Obama To Speak On Income Inequality
By JIM KUHNHENN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid public doubts over his stewardship of the economy, President Barack Obama is putting a renewed focus on the income gap between rich and...
View ArticleTarget Ads Have Been Selling Holiday Style Since The 1960s -- Cue The...
Those of us who worship at the hallowed gates of Target lust after the store's trendy clothes and cute home decor. But Target has been around long before the designer collaboration days -- in fact,...
View ArticleChanges To Renewable Fuel Standard Bring Intense Lobbying From Oil And...
By Cezary Podkul WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Industries with millions of dollars at stake over the U.S. government's plan to lower the amount of biofuel that must be used in 2014 will air their...
View Article35 Years Of Newscast Recordings To Be Digitized, Archived
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman who faithfully taped 35 years of TV news with the hope that one day it would prove to be valuable, searchable historical material did not live to see her dream realized....
View ArticlePeter Shankman Will Give His Airline Miles To People Who Can't Afford To Fly...
Peter Shankman travels a lot. The entrepreneur and founder of Help A Reporter Out publicity service racks up extra airline miles each year. But two weeks ago, he decided to shed those miles -- for...
View ArticleBarenaked Ladies Cancel SeaWorld Show After Watching 'Blackfish'
Brigitte Engl via Getty Images Tyler Stewart, Ed Robertson and Jim Creeggan of Barenaked Ladies performs on stage at Indigo2 at O2 Arena on November 30, 2013 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by...
View ArticleNow Is A Horrible Time To Cut Food Stamps, In 1 Depressing Chart
Congress effectively pulled money out of the hands of 47 million struggling Americans last month when it allowed massive cuts to the country’s food stamp program to go through without a hitch. This...
View ArticleJohns Hopkins' Cafeteria Food Will Soon Suck Less, And Be Better For The...
Bad news for students who came to Johns Hopkins hoping for old-fashionedly awful cafeteria food. Goodbye traditional sloppy Joes. Hello massive varieties of apples and Baltimore-made pickles. And, we...
View ArticleFood Aid Cuts In Congo Will Hurt Hundreds Of Thousands Of Hungry People, UN...
GENEVA (AP) — Food aid is being cut back in Congo due to lack of funding that could affect hundreds of thousands of hungry people, the World Food Program said Tuesday. The U.N. agency says its $478...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Gov. McCrory Gets Bag Of Coal From Teachers
Some North Carolina teachers want Republican Gov. Pat McCrory to know that he landed on their "naughty list" this holiday season. Displeased with recently passed education legislation, a group of...
View ArticleCenter For American Progress, Third Way Debate Economic Populism In...
WASHINGTON -- A Democratic Party clash over economic populism continued this week with the head of the progressive think tank Center For American Progress rejecting the centrist group Third Way's...
View ArticleAnchor Who Said 'Lets Get The F*ck Out Of Here' Reportedly Got Fired
Apparently you can't have the most epic news sign-off ever without taking some heat for it. The KSN weekend news anchor whose microphone caught him saying "let's get the f*ck out of here" Saturday...
View ArticleU.S. FCC Withdraws Proposal To Eliminate Ban On Owning Multiple Media...
Dec 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has withdrawn a proposal to relax the long-standing ban on owning multiple media outlets in the same market, the Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleYet Another Poll Shows People Hate Journalists
There's another poll out to show that Americans' faith in journalists is basically non-existent. A new 2013 Gallup poll shows people don't have much confidence in newspaper and TV reporters when it...
View ArticleBill And Melinda Gates Foundations Names Health Expert As New CEO
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has named Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, as its new CEO. An oncologist by training, Desmond-Hellmann is the...
View ArticlePenelope Cruz Says Breastfeeding Is 'Addictive'
Penelope Cruz has joined the ranks of celebrity moms sharing their experiences with breastfeeding. In an interview with Allure, the magazine's January 2014 cover star calls out one of the perks of...
View ArticlePope Francis Supports Breastfeeding Enough To Know It Needs To Happen In Public
Mothers, non-mothers, and celebrities alike have come to arms in the support of public breastfeeding, and now, so has the Pope. In an interview with La Stompa, Pope Francis was asked about the state of...
View ArticleCharity: water Raised Enough Money In One Night To Help 60,000 People
Charity: water reminded us all that it's truly the season of abundance by raising major funds for those who go without the world's most basic need -- water. The nonprofit, which supports clean water...
View ArticleLauren Mikler, HuffPost Live Producer, Fakes Flawless Skin By Layering On...
Whether working behind the scenes or in front of the camera, HuffPost Live producer Lauren Mikler's makeup always looks so darn perfect. We can always expect her to be sporting an amazing lip color....
View ArticleLockheed Martin Halts Boy Scouts Donations Over Organization's Ban On Gay...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense and aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is halting its donations to the Boy Scouts of America over the organization's ban on gays serving as adult leaders after a review of the...
View Article