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Below the Fold: Suicide, Satire, Plagiarism, and a 12-year-old girl

Richard Zombeck | Posted 05.22.2012

Richard Zombeck

A wrap-up of stories and posts you might have missed or overlooked -- the ones below the fold.

WATCH: Inside Edition Visits Abandoned Town

Posted 05.15.2012

A crew from TV newsmagazine Inside Edition recently visited the coal town of Brownsville, Pennsylvania to document the abandoned buildings of the dist...

What's Really Behind the War on Women

Toni Nagy | Posted 05.02.2012

Toni Nagy

The more alienated we feel from each other, the easier we are to manipulate and distract.

Homeowner Activists Will Be Crushed Under Their Own Weight

Richard Zombeck | Posted 05.01.2012

Richard Zombeck

The divisiveness, infighting, and turf wars have made it easy for the ones who created this mess to run roughshod over the American people and the laws that were meant to protect them.

Michelle Millman on Journalism, Social Media and Being a Survivor

2morrowknight | Posted 04.20.2012

2morrowknight

Michelle Millman's intellect and command of topics is as impressive as her ability to connect with an expansive and diverse region of viewers. But what has endeared Michelle to an international audience is how she looked adversity in the face, and beat breast cancer.

HuffPost Bloggers’ Suit Against AOL Is Tossed

www.bloomberg.com | Posted 03.31.2012

AOL Inc. (AOL) won dismissal of a suit by unpaid bloggers seeking $105 million for their work on the Huffington Post. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl...

5 Traits of Successful Bloggers

Delia Lloyd | Posted 03.30.2012

Delia Lloyd

The best bloggers I know never run out of material to write about because the they never run out of things that fascinate them. And they are able to transmit that sense of wonderment onto the page.

As Traditional Media Continue to Decline, It's Time for Bloggers to Step up

Jason Salzman | Posted 03.29.2012

Jason Salzman

With traditional journalism dying, here are some tips on blogging from Colorado bloggers, to inspire more and better blogging.

The Arctic: A Journey Of Epic Proportions

G Adventures | Posted 05.24.2012

G Adventures

Each day of the journey brought unpredictable thrills and excitement. And it wasn't just the landscapes that floored me.

Peace Is the Gift We Give Ourselves

Malik Yusef | Posted 05.19.2012

Malik Yusef

The independent media and bloggers took full advantage of SXSW having brought so much talent in one place by providing a voice for a new generation of hip hop artists allowing them to take their rightful place in the industry.

PHOTOS: Postcards From Iran: Top 10 Experiences

G Adventures | Posted 05.16.2012

G Adventures

From the stone-carved grandeur of ancient Persia to the dizzying bits of tile work and mirrored glass that define Islamic architecture, Iran's history is deep and visual. And if UNESCO World Heritage sites are your thing, Iran boasts over a dozen of them.

Theater Critic Howard Kissel Dies At 69

Posted 02.25.2012

Howard Kissel, the beloved theater critic who blogs as "the Cultural Tourist," passed away last night from complications from a liver transplant, the ...

Is It Possible To Have A Peaceful Divorce?

Brandi Megan Granett | Posted 04.25.2012

Brandi Megan Granett

There is nothing truly peaceful about taking your life -- whether it's your choice or not -- and halving it.

A Modern Writer's Existential Crisis: And Other Jokes

Gavin Shulman | Posted 04.24.2012

Gavin Shulman

In this messy, mammoth, modern, multi-dimensional media environment it can sometimes leave a writer wondering: who am I?

Intellectual Diplomacy: Deflating a Buzz Word

John Brown | Posted 04.14.2012

John Brown

"Strategic intellectual competitiveness?" What does that jaw-breaker have to do with the pleasures of the mind -- or, indeed, with our new supposedly collaborative, interconnected new world of the 21st century?

Blogging in Bombay: Miss Malini Builds a Business

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 03.12.2012

Marissa Bronfman

Malini Agarwal is India's most famous blogger; an independent, effervescent young woman who has turned a hobby into a business, desire into reality and a whole lot of passion into an enormously successful brand.

Are Blogs Better For Teens Than Diaries? New Study Says Yes

Posted 01.05.2012

We here at HuffPost High School knew it all along (not to brag, or anything), but now there's the research to back it up -- a new study by the America...

What Is the Social Value of Blogging?

David Henderson | Posted 02.28.2012

David Henderson

Professionally I do two things; I help organizations make high impact data-oriented decisions, and I write. As 2011 draws to a close, I reflect on ano...

7 Things Mom Bloggers Should Stop Doing in 2012

Bunmi Laditan | Posted 02.21.2012

Bunmi Laditan

As a member of both the mom blog community and PR freak show, I'd like to offer up a few (strong) suggestions for us uterus-using scribes going forward.

WATCH: 'Love Actually' Meets The Internet

Posted 12.22.2011

When Timothy Tiah, the founder of blogging site Nuffnang, decided he wanted to propose to Audrey Ooi Feng Ling, his long-time blogger girlfriend, he w...

Egyptian Blogger Sentenced by Military Rulers Amid Accusations of Human Rights "Cronyism"

Courtney C. Radsch | Posted 02.15.2012

Courtney C. Radsch

Blogger Maikel Nabil was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday, a one-year reduction from his three-year sentence handed down on Apr. 11 by a military tribunal in closed session.

The Real Danger in That Bloggers-Aren't-Journalists Ruling

Dan Kennedy | Posted 02.07.2012

Dan Kennedy

Judge Hernandez's ruling is dangerous not because he doesn't believe bloggers are journalists. Rather, it's dangerous because he believes journalists comprise a special class who are entitled to more constitutional rights than the rest of society.

Who Owns Hispanic Social Media?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 02.05.2012

Daniel Cubias

Communication is a fundamental function of human existence. And it does not require corporate sponsorship. That primordial need to listen, and in turn to be heard, will always drive social media.

Michael Kaiser and the Role of Critics -- Nature Versus Nurture?

Robert Bettmann | Posted 01.30.2012

Robert Bettmann

Isn't it true that great art reflects the ideals and inspirations of people today? What's wrong with a knee-jerk reaction to art? What's wrong with popularity?

Hope and Self-Loathing on the Blog Train

Lori Day | Posted 01.04.2012

Lori Day

How many more posts do we need railing against the greed and immorality of corporate America and its sociopathic degradation of women and girls to make a buck? Sex sells, right?