Index: wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php
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--- wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php	(revision 17669)
+++ wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/showcase.php	(working copy)
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 				<?php
 					// See if we have any sticky posts and use the latest to create a featured post
 					$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
+
+					// Let's roll.
+					if ( $sticky ) :
+
 					$featured_args = array(
 						'posts_per_page' => 1,
 						'post__in' => $sticky,
@@ -30,10 +34,7 @@
 					
 					$featured = new WP_Query();
 					$featured->query( $featured_args );
-				
-					// Let's roll.
-					if ( $sticky ) :
-					
+
 					$featured->the_post();
 					
 					// We're going to add a class to our featured post for featured images
@@ -95,15 +96,13 @@
 					);
 					$recent = new WP_Query();
 					$recent->query( $recent_args );
-					$counter = 0;
 					
 					while ( $recent->have_posts() ) : $recent->the_post();
 						// set $more to 0 in order to only get the first part of the post
 						global $more;
 						$more = 0;					
-						$counter++;
 						
-						if ( 1 == $counter ) :
+						if ( $recent->current_post == 0 ) :
 							get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
 							echo '<ol class="other-recent-posts">';