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Sexist Leap Day Fun

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Aurora Historical Society, Bachelor, Sadie Hawkins Day, Leap Year, Sexism, Life Magazine, Jail, Leap Day, Aurora, Illinois, Bachelorette, Leap Year Traditions, Leap Day Traditions, Culture News
Chris Weigant

Aurora, Illinois used to be famous for its Leap Day fun, when the unmarried women took over the town and arrested all the unmarried men for the "crime" of being a bachelor. Yes, you read that right.

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PHOTOS: NYC Skateboarders In The 60s

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: NY Around Town, New York Around Town, 1960s, Life Magazine, New-York-City-Skateboarding, Bill-Eppridge, Skateboarding, New York News

Before cities everywhere built skate parks, and skaters strapped GoPro cameras to the bottom of their boards, the May 1965 cover of LIFE magazine fea...

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Icons: Fifty Years Ago, a Space-Age Photo That Transcended the Television Age

David Schonauer | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Photography, John Glenn, Life Magazine, Space Race, Magazines, Nasa, Space, Space Exploration Technologies, Media News
David Schonauer

2012-02-01-Screenshot20120131at7.38.44PM.jpgThe photo, a portrait of John Glenn in his space helmet, appeared on Life's February 2, 1962 issue -- 50 years ago this week.

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Time for Mitt Romney to Roll Up His Sleeves -- Wait, Not Like That!

Peter Mandel | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Harvard, Life Magazine, Brooks Brothers, New Hampshire Primary, Mitt Romney, Oxford Shirts, Ivy League, Republican Debates, Stanford, South Carolina Primary, Florida Primary, Republican Primaries, J. Press, Politics News
Peter Mandel

It may seem odd for a guy who lived in Massachusetts and attended Stanford and Harvard, but here's Mitt Romney's problem in a nutshell: The man needs lessons in how to wear his wardrobe of fresh-pressed Oxford shirts. And he needs them now.

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Life Magazine's Worst Covers

LIFE | Posted 01.16.2012

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The Sexiest LIFE Photos Of All Time

Posted 11.16.2011

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Courtesy of LIFE LIFE's photographers always had an eye for the provocative and alluring. Sometimes they spotted it on movie sets, where the most b...

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The Best LIFE Covers Of All Time (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.15.2011

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Courtesy of LIFE When LIFE magazine's premiere issue hit newsstands on November 23, 1936, a star was born. With a simple red-and-white logo and dis...

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Chatting with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery, Baaba Maal, The Box Story, and Ozzie & Harriet Estate Manager, Sam Nelson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Dylan Chenfeld, New York Rangers, The Goldbergs, The Pointer Sisters, Noah Chenfeld, Eminem, Grand Ole Opry, Tracy Nelson, Ncis, Carrie Underwood, Chris Salewicz, Teen Idol, A Day to Remember, Harriet Nelson, Panic! At the Disco, Fela Kuti, Rascal Flatts, Johnny Cash, The Box Story, Eric Rushing, H Is Orange, Metallica, Mark Bright, Elvis Presley, Chelsea Grin, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, Kickstarter, David Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Freestyle, American Idol, Ozzie Nelson, Justin Bieber, The Devil Wears Prada, The Strokes, Mac Miller, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Scotty McCreery, Merle Haggard, The Beatles, Sam Nelson, Matthew Nelson, The Artery Foundation, Rick Nelson, Conway Twitty, Mark Harmon, Guitar Hero, Vampire Weekend, New York Knicks, Big L, The Partridge Family, The Crimson Armada, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson, The Warped Tout, Gunner Nelson, The Donna Reed Show, Baaba Maal, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chillli Peppers, Life Magazine, Ozzie & Harriett, Father Knows Best, Ben Folds, Saturday Night Live, John Scheinfeld, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Scotty McCreery's new album Clear As Day just hit #1 in Billboard, and it features some very personal songs that seem to fit him perfectly. He tells me how he picked this batch.

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WIN A Liz Taylor Tribute Book

Posted 06.03.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, Slideshow, Life Magazine, Liz Taylor Life Magzine, Entertainment News

In commemoration of Elizabeth Taylor's recent passing, LIFE will release a tribute book next month. HuffPost readers are invited to win free copies of...

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Exhibition Spotlight: Famed American Illustrator Antonio Petruccelli's Work On View

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illustration, Antonio Petruccelli, Life Magazine, American Illustrator, The New Yorker, Illustrations, Design, Illustration Art, Freelance Artist, Slidefullscreen, Arts News

WHO: Antonio Petruccelli WHAT: Antonio Petruccelli: An Unsung American Illustrator WHEN: January 12 - March 20, 2011. Exhibition Reception Sunday Fe...

