2011

World TB Day 2012: Ensuring a Treatable Disease Is Actually Treatable

David Greeley | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: World Tuberculosis Day, Tb, Tuberculosis Treatment, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis Prevention, World TB Day, Tb Drug Vaccines, 2011, Impact News

Our most daunting global health crisis is a pernicious, wasting disease that can be spread by a simple cough or sneeze and has been infecting humans since 4,000 B.C.

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The Psychology Of Happy Endings

Wray Herbert | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Positivity, End Experiences, Emotional Forecasting, Nostalgia, 2011, Irrationality, Cognitive Bias, 2012, Mind, Mind Power Memory, Mind Power, Brain and Memory, Memory and Mind, Mind Memory, Memory Power, New Research, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Relatively pleasant endings can put a positive spin on even long, painful experiences, like the year 2011. And by this time next year, we'll likely have the same warm feelings about 2012.

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PHOTOS: Capturing Asia's Chaotic Year In Quiet Moments

Sam Gellman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Travel Photography, Slideadbigshot, Nepal, North Korea, Asia Travel, Bhutan, Japan, Asia, 2011, China, Travel News

During a year that saw protests, a tsunami and the death of a dictator, I tried to photograph the small moments in Asia that often go undocumented.

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Is TSA Looking For The Wrong Thing?

Christopher Elliott | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Year-in-Review, Airport Security, Weapons, 2011, Tsa, Travel News

As a passenger and a taxpayer funding this enormous agency, I want to hear about how the TSA kept America's transportation systems safer, not about how many weapons it confiscated.

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Obama Poll Watch -- December, 2011

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Obama, Approval Ratings, Obama Approval, Approval Rating, 2011, Barack Obama, Job Approval, Obama Disapproval, Obama Approval Rates, Obama Disapproval Rates, Politics News

While 2011 was a volatile year for the president, he didn't lose all that much ground. He ended the year on an upswing, and while he still isn't in great shape for the election, he is heading upwards and things are looking a lot better than they did a few months ago.

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The Politics of Social Security in 2011: From Supermajority to Supercommittee

Scott Hochberg | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Year-in-Review, Politics, Social Security, Economic Policy, Social Security Cuts, 2011, Politics News

The determined efforts of the enemies of Social Security to sacrifice the program on the altar of deficit reduction have been frustrated, at least for the moment.

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Putting the Latest 'Year of the Protester' Into Historical Perspective

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Egypt, History, India, Burma, 1989, 1968, Time Magazine, Protest, Russia, Occupy Wall Street, China, 2011, French Revolution, North Korea, Year of the Protester, World News

Though 2011 was a precedent-setting and history-making year for protest in many, it was also one that conformed at many points to familiar patterns.

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Happy New Year! New York Rings In 2012

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: New Year's Eve, New Year Celebrations, New Year, 2011, 2012, New Year's Celebrations, New Year's, Video, New York News

NEW YORK — From New Zealand to New York, the world eagerly welcomed a new year Sunday with confetti-filled celebrations, glittering fireworks di...

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Which Celebrity Had The Best 2011

Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Kris Humphries, Daniel Radcliffe, Rebecca Black, Michael Fassbender, Jessica Chastain, 2011, 2011 Review, Ricky Gervais, Questlove, Melissa Mccarthy, Slidepollajax, Jimmy Fallon, Year in Review, Jason Segel, Rooney Mara, Celebrities, Entertainment News

As we count down the final hours of 2011 and look forward to (perhaps drunkenly!) turning the calendar to 2012, the general consensus amongst resoluti...

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A Bad Year For Bad Men

Richard Stearns | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Rich Stearns, World Vision, Sin, Evil, 2011, 2011 Year in Review, Christian Charity, Doing Good, Religion News

We best resist evil not by ordering drone missile strikes. The best weapon against evil is good.

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It's Been A Very Weird Year: 2011's Oddest News Stories

HuffingtonPost.com | Buck Wolf | Posted 12.30.2011

While doomsday evangelist Harold Camping predicted the world would end May 21, we at HuffPost Weird News knew the truth -- our strange world was only ...

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No More New Year's Resolutions for Me

Dr. Sharon Ufberg | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Inspiration, 2012, Philadelphia Inquirer, New Year's Eve, Lisa Scottoline, 2011, My Nest Isn't Empty It Just Has More Closet Space, Women News

This year I am not making any New Year's resolutions. Instead, I am going to focus on all the fabulous things I have done, want to keep doing, love to do and want to do more of in 2012.

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The Year In Review

Linda Hallman | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Women, Google Science Fair, Wal-Mart, Wages, Saudi Arabia, Nobel Peace Prize, Plan B, Sexual Assault, 2011, Year in Review, Fbi, Personhood Amendment, Women News

As 2011 comes to a close, it seems almost nonsensical to have to mention, let alone devote an article to, gender barriers. While women have made great strides, we still have a long way to go.

