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TIME Wins Magazine of the Year at National Magazine Awards

TIME received the top honor as Magazine of the Year at the 2012 National Magazine Awards in New York

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Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists and Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize

The 2012 shortlist for Britain’s prestigious and deeply weird Turner Prize was announced Tuesday, and it’s looking like another year of controversial oddness.

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Wednesday Words: Non-Surrogate Surrogates, the App Gap and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

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Young Masters: Golfers’ Kids on the Course at Augusta

The pre-tournament Par 3 Contest, where golfers bring their children as caddies, showed an adorable side of one of the year’s most anticipated tournaments.

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Russian Grandmothers Are Eurovision Front Runners — and Web Darlings

The sight of six grandmothers in traditional peasant wear doesn’t exactly scream YouTube hit. But not all grandmothers are as endearing as the “Buranovskiye Babushki.”

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Watch: Did a Solar Storm Make the Aurora Borealis More Visible?

The hope that solar flares would light up southern skies seems to have fizzled.

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British Athletes Told to Avoid Shaking Hands at the Olympics

If you’re looking for a snapshot of what it is to be British, then look no further.

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WATCH LIVE: Stars Arrive On the 2012 Oscars Red Carpet

All (camera) eyes are on Hollywood this evening for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. The night is the film industry’s biggest celebration of itself, and stars of all calibers will soon begin rolling up in their limousines at the theater formerly known as Kodak. Follow the red carpet action live here.

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Photos: The Glamour and Mayhem of New York Fashion Week

From models strutting down runways to orchestrated backstage chaos, TIME presents highlights of the weeklong event, which unveils next season’s most important designs. Check back daily from now through Feb. 17 for recaps from the scene.

The Mayan calendar may not end in 2012 after all.

Not So Apocalypto: What the Mayan Calendar Tells Us About Latin America in 2012

According to scholars, the fact the Mayan calendar ends by the winter solstice of 2012 is not an omen of the apocalypse, but a rather savvy political move by an ancient monarch. To that end, Global Spin offers its predictions for Latin American politics before this fateful year draws to a close.