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Classic New Years Eve Photos From LIFE (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

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With 2011 closing in celebrities and everyday people will be ringing in the new year in their own special ways. LIFE magazine has put together some ...

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PHOTOS: Amazing Never Before Seen Images From 1955 World Series

Posted 05.25.2011

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With the 2010 World Series set to begin on Wednesday, it's time to look back at one of the most memorable championship series in the history of the ga...

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What Smart People Wear

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gloria Vanderbilt, Recycled Jewelry, Mona Williams Von Bismarck, Versailles, Gypsy Rose Lee, Ruben Toledo, Nordstrom, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jewelry, Sapphire, Grafton-Trew, Pearls, Indochine, Museum of the City of New York, Amy Fine Collins, A'leia Walker, Fashion, Shoes, Ruben Toledo's Fashion Almanac, The Metropolitan Opera, Emerald, Taste, Time Magazine, Carmen De Lavallade, Geoffrey Holder, Diana Vreeland, Hats, Lena Horne, Marian Anderson, Pat Buckley, Helena Rubenstein, Mrs. George Washington Kavanaugh, Notorious & Notable: 20th Century Women of Style, Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Diamonds, Isabel Toledo, Life Magazine, Style, Phyllis Magidson, Lauren Bacall, Jewelry Trends, Fashion Show, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

Watching to see what chic people wear is fascinating. One mightn't think it has anything whatsoever to do with styles from the past, but of cou...

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PHOTOS: Rare And Never-Seen Images Of The Lascaux Cave Paintings

Posted 05.25.2011

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On a warm afternoon in 1940 in southwestern France, two rabbit-hunting schoolboys made a startling, historic discovery. As their dog chased a hare...

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Hundreds Re-Enact Iconic Times Square Kiss To Mark 65th Anniversary Of End Of World War II

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Hundreds of couples donned sailor hats and nurse's caps and smooched in Times Square on Saturday to celebrate the 65th anniversary of...

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Salvador Dali: Virtuoso Artist or Clever Marketer?

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York City Art Galleries, High Museum of Art, Salvador Dali, Marketing Art, I?Ve Got a Secret, Dali Museum, Art Galleries, What?S My Line, Womens Business Centers, Life Magazine, Small Business Administration, Small Business Centers, Dick Cavett Show, Homemade Crafts, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Although Dali died in 1989, his antics and self-promotion are legendary. Dali managed to stay in the press with stories in periodicals and striking photographs. But what about Dali's art?

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ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHY: How The Image Of AIDS Came To LIFE Magazine

Posted 05.25.2011

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In November, 1990, LIFE magazine published a photograph of a young man, David Kirby -- his body wasted by AIDS, his gaze locked on something beyond th...

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Food TV Show Pioneers Through The Years (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Life magazine's gallery of food TV celebrities from their rich archives reminds us that the uber-chefs of the Food Network weren't the first to cook o...

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Whaling's Gruesome Catch (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Text and photos from LIFE.COM, which you can visit for much, much more. As part of HuffPost Green's Our Oceans project, we've partnered with LIFE to ...

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Is YouTube the Successor to Television -- Or to LIFE Magazine?

Dan Schiller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Schiller

YouTube's content may render it less like commercial TV than like a prior icon of our common culture, Life Magazine -- which failed as a weekly late in 1972.

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Best-Ever Oscar Photos: Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty & More (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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LIFE magazine has rounded up the best of their vintage Oscar photos. Scroll through to see how Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brand...

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Good Hair? Bad Hair? Great Style!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Supreme Court, Latinos, Malia and Sasha Obama, Michelle Obama, Good Hair, Naomi Sims, President Obama, Childern, Latina, W. C. Handy, Life Magazine, Aleila-Walker, Madame C. J. Walker, Chris Rock, Michelle Obama's Mother, Doll Test, Thurgood Marshall, African Americans, Style News
Michael Henry Adams

The varied and imaginative ways African Americans dress their hair represents a high-point of human creativity that's dependency, the very quintessence of style.

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KKK: What Today's Klan Looks Like (PHOTOS)

LIFE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Text from Life.com: The Department of Homeland Security recently issued a chilling report: Americans, it said, can expect an upsurge in "rightwing ext...

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Life Magazine Photo Archive To Be Available To Public Online

Guardian | Ewen MacAskil | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of the biggest photo collections in the world that ranges from the 1750s through to the seminal moments of the 20th century and on into the presen...

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Hybrid, alt-fuel, clean-diesel taxis in NYC? Maybe not ...

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

Cleaning-up the air is always in everyone's best interest, and one big way to make an impact on air quality is for a community or city (or nation) to ...

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