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Rubbernecking's Year in Television 2011

Holly Cara Price | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Paris Hilton, The Hour, The Colbert Report, Reality TV, TV Recaps, Project Runway, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, TV News, Caprica, Rubbernecking, Morgan Saylor, The Soup, Edie Falco, Year in Television, Homeland, Snl, Joel Mchale, Abi Morgan, Gossip Girl, GOP Debates, Showtime, Kardashians, Battlestar Galactica, Damian Lewis, America?S Next Top Model All Stars, Bill Hader, Stephen Colbert, Bravo, The Daily Show, 2011, Stefon, Rachel Maddow Show, Mandy Patinkin, Jon Stewart, 30 Rock, True Blood, Sarah Palin?S Alaska, Claire Danes, Nurse Jackie, TV News

As you may know I have a fondness for the ticky-tacky known as reality television, I so love the term because it's so not anyone's reality I've ever known. So this recap will examine first the ridiculous... then the sublime.

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2011 A Year Of Recovery For Venture Capital, But Still A Ways To Go

Mahendra Ramsinghani | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Small Business America, Investing, Small Business, Mark Zuckerberg, Venture Funding, Startups, Venture Capital, Facebook, 2011, Venture Funds, 2012, Small Business Financing, Small Business News

For venture capital, 2011 was a year of recovery. But even as the asset class climbs from its depths and ten-year average returns move into the black, investors continue to shun VCs.

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2012: The Year of Counter-Revolution?

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Europe 1848, Arab Spring, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, 2011, World News

If the most important legacy of 1848 was the rise nationalism in Europe, the insurgencies of 2011 could start igniting similar pressures in the Middle East and even in Europe in 2012 as disillusionment with the promise of change starts setting in.

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5 Celebrity Lessons From 2011

Nancy Berk, Ph.D. | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Pippa Middleton, Kim Kardashian, Parents, Teaching, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alec Baldwin, 2011, Teens, Parents News

This year, Hollywood and the media handed parents everywhere more material for their "I told you so" conversations. Here's a recap...

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2011: The Year of Social Unrest

Eric Yaverbaum | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Ows, Steve Jobs, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Weiner, Politics, Social Media, Google+, Elections 2012, Occupy Wall Street, 2011, Technology News

2011 was the year social media exploded and influenced our lives in many ways. Through technology, we have become more individualized and separated, however, through social media, we have the ability to communicate relationally.

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The Top 10 College News Stories of 2011

Her Campus | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: College Students, College, 2011, Year in Review 2011, 2011 Year in Review, College News

Before the calendar is turned and party hats are donned, it's time to reflect on a memorable year filled with sensational scandals, hopeful uprisings, surprising verdicts and more.

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The Faithful Shopper: New Year's Wishes

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: 34th Street, Victoria's Secret, Jcpenney, Lord & Taylor, Retail, Nordstrom, Coach, Columbus Circle, 2012, Harrods, Wtc, Faith Hope Consolo, Walmart, East New York, Lush, Esprit, Who.a.U., Mayor Bloomberg, Trends, Macy's, Desigual, Subway, Lower Manhattan, Mta, Bergdorf Goodman, 2011, Tourists, Second Avenue Subway, Tourism, Macys, World Financial Center, Times Square, Dining, Swarovski, Restaurants, Hudson Yards, Saks, World Trade Center, Macy?S, Zara, Uniqlo, New York City, New Years Eve, New Years, Christmas, Bloomingdales, Levis, Bloomies, Happy New Year, New York News

Here are some retail events I'd like to see in the year(s) ahead. Some are more likely than others, but the holidays are a time for dreaming, aren't they?

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10 Global Health Achievements in 2011

Karl Hofmann | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Public Health, Foreign Aid, Global Health, 2011, World News

Despite real economic pressures and many competing priorities, across the world, governments, private companies, foundations, doctors, and individual volunteers worked to create a world where opportunity and hope are not crippled by poor health.

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The Top 10 TV Comedies of 2011

Hulu.com | Posted 02.28.2012

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We really like this list and the shows on it. It took some arguing. Only some of us are friends now. But here's 10-6 of our Top 10 Comedies of 2011.

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America Gets "D" on 2011 Report Card

Meredith Bagby | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Harvard, Wall Street, Bailout, Debt Ceiling, 2011, Barack Obama, Politics News

The reason for the low score includes the downgrade of American credit in August, a sluggish economy, the intractable U.S. debt problem and -- most of all -- the incessant political bickering which ensured that none of these problems were adequately addressed.

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Leaders You Won't Be Seeing In 2012

Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Year-in-Review, 2011 World Leaders, 2011 Protests, World Leaders Resign, Protests, 2011 Fallen Leaders, World Leader Resignations, 2011, World News

When HuffPost published 'The Fallen Leaders of 2011' in early December, we had clearly jumped the gun. Later that month, North Korea's Kim Jong Il pas...

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LGBT Celebs And Allies Share Their Top Moments Of 2011

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Year-in-Review, Gay Celebrities 2011, Transgender, Lgbt Celebrities, Cyndi Lauper, Tammy Baldwin, Lesbian, Gay Celebrities, Don Lemon, 2011, Best of 2011, Gay Marriage, Gay Voices News

From the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" to gay marriage coming to New York, 2011 was an incredible year for the LGBT community. In honor of the ...

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