BOCA RATON, Fla., July 31 (UPI) — A Florida police chief said officers investigating a report of heavily armed men in a parking garage turned out to be actors planning a superhero photo shoot. …read more
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TGI Friday's Fined $500K for Cheating Its Customers
By John Johnson
TGI Friday’s got hit with a double-whammy today: Not only does it have to pay the state of New Jersey a $500,000 fine, but it gets all kinds of awful publicity for blatantly ripping off its customers. Eight stores in the state settled charges that they served patrons cheap… …read more
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Fire reveals dozens of marijuana plants growing in Florida home
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., July 31 (UPI) — Authorities in Florida say firefighters responding to an electrical fire discovered 75 to 100 marijuana plants being grown in a locked bedroom. …read more
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Will This Be Germany's First Black Lawmaker?
By John Johnson
It’s tough to figure out what’s more interesting: that Karamba Diaby hopes to become Germany’s first black member of parliament, or the very fact that Germany has never had a black member of parliament. Either way, the 51-year-old immigrant from Senegal wants to make history in September’s general election, reports… …read more
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Police: Thieves hid in Macy's until after closing
SAUGUS, Mass., July 31 (UPI) — Police in Massachusetts said a young man and a young woman hid in a Macy’s store until it closed then burglarized it. …read more
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Teen Begins Quest for Solo Flight Record
A 19-year-old Australian aims to become the youngest person to go solo around the world and could break a world record set just a month ago by a 21-year-old Californian. Ryan Campbell left Wollongong, Australia, on June 30 and wants to finish his trip by Sept. 7. He took off… …read more
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George Zimmerman Speeding, Pulled Over With Gun In Car
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Less than a month after being acquitted of second-degree murder charges related to his killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman was reportedly caught speeding Wednesday, with a gun in the glove compartment of his vehicle. The incident took place in the town of Forney, Tex., TMZ reports.
Zimmerman, who informed police that the weapon was in the car shortly after being pulled over, was asked where he was going, to which he responded, “nowhere in particular,” according to the site.
This is the second time Zimmerman has been in the news since his trial ended on July 13.
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Pasta With A Side of Foot
Welcome to Roommate Confessions, the column where we share the worst stuff you’ve done to your roommate. If you think you can top these stories, confess your sins at the bottom of this page.
Jennifer Aniston: A Dating History
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Jennifer Aniston is currently planning to wed fiancé Justin Theroux, but who did she date before finding the one?
The 44-year-old actress has found happiness with the actor/screenwriter — the adorable pair have been engaged since 2012. Aniston even recently stated that she and Theroux
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‘Lone Survivor’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Taylor Kitsch Star In Emotional New Film (VIDEO)
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9 Things Nobody Ever Tells You About Post-Pregnancy Bodies
By The Huffington Post News Editors
One of the things that bums us out about most post-baby body coverage is the overwhelming focus on “bouncing back,” and the lack of real-talk about what moms can expect. That’s why for many women, the most thrilling moment in all the hoopla surrounding the royal baby was when the duchess clasped her hands under her still-swollen, I-just-had-a-baby-YESTERDAY belly.
The thing is, pregnancy changes women’s bodies, sometimes forever. You grow a tiny person in there, and then your body does the incredibly hard work of ushering him or her into the world. Some of the resulting shifts are less welcome than others, but — if you won’t hate us for being too insipid — we’d argue that many are awesome in their own way. It’s high time for a frank conversation about real post-pregnancy bodies so that women, and men, can push back against the notion that moms are supposed to magically appear as though they never gave birth at all.
Without further ado, here’s what really happens to your body after baby.
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Jose Arango, New Jersey GOP Leader, Compares Female Lt. Gov. Candidate To His Secretary
By The Huffington Post News Editors
A county Republican Party chairman in New Jersey had some harsh words this week for Hispanic labor leader Milly Silva, the newly tapped running mate of the state’s Democratic candidate for governor.
“Poor thing,” Jose Arango, the chairman, said of Silva, who is the executive vice president of labor union SEIU 1199. “It’s like picking my secretary. She’s a very nice person. The union likes her, but even in the union she’s vice president. She hasn’t been a committeewoman.”
Arango added, “It’s like the guy in CVS with no expertise who suddenly gets promoted to pharmacist. It’s like the guy saying, ‘I work at CVS, I can be the pharmacist.'”
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Alexa Ray Joel Is An Untapped Treasure Trove Of Beauty And Talent
By The Huffington Post News Editors
If you’ve been caught with your pants down, or even just unaware, then here’s the scoop — Alexa Ray Joel is Billy Joel’s daughter, and she’s super lovely and pretty and talented. Don’t want to take my word for it?
