“If you thought your friends were nosy about your sex life, wait until you see what the state wants to know. Florida’s Department of Health is asking for intimate details of the sex lives of 4,100 young women, and offering $10 gift cards in return. State officials said the unprecedented …

“Speaking engagements, private performances or simple appearances can bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Celebrity Talent International is an agency that represents huge stars like Adele, Elton John and Angelina Jolie, booking appearances for these stars and hundreds more. Many of the appearance fees are listed on CTI’s website …

“The owners of Mississippi’s only abortion clinic are headed back to federal court in another attempt to stop a new state law which could close its doors — effectively banning abortion in the state. The Jackson Women’s Health Organization filed for a preliminary injunction Wednesday to delay enforcement of the …

“On a cold November night in Times Square, Officer Lawrence DePrimo was working a counterterrorism post when he encountered an older, barefooted homeless man. The officer disappeared for a moment, then returned with a new pair of boots, and knelt to help the man put them on. The act of …

“UCLA police are investigating racist, sexist slurs attacking Asian women that were found on campus this week. On Tuesday, a student found a sign that read “asian women R Honkie white-boy worshipping Whores” attached to a Vietnamese Student Union sign. On Wednesday, another student found the handwritten phrase “Asian Women …

“Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2011 rose 2.5 percent to 34 billion metric tons (37.48 billion tons) , a new record, Germany’s renewable energy institute said on Tuesday. The IWR, which advises German ministries, cited recovered industrial activity after the end of the global economic crisis of recent years. …

“A Virginia official referred to a group of atheists as ‘terrorists’ after one of the group’s members criticized a local courthouse for putting up religious holiday decorations. Ken Reid, a supervisor who represents Virginia’s Leesburg District, was angered by the atheists’ reaction to the Christmas decorations on the lawn of …

“MSNBC host Krystal Ball joined host Abby Huntsman on HuffPost Live Thursday to discuss the reasons why her 2010 congressional campaign failed. After winning the Democratic nomination, sexually suggestive photographs of Ball horsing around with friends at a Christmas party were released. The photos featured Ball using a friends Reindeer …

“Private First Class Bradley Manning, the American soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified and confidential military and diplomatic documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, took the stand in a military court today to make his first public statements since his arrest in 2010. Manning appeared confident and …

Quote Oscar Wilde, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” With that in mind, and in honor of the anniversary of his death a little over a century ago, we have decided to put a …