Gossip has a bad rap. Sure, it can be catty and mean, but research is turning up ways it helps groups build cohesion — and can nudge some individuals to make positive changes in their lives.
Eligia González, 84, (left) and her daughter, Carmen Román, 54, brought flowers to the Lares Municipal Cemetery. Román felt she had been deceived, after she realized her grandmother's grave was inaccessible.
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In the third and final season of Easy, a show about people whose lives are anything but, Michael Chernus and Elizabeth Reaser reprise their roles as a couple experimenting with an open marriage.
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A police officer stands guard inside an Ebola treatment center in Butembo. Rebels attacked the facility on March 9, killing one officer and injuring another.
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Journalists Ervin Guth (left) and Ferenc Nimmerfroh work out of a small office in downtown Pecs, a city in southern Hungary. They and colleague Attila Babos started the independent news site Szabad Pecs (Free Pecs) after the local newspaper where they worked was purchased by a pro-government media company.
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