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Fire at Heidelberg

Jenenne Whitfield | Posted 05.23.2013 | Arts
Jenenne Whitfield

As you may have heard by now, a prominent art installation on Heidelberg Street, the Obstruction of Justice House, burned almost entirely to the groun...

What You Wear Might Kill

Nancy Cohen-koan | Posted 05.01.2013 | Business
Nancy Cohen-koan

As more and more people are arrested over the horrible neglect that led to so many deaths in the Bangladesh factories, one can't help but think of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City in 1911, and wonder how much has changed.

Fire in Your House?

Sidonie Sawyer | Posted 04.17.2013 | HuffPost Home
Sidonie Sawyer

If you live in Florida, like me, the following bit of info might be of help when choosing a home insurance for your new digs. A flagrant scandal has ...

Practice What You Preach: How the US Government Can End Bangladesh's Factory Fires

Bama Athreya | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics
Bama Athreya

Would it surprise you to learn that the factory was used by companies who make federal uniforms? Labor rights organizations were able to photograph labels in the factory wreckage linking Tazreen to two US government contractors.

WATCH: Huge Fire Rips Through Market In Mexico City

AP | Posted 04.29.2013 | World

MEXICO CITY — A fire ripped through Mexico City's biggest traditional marketplace on Wednesday, causing extensive damage but no initial reports ...

12 Fire Departments Respond To Massive Greenhouse Blaze

AP | Posted 04.22.2013 | Crime

OBERLIN, Ohio — Freezing temperatures hampered firefighters as a wind-whipped blaze ripped through one of the Midwest's biggest greenhouse opera...

LOOK: The Best Photos Of The Day

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.19.2013 | World

In the last 24 hours, plenty has happened around the world. Rows of identically dressed brides and grooms attended the Unification Church's mass we...

Massive Fire Devastates Bujumbura Central Market

Meredith Hutchison | Posted 03.30.2013 | World
Meredith Hutchison

Yesterday, on Jan. 27, the main market in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, caught fire bringing the city and the country's economy to a standstill. ...

Unlearning Liberty: Hazelwood at 25

David Moshman | Posted 03.08.2013 | College
David Moshman

After 1988, as I anticipated, the news just kept getting worse. Although Hazelwood involved censorship of high school student journalists, the decision has been applied to a broad range of curricular contexts, to teachers as well as students, and to higher education.

The Walkin' Talkin' Burning Man Blues

Serge Bielanko | Posted 03.06.2013 | Parents
Serge Bielanko

I just stood there, in a split-second of freezing January clarity, watching the inferno giving us the finger as it dangled out of my daughter's bedroom window and did its thing.

WATCH: A Year In The Life Of A Firefighter, As Seen From His Helmet

Posted 01.03.2013 | Detroit

Detroit has one of the worst problems with fires in the country. As budget cuts weaken the fire department, recent documentary "BURN: One Year on the ...

The Four Elements of the New Year's Resolution

Janie Emaus | Posted 02.27.2013 | Fifty
Janie Emaus

How many times have you made a New Year's Resolution, only to find yourself apologizing to yourself, days or maybe even only hours later, when you find that you just cannot keep your promise?

4 People Set On Fire In Denver

AP | THOMAS PEIPERT | Posted 02.12.2013 | Denver

DENVER — Police searched Friday for two men who used a pump sprayer to douse four people with a flammable liquid at a Denver apartment and then ...

Crazy, Dangerous Hanukkah Games

Posted 12.13.2012 | HuffPost Live 321

Everyone has festive games they play with family for the holidays. Usually, those games are harmless fun, but every once in a while, they go too far a...

Home Depot "All Purpose" Mug Causes FIRE In Microwave

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.05.2012 | Home

-- The following recalls have been announced: ____...

Tragedy on the Roof of the World

Sophia Slater | Posted 02.03.2013 | Teen
Sophia Slater

Most don't know much about Tibet, a vast land of some of the highest peaks and widest deserts. The self-immolations are the hidden pain -- the ugly backstory -- that nobody wants to explicitly address.

WATCH: Wedding Photographer's Hair Bursts Into Flames

Posted 11.16.2012 | Weddings

A South African wedding became too hot to handle for photographer Jacki Bruniquel last month. Bruniquel was trying to capture the best shot of brid...

Man Allegedly Set On FIRE During Debt Fight

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 11.12.2012 | Business

People deal with their debt in different ways. Some take on extra jobs, some move back in with parents to save on rent. Then some set fire to the debt...

WATCH: Sunlight Sparks Vodka Fire In Liquor Store

Posted 11.05.2012 | Home

Anthropologists have been working for decades to try to figure out why the Russian people have been so attached to vodka for so much of their nearly 2...

Video: A Town Ravaged by Hurricane Sandy: Belle Harbor, Queens

Andy Plesser | Posted 01.03.2013 | New York
Andy Plesser

Burnt homes and cars, sand swept deep into neighborhood streets and seaside houses destroyed, were among the dramatic effects of Hurricane Sandy on t...

David Lohr

Stephanie Spira McNeil Asks, 'Where Is My Brother, John Spira?'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.02.2012 | Crime

A loved one vanishes without a trace -- then more than five years pass without a single clue about his disappearance. It's a glimpse at the life o...

YouTube Storm Watch: The Most Shared Hurricane Sandy Videos

Shira Lazar | Posted 10.31.2012 | New York
Shira Lazar

According to Visible Measures, the total of videos relating to Hurricane Sandy is over 500 clips and counting with over 14 millions views. Here's a compilation of some of the most viewed video clips.

Internet Rallies Around 17-Year-Old Cat Who Was Rescued From Blaze By Firefighters

Posted 10.25.2012 | Good News

A 17-year-old cat was resuscitated by firefighters this week after a fire blazed through her home. According to People magazine, Tiki Bear the cat...

Nursing Home Fire Kills 12 In Taiwan

AP | Posted 12.22.2012 | World

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese officials say a midnight fire at a nursing home has killed 12 elderly patients and injured 70 others. ...

What it Feels Like When Someone Sets Fire To Your Place Of Worship

Beenish Ahmed | Posted 12.11.2012 | Religion
Beenish Ahmed

That one man with a match has shaken an entire community of people from countries around the world who have made this sleepy corner of Ohio their home, in many cases, because of the mosque.