliner nearly to the water’s surface before it sank to the ocean floor again when the lifting balloons deflated Saturday, a…
Dwarf Stripper Kat Hoffman Finds Love With Army Sergeant
When Kat Hoffman was growing up in Bellefontaine, Ohio, bullies were a big problem for her. Hoffman, 26, was born with a form of dwarfism that stunted her growth at…
Fighting In Ukraine Surges To Worst Level In Months
KIEV, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Fifteen people were killed in shelling in the east Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Saturday, Ukraine’s interior ministry said, an attack Kiev blamed on…
U.S. Suspends Some Counterterrorism Efforts Against Al Qaeda In Yemen: Officials
WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – The United States has halted some counter-terrorism operations against al Qaeda militants in Yemen following a takeover of the country by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, U.S….
Author Greg McKeown: ‘Success Can Become A Catalyst For Failure’
Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, told HuffPost Live his book grew out of working with people who are really successful. “Success can become a catalyst…
Japan Vows to Continue Effort to Win Hostages’ Release
Japanese officials said Saturday that they were continuing efforts to win the release of two Japanese men taken hostage by the Islamic State, even though the militants’ stated deadline for…
German Serial Killer ‘Butcher of Hannover’ Has Head Cremated
BERLIN (AP) — The head of a German serial killer known as the “Butcher of Hannover” has been cremated after lying in storage for 89 years. – After his death,…
Spain: 4 arrested on suspicion of planning terror attacks
Their suspected cell had “many similarities” with the terrorists behind the January 7 massacre at the Paris offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine, the minister said. Twelve people were…