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NEW YORK, NY—In honor of the anniversary of Chairman Mao Zedong's death, The New York Times unfurled a giant, 50-foot-wide banner honoring the "brave revolutionary" outside its New York offices Monday. After public outcry, they admitted this might have been "slightly inappropriate." "While we stand by our decision to honor one of history's great men, we admit the banner lacked important historical context," said one Times editor. "While his ideas were morally right, they factually killed a bunch of people, and that's not something we wanted to promote. Unless you're killing yourself to combat climate change." Paper executives considered adding...

(CNN) - A budding musician. A truck-lover and bowling alley denizen. A singer whose adoring fans called him Nex Luguolo. A 17-year-old choir singer. These are among the 36 people who lost their lives Friday night in a fire at an Oakland, California, warehouse where an electronic dance party was being held. More National Headlines Oakland fire toll at 36; DA promises 'thorough' probe Oakland warehouse fire: What was the Ghost Ship? 33 bodies found at Oakland fire Desperate search for loved ones after Oakland fire It is already being called one of the city's deadliest blazes. Authorities said they...

“In a world that tells you to hate what you look like, being on stage is an expression of self-love.” – Kenyetta When you’re married for eight and half years to a member of the Coast Guard, a divorce signifies the end of the marriage and your home on a military base. With nowhere to go, Kenyetta joined the Coast Guard. With her sister on deck to care for her son in New York, she attended boot camp and upon graduation, she and her son returned to the base they’d called home. Kenyetta’s first military station assignment was at the...

An Oakland college professor has sued John F. Kennedy University, arguing she was fired after her bosses discovered she performed with a Bay Area burlesque group. In her federal suit, filed last week, Sheila Addison said she lost her job teaching marriage and family therapy at the Pleasant Hill-based university after administrators found out she was performing anonymously as "Professor Shimmy" with the Hubba Hubba Revue. A male professor who stripped down during a separate show kept his job, Addison argued. The university issued a short statement Monday, calling the lawsuit "completely without merit." A university spokeswoman did not respond...

Burlesque queen Dita Von Teese is launching her retro inspired underwear line in collaboration with Wonderbra. Von Teese said the Wonderbra range was inspired by the glamour of the 1940s and 50s.

BURLESQUE entertainment at a climate forum in Canberra was "probably not appropriate" but people shouldn't overreact, Prime Minister John Howard has said. The government last night withdrew funding for the 17th Australia New Zealand Climate Forum after a number of top scientists, many of them women, stormed out of the forum dinner at Old Parliament House on Wednesday night, offended by the organising committee's choice of burlesque entertainment. Today Mr Howard said he understood the performance may have upset some women but "we don't want to overdramatise our reaction". "I'm sensitive to the view of many women in relation to...

Starts at 2min 50s "We don't know how many Haditha's there are out there. This only came to light by accident" and a few seconds later "They have been able successfully get away with that (saying innocent deaths are caused by AQ, not marines) for so long". Of course, additionally, they also mention MyLei, how this might finally get rid of Rummy, and how it helps sKerry's Iraqi withdrawl bill he is introducing this week. Click to View

As it happened, my youngest son, Rudy, was in New Orleans as the storm approached the Gulf Coast, so I was acutely focused on what actions were being taken to evacuate the city. On Aug. 27, with the hurricane gaining force in the Gulf, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin called for a voluntary evacuation of the city....