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Marine Myles Kerr Becomes Internet Sensation After Intentionally Losing Race To Support Boy (PHOTOS)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
A young Marine is showing us that nice guys really do finish last.
While running in The Jeff Drench Memorial 5K in Charlevoix, Mich., Lance Cpl. Myles Kerr stopped to help out a young boy struggling to finish the race. Kerr, 19, put aside his ambition to beat his fellow Marines and instead helped motivate 9 year-old Brandon Fuchs, who lost his party during the race, to make it to the finish line.
According to the 5K results online, the Marine ended up with the slowest time in his age group.
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Blame Snowden Leaks on … Sequester?
By John Johnson
Edward Snowden might not be dropping any bombshells like this one had it not been for the sequester. That intriguing theory is bubbling up this afternoon thanks to an interview that Snowden’s father, Lon, gave to the Washington Post . The key paragraph from interviewer Jerry Markon: “Edward has said he… …read more
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Taro Aso, Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister, Says Tokyo Could Learn From Nazis’ Tactics
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Japan’s gaffe-prone deputy prime minister has said Tokyo could learn from Nazi Germany when it comes to constitutional reform, prompting a rebuke from a Jewish human rights group.
In a statement on its website late Tuesday, the US-based Simon Wiesenthal Center called on Taro Aso to clarify his comments that Tokyo, which is mulling a change to its pacifist constitution, should look to the way the Nazis quietly adopted reforms.
“First, mass media started to make noises (about Japan’s proposed reforms), and then China and South Korea followed suit,” Aso was quoted by Japanese media as saying in a speech Monday to a conservative think tank.
“The German Weimar constitution changed, without being noticed, to the Nazi German constitution. Why don’t we learn from their tactics?”
In response, the Jewish rights group said: “The only lessons on governance that the world should draw from the Nazi Third Reich is how those in positions of power should not behave”.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the Japanese government’s top spokesman, on Wednesday declined to answer media questions about the comments, saying “deputy prime minister Aso should answer that question”.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has said it wants to revise the US-imposed pacifist constitution to define Japan’s defence forces as a full-fledged military force, amid territorial tensions with neighbours China and South Korea.
That has stirred strong emotions in Beijing and Seoul which have long maintained that Japan has never come to terms with its militaristic past.
Aso, who is also Japan’s finance minister, is known for his sometimes uncomfortable remarks, including saying earlier this year that elderly people should “hurry up and die” to avoid taxing the country’s medical system.
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Checking In With The GQ Editor Dragged By One Direction Fans Over British GQ’s Cover
By The Huffington Post News Editors
On Monday, British GQ published some salacious-ish teasers from its cover story on One Direction, in which the boys affably discuss groupies and bat away softly floated questions about their sexuality.
What happened next is the stuff of mindless thinkpieces about the efficiency and sometimes inaccurate nature of social media: Hundreds, if not handfuls of thousands of 1D fans (also known as Directioners) seized upon American GQ editors, tweeting their disappointment, and, more often, rage at the magazine for daring to hint at the 1D dudes’ proclivity for women.
Many of those tweets landed in the mentions of Nate Erickson, GQ’s social media editor. On Tuesday, Erickson retweeted an endless stream of vitriolic threats and attacks by Directioners (check out his twitter feed — @Nately — for a rundown). As editors who have had our own experiences with certain fan-bases (though they’ve been more of the Madonna, Lady Gaga and Beyonce variety), our hearts went out to Erickson and his GQ compatriots. We asked how he’s doing.
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Red Flags: Would You Date Someone Who Was Newly Separated?
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Dating after divorce is tricky. First you have to figure out if you’re really ready to get back out there, then you have to find someone you’d actually want to date — and good luck scheduling that date if you both have kids.
But one of the biggest conundrums for divorced daters, as far as we’re concerned, is deciding whether it’s worth pursuing someone who’s only recently separated from his or her spouse.
That’s the exact problem The Frisky writer Abby Cooper grappled with when a date let it slip that he was recently separated — really recently. He told Cooper that he and his wife had decided to end their marriage the night before the date. Biggest red flag ever, right?
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T-Rex's Brain Was Ready to Fly
By Kevin Spak
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … T-Rex? Not actually, but you’ll be forgiven if that’s the image left by a new study that found some nonavian dinosaurs—including the lizard king himself—may have had “bird brains” wired for flight. Birds have big… …read more
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Expectant Toronto couple put baby names to a vote
TORONTO, July 31 (UPI) — A Toronto couple said they have created customized ballots for their friends and family to help pick a name for their expected child. …read more
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