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2012 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called "underwear bomber", is sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to detonate a bomb on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in Detroit, Michigan. [ 39 ] Researchers at Dartmouth College find that many organic food products that contain organic brown rice syrup have a much higher concentration of the toxic ...
July 20: 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting. September 11 – 12: 2012 Benghazi attack leads to the death of US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. October 14: Skydiver Felix Baumgartner becomes the first person to break the sound barrier without a vehicle. October 22 – November 22: Hurricane Sandy causes $70 billion in damage and kills 233 people.
In so many ways, 2012 was another year of disappointments. Unemployment is still high. Average incomes are still low. Fear and distrust still dominate the discussion. But the U.K's The Spectator ...
Pure-play defense stocks Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman have all beaten the market so far year-to-date. Yet more diversified defense stocks such as Boeing and General 3 Surprising ...
In the video below, Fool analyst Austin Smith takes a look at three winners from 2012. At the very top of Austin's list: banks, tech, and Fools. Banks were the most hated sector of the market in ...
Disasters and accidents A tour bus hits a bridge at Miami International Airport, United States, killing at least two people and injuring many more. (NBC News) (BBC) (The Miami Herald) [permanent dead link ] At least 8 people are killed and 36 injured when a passenger bus overturns on the highway between the cities of Sucre and Potosí in southern Bolivia. (RIA Novosti) International ...
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. That's what they say, at least. Does the same principle apply for time? Eli Lilly is one company that probably hopes that what happened in 2012 stays in 2012 ...