Concrete worker Lenny Rose pours water over his head in an effort to cool off from the extreme high temperatures Thursday, July 5, 2012 in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Government meteorologists say 2012 was by far the hottest year on record in the United States.
Though Adele didn't have a new album or a worldwide tour in 2012, she's still rolling. After a year of Grammy glory and James Bond soundtracking, Adele has
While U.S. Supreme Court justices heard dozens of cases this year, there are a few that stand out above the rest.
Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in
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President Barack Obama has been named Time's "Person of the Year" for 2012.
They're platinum. They're fascinating. And now One Direction is MTV's 2012 Artist of the Year.
The next four years should be better than the last four. But American policymakers, newly re-elected President Barack Obama and a still-divided Congress could
The world's attention wavered between the tragic and the silly in 2012, and along the way, Web surfers searched in huge numbers to find out about a royal
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Randy Newman's glad he didn't have to do anything drastic to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The members of Rush are choosing to let bygones be
EL James' erotic trilogy was easily the year's biggest hit, selling more than 35 million copies in the U.S. alone and topping bestseller lists for months
2012 another weather record-setter
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Penn State voted sports story of year
