Huffington Magazine Issue 73 | Page 9

Enter 5 POINTERS SAD SONG Lou Reed, the legendary musician known for being the lead singer of The Velvet Underground and for his solo career, died on Oct. 27 at 71. The AP reported that Reed died of an ailment related to his recent liver transplant, citing his literary agent. “[T]here are really only a tiny handful of other figures who you can compare to him,” Simon Vozick-Levinson, a senior editor at Rolling Stone, told CNN of Reed. Rolling Stone ranks The Velvet Underground’s debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico, as the 13th greatest of all time. The Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2013 World Series Wednesday night, with a final score of 6 to 1. David Ortiz, the Red Sox star, was named the MVP of the series. This is the third win in the last 10 years for the Red Sox, but the first time since Babe Ruth’s team in 1918 that they’ve played the winning game in their home ballpark, Fenway Park. The win comes after the Boston Marathon bombings earlier this year. The Red Sox wore “Boston Strong” logos on their sleeves, and Fenway’s center field showed a “B strong” logo mowed into the grass. FROM TOP: JUAN NAHARRO GIMENEZ/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES: JAMIE SQUIRE/GETTY IMAGES 6 BOSTON STRONG THAT’S VIRAL THE VERY DEFINITION OF CUTE HUFFINGTON 11.03.13 A selection of the week’s most talked-about stories. HEADLINES TO VIEW FULL STORIES WHY EXACTLY IS DENMARK THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH? RACIST CELEBRITY HALLOWEEN COSTUME #1 WHY ARE YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS GIRAFFES? HATE IS NEVER THE ANSWER