Boston Globe to Be Sold to Red Sox's Henry for $70 Million  —  New York Times Co. (NYT:US), which put its Boston Globe newspaper up for sale this year, agreed to sell the publication to John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, for $70 million in cash.

Qaeda Messages Prompt U.S. Terror Warning  —  WASHINGTON — The United States intercepted electronic communications this week among senior operatives of Al Qaeda, in which the terrorists discussed attacks against American interests in the Middle East and North Africa, American officials said Friday.

U.S. Cuts Take Increasing Toll on Job Growth  —  WASHINGTON — The number of federal workers forced to work shorter hours soared this summer — to 199,000 in July, from 55,000 a year earlier — in a sign of the problems that federal budget policy is causing for the economy.

A Star Philosopher Falls, and a Debate Over Sexism Is Set Off  —  Ever since Socrates' wife was painted as a jealous shrew by one of his pupils, women have had it tough in philosophy.  —  Thinkers from Aristotle to Kant questioned whether women were fully capable of reason.

Anthony Weiner: I'm “100 Percent Not” Sexting Right Now, Deleted Everything from Past Affairs  —  “I don't have any of the records,” Weiner said in an interview with NBC 4 New York Friday  —  For a man who just wants the press to move forward from the revelations of his controversial sexual trysts online …

Cory Booker for Senator  —  Voters in the Democratic primary in New Jersey on Aug. 13 for the United States Senate are lucky to have a choice among four candidates with solid credentials: two with experience in Congress and good voting records; one who has worked hard at the state level on women's issues …

Five myths about libertarians  —  Nick Gillespie, editor of Reason.com and a columnist for the Daily Beast, is a co-author of “The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America.”  —  The specter of libertarianism is haunting America.

13 Wisconsin officials raid animal shelter to kill baby deer named Giggles  —  Two weeks ago, Ray Schulze was working in a barn at the Society of St. Francis no-kill animal shelter in Kenosha, Wis., when officials swarmed the shelter with a search warrant.  —  “[There were] nine …

Clouds Spread to Democratic Side of Virginia Governor's Race  —  For months, the governor's race in Virginia has unfolded beneath a cloud of scandal over the Republican incumbent that spread to his would-be Republican successor, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II.  —  But now a potential scandal …

Obama Photo Used As Target In Dart Game At Otsego County Fair In New York (PHOTOS)  —  President Barack Obama's image is being used as a target in a dart game at the Otsego County Fair in Morris, New York.  —  In images provided to HuffPost by fairgoer Abigail Czapsky …

How Friedrich Engels' Radical Lover Helped Him Father Socialism  —  Portrait of a young revolutionary: Friedrich Engels at age 21, in 1842, the year he moved to Manchester-and the year before he met Mary Burns.  —  Friedrich Engels' life appears replete with contradiction.

FBI pressures Internet providers to install surveillance software  —  CNET has learned the FBI has developed custom “port reader” software to intercept Internet metadata in real time.  And, in some cases, it wants to force Internet providers to use the software.  —  FBI headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.