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Virginia lt. gov. candidate clarifies: ‘I do not believe that yoga leads to Satanism’
Virginia’s Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, E. W. Jackson, is trying to walk back statements he made in a 2008 book linking yoga to demonic possession. According to Huffington Post, Jackson held a press conference in Manassas, Virginia at which he insisted the he has never linked yoga and Satanism…
Environmental activist re-jailed after writing blog post about prison conditions
Environmental activist Daniel McGowan was taken back to prison on Thursday after he wrote a Huffington Post op-ed post while in a halfway house asserting that his fellow inmates were imprisoned for their religious or political beliefs, according to the Huffington Post. McGowan wrote in an April 1 blog post…
Scott Brown: I wasn’t drunk tweeting, I ‘pocket-tweeted’
Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) blamed “pocket-tweeting” for a series of late-night tweets last month that prompted speculation he sent them while drunk. “Anyone ever hear of pocket tweet, pocket dial? I mean it was pretty simple,” Brown told WFXT-TV in an interview that aired Monday. “I have an iPhone…
Rhode Islanders repeatedly call cops over 12-foot snow penis
UPDATE (5:35 pm): The Huffington Post reported that the snow penis was demolished just two hours after it posted the original story. “It’s just a big pair of balls now,” Raylene Worthington, the mother of the 16-year-old responsible for the sculpture, told HuffPo. The townsfolk in South Kingstown, Rhode Island…
N.M. bill makes aborting a rape pregnancy ‘tampering with evidence’
A measure proposed by a Republican lawmaker in New Mexico would make it illegal for a woman to abort a fetus sired by a rapist on the grounds that the woman is “tampering with evidence” in the suspect’s trial. According to Huffington Post, state Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R) has put forth House…
Huffington Post launches weekend TED talks section
News website Huffington Post on Friday launched a weekend section devoted to diving deeply into mind-bending ideas shared in “talks” at prestigious TED conferences. TED Weekends is to become a Huffington Post staple with “ideas worth spreading” served up in video presentations each Friday and then illustrated, discussed and expanded…
Rights groups skeptical of Focus on the Family about-face on LGBT rights, abortion
Some rights groups are skeptical of a supposed recent shift in priorities by Focus on the Family, the powerful evangelical Christian group, which is attempting to distance itself from its anti-LGBT, anti-abortion “culture warrior” past. According to an article at Huffington Post, the group’s President and CEO Jim Daly, said…
New York Times staff members prepare to stage walkout
New York Times staff members are scheduled to walk out on their jobs Monday afternoon as a response to stalled labor negotiations. The Huffington Post reported that the walkout will take place at 3:35 p.m. local time and last for “a few minutes,” per an email sent to members of…
Larry King: Marijuana legalization is ‘logical’
Appearing Wednesday with Huffington Post hosts Alyona Minkovski and Jacob Soboroff, longtime television interviewer Larry King confessed that he thinks marijuana should be made legal, saying prohibition’s end is actually quite “logical.” “I’ve always felt marijuana– Marijuana used to be legal,” he said. “It was the liquor industry that made…
TSA frisks man with ‘world’s largest penis’
The TSA at San Francisco International Airport frisked New Yorker Jonah Falcon after noticing his “very noticeable” package as he went through security on July 9. “I said, ‘It’s my dick,’” Falcon told the Huffington Post, which claims Falcon has the “world’s largest penis.” “He gave me a pat down…
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