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Year in Review

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Top News Stories of 2012

Take a look at the Top 10 News Stories based on a wide range of analysis of the most-read news stories on Yahoo.com.

R&B singer Etta James, whose raw, passionate vocals anchored many hits and made the yearning ballad "At Last" an enduring anthem, died Jan. 20. She was 73.

Music industry deaths in 2012

See which music icons we said farewell to this year.

  • 12:31 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
Brand consulting company Interbrand, released its 13th annual report of the world's top brand names. The report ranks what it deems the 100 most valuable brands on criteria that include financial performance, the role the brand plays in influencing the choices made by consumers and the brand’s ability to help its parent’s earnings. Click through the gallery to see who Interbrand ranked as the top 10 brands and read the company's comments. MORE: See the list of Interbrand's Top 100 brand names

Top 10 global brands of 2012

Tech brands dominate an annual marketing industry report on the top 100 global brands.

  • 4:39 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2012
Feb. 5 -- Running a go pattern up the left sideline on a first-and-10 from their own 12 and down 17-15, Giants wide receiver Mario Manningham made a 38-yard over-the-shoulder catch between two defenders to help set up a game-winning 6-yard run with 57 seconds to go over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It was the Giants' second Super Bowl victory in four years over the Patriots.

2012 year in sports

Notable dates and events in sports during 2012.

  • Updated: 2:17 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
Gen. David Petraeus, the former CIA director, said he “screwed up royally” in his alleged affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.

Political scandals of 2012

  • 3:10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor described them best when he referred to the 1934 uniforms as "That bumblebee, jailhouse look from back in the day." | Year in review

2012: Regrettable sports fashions

Year in sports fashion faux pas.

  • Updated: 6:58 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
Embattled actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested in November after allegedly hitting a woman during a fight at a New York nightclub. She was also arrested in September in New York City on charges that she clipped a pedestrian with her car and did not stop. She was also in court earlier in the year stemming from charges of shoplifting a necklace in 2011.

Celebrity arrests in 2012

Celebrity arrests in 2012

  • 9:20 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Search engine Bing recently released its top searches of 2012. Rounding out the list of most searched for people at No. 10 is Taylor Swift, who is new to the list this year.

Top Bing celebrity searches for 2012

Top Bing celebrity searches for 2012

  • 12:52 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012
Just in time for the holidays, Lindsay Lohan, or LiLo as the gossip sites call her, was arrested again, accused of punching a woman at a New York City bar. That's Lindsay under a coat, one of her most popular fashion looks.

Celebrity scandals in 2012

  • 6:47 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012
JANUARY: Rapper Jay-Z and singer wife Beyonce welcomed daughter Blue Ivy Carter.

Celebrity babies of 2012

Celebrity babies of 2012

  • 3:52 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2012
Take a look at some of the more unusual designs showcased at fashion shows during the past year, such as this Spring/Summer design by Eva Soto during Madrid's Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. (Photo by Daniel Ochoa De Olza/Associated Press, Gallery edited by Mark Edelson/Palm Beach Post)

Freaky Fashion: Some of the year's more bizarre designs

Designers embraced irreverence and performance art as well passion and color in 2012. In that spirit we take a look at some of the more unusual designs showcased at fashion shows during the past year. (Edited by Mark Edelson / Palm Beach Post)

  • 11:36 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
Video games make for popular Christmas gifts, but, at up to $60 a pop, it pays to pick one that will be thoroughly enjoyed. Hundreds of games are released each year, making the decision-making process complicated. Gift cards are a way out of the shopping dilemma, but how do you know junior will select something age appropriate and fun for the long haul? Flipping through the following guide guarantees Santa delivers no duds. Included are games for every age and major gaming console. Prices are current as of late November.

Best Video Games of 2012

Video games make for popular Christmas gifts, but, at up to $60 a pop, it pays to pick one that will be thoroughly enjoyed. Hundreds of games are released each year, making the decision-making process complicated. Gift cards are a way out of the shopping dilemma, but how do you ...

  • 1:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2012
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 27: (L-R) Characters Goobie, Toofie and Zoozie attend the "The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure" premiere at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on August 27, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images) Budget: $12,000,000 Gross: $1,064,277(USA)

Biggest movie flops of 2012

Many movies broke records, some for the biggest box office take, others, the smallest. Here's a look at the misses of 2012.

  • 2:46 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012
JAN. 7: Musician Chris Tyrrell and singer Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum got married in upstate New York.

Celebrity weddings 2012

Which stars and starlets got hitched this year? Take a look at who took the plunge in 2012.

  • 5:32 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012
Actor Dennis Quaid's third wife, Kimberly Buffington Quaid, filed for divorce March 2, saying the couple's seven-year marriage has "become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities." They have two children, Zoe and Thomas, born in 2007. Quaid previously married and divorced actresses P.J. Soles and Meg Ryan.

Celebrity divorces, splits of 2012

Which celebrity couples split in 2012? We show you who called it quits.

  • 12:07 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
Gerry Anderson (right), the creator of the sci-fi hit 'Thunderbirds', died on Dec. 26 at the age of 83. Anderson's creation helped popularize "supermarionation", a puppetry technique which used thin wires to control marionettes.

2012 Notable Deaths

Take a look back at celebrities we lost this year.

  • Updated: 5:31 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
Jan. 22 -- Over a 46-year career Joe Paterno guided the Nittany Lions to 37 bowls and won more 409 victories, including two national championships. A number of those wins were nullified after the program was embroiled in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. Paterno, who battled lung cancer, died at the age of 85.

Notable deaths in sports in 2012

Notable sports figures who died in 2012.

  • Updated: 1:50 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, 2012
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