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Reggae Musician Dies At 70

AP | Posted 05.06.2013 | Entertainment

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Cedric Brooks, a Jamaican saxophone player and influential roots reggae musician, has died. He was 70. One of Brooks' sisters, P...

Two Years on, Remembering The Fukushima Disaster

Andrew Lam | Posted 05.09.2013 | GPS for the Soul
Andrew Lam

Two years ago the Tohoku earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated the region, seriously damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant, sending radiated...

Remembering Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans: The Unofficial First Lady of N.C.

Steven Petrow | Posted 04.03.2012 | Impact
Steven Petrow

I'd like to recall the Mary Semans who was known for her humility, her courage, and, yes, her emotional intelligence -- attributes you might not normally associate with an "heiress."

Cold Blamed For Record Manatee Deaths In Florida In 2011

Posted 01.06.2012 | Miami

Although some sea cows managed to find warmer waters near Florida power plants, others did not fend so well during Florida's cold snaps. The Florida F...

Kim Jong Il Dead

RAFAEL WOBER | Posted 02.17.2012 | World

North Korean television announced in a "special broadcast" that its leader, Kim Jong Il, is dead. News of Kim's death was made public on Monday, w...

PHOTOS: YSL Muse Dies At 63

Posted 01.05.2012 | Style

Renaissance woman and famous inspiration for designer Yves St Laurent's iconic women's tuxedo Loulou de la Falaise has died at age 63 after a battle w...

Medicis' CEO's 6-Year-Old DIes In Mansion, Two Days Before Girlfriend Found Hanging Nude

AP | Posted 09.16.2011 | Los Angeles

SAN DIEGO — The 6-year-old son of a pharmaceutical company executive died Sunday, almost a week after falling down the stairs at his father's hi...

Distraught Mother Told Her Kids 'You're Going To Die With Me'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2011 | New York

NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Angela Gilliam called the police at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday. She was worried about her niece's well-being and said there was a domestic t...

An Opportunity to Help a Grieving Family

Anthony Citrano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Anthony Citrano

Overnight, seven of her young cousins had perished in a house fire.

Legendary Jazz Pianist Dead At 91

AP | JAKE COYLE and CHARLES J. GANS | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and witho...

R.I.P., Fulton Fish Annie

nytimes.com | DAN BARRY | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

The fish men see her still, their Annie, in the hide-and-seek shadows of South Street. She's telling her dirty jokes and doing anything for a buck: hu...

Afghan War Casualties: U.S. Military Deaths Hit 1,260

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

As of Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at least 1,260 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in l...

MURDER UP 15%

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

If you feel like you've been reading an awful lot of bad news lately, there's a reason. The Daily News is reporting that murders are up 15% in New Yor...

Real-Life "Bonfire" Judge Roberts Dies

AP | BETH J. HARPAZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Burton B. Roberts, the outspoken judge who was the model for the cranky jurist in "The Bonfire of the Vanities," has died. He was 88....

Unraveling the Latino Paradox

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Latino health is thriving despite disadvantages in income, education and access to health care.

Electronic Medical Record Shift: Signs Of Harm Emerge As Doctors Move From Paper

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

By Fred Schulte and Emma SchwartzHuffington Post Investigative Fund One day in March 2009, hospital workers misread small print on a computer screen,...

New York City Subway Murders: 3 Men Charged In Stabbing Deaths Of Darnell Morel, Ricardo Williams

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — A lawyer for a man charged with fatally stabbing two New York City subway riders says he was defending himself after a group of passe...

RIP Mark Linkous: Beautiful and Crazy

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Mark Linkous, singer and songwriter with indie band Sparklehorse, shot himself through the heart on March 6. He was 47.

Oprah's Call to Action: No Texting, No Cell Phones, No Kidding!

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Lisa Mirza Grotts

I am intrigued with the idea of our nation as a whole taking the no-phone pledge. I agree with Oprah that we are facing a serious crisis. In the hands of a driver, a cell phone is a dangerous tool.

FDA Considers Regulating Safety of Electronic Health Systems

Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

By Fred Schulte and Emma SchwartzHuffington Post Investigative Fund Concerned about potential safety risks in health information technology, the U.S....

Police Taser Rules: Federal Appeals Court Issues Ruling On Use Of Tasers

McClatchy | Hudson Sangree and Kim Minugh | Sacramento Bee | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

A federal appeals court on Monday issued one of the most comprehensive rulings yet limiting police use of Tasers against low-level offenders who seem ...

Pakistan And Taliban Both Claim Success In Second Day Of Military Assault

AP | ISHTIAQ MAHSUD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Pakistani troops and the Taliban fought fierce battles in a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both si...

Women With AIDS In NYC: Killing Them Softly

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Chris Norwood

Why, after a decade of decreasing deaths, has New York's progress in reducing women's mortality stumbled so badly? Following the money gives a dismaying answer: the Bloomberg administration.

Casey Johnson 911 Call: 911 call reporting Casey Johnson's death released

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES Socialite Casey Johnson was already dead when an ambulance was called to her Los Angeles home, according to the woman who made the 911 ca...

Swine Flu Death Toll Continues To Rise, Especially Among Children

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

With no signs of the H1N1 virus slowing down, the flu strain continues to hit children and teens in larger numbers than any other age group, and rese...