2012 Clips
• Tale of two cities: Homicides plummet in New York, leap in Chicago
• New York City homicides, shootings at modern record lows
• Desert Storm commander Norman Schwarzkopf dies at 78
• Police deaths down 23 percent this year across US
• ‘Depressing,’ ‘manipulative’ portrayals damage hunger work in Africa, Oxfam complains
• Fierce debate after Newtown school shootings: Where was God?
• Connecticut school shooting: ‘Screams were coming over the intercom’
• In Florida and Illinois, concealed-weapons debate lays bare the politics of gun control
• So where will all that ‘legal’ pot come from? Sale of pot stymied
• Abuses at infamous Florida boys reform school even more widespread, report says
• George Zimmerman sues NBCUniversal over editing of emergency call in Trayvon Martin shooting
• Abortion mandate costs Planned Parenthood few affiliates
• Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad’s order
• 50 Grades of Grey: Harvard becomes latest college to accept BDSM club
• For Salvation Army, there’s gold in them thar kettles
• Democrats make gains in Senate majority
• Pulpit politics: Pastors endorse candidates, thumbing noses at the IRS
• Social media analysis: Obama reminds Americans he’s the president in second debate
• Florida school officials defend plan to hold black, Latino students to lower standards
• Social media analysis: Love him or hate him, vice presidential debate was all about Biden
• Jerry Sandusky gets 30 to 60 years for child sex abuse
• Social media analysis: Who really won the debate?
• Social media analysis: Health care remains No. 1 topic ahead of Obama, Romney debate
• Two killed in Libyan consulate attack identified as ex-Navy SEALs
• Social media analysis: Democrats gain by redefining Ryan
• Social media analysis: Ryan called out for claims in convention speech
• Social media analysis: Ryan’s record questioned from left and right
• Social media analysis: At the keyboard, Americans slightly prefer Romney
• Idaho billboard compares Obama to Colorado theater shooting suspect
• Will Colorado shootings suspect James Eagan Holmes ever face trial?
• Government gobbledygook: It’s dying a slow, painful death
• Msnbc.com becomes NBCNews.com
• Social media users welcome health care ruling but see November peril for Obama
• Health care ruling could leave poorest Americans at greatest risk
• Medicaid ruling upholds ‘carrot,’ overturns ‘stick’; will states sign on anyway?
• After health care ruling, what happens to the money?
• Sandusky convicted of 45 counts, plans to appeal
• It’s official: Twitter kills the Queen’s English
• New Vatican documents leaked; source calls pope’s butler a ‘scapegoat’
• Louisiana school psychologist resigns in probe of allegedly racist online comments
• Louisiana public school psychologist defends allegedly racist online posts
• Mississippi pastor-lawmaker denies endorsing the killing of gays
• Strong online support for Obama’s same-sex marriage stance; election impact disputed
• New York lawmakers seek to criminalize viewing of child porn
• Viewing child porn on the Web ‘legal’ in New York, state appeals court finds
• Guess the most porn-crazy city in America (hint: M-I-C, K-E-Y …)
• Advance report of Obama’s Afghanistan trip raises new security concerns
• Charges shifted online opinion about George Zimmerman’s guilt in Trayvon Martin case
• Ex-GSA head apologizes for $823,000 Las Vegas spending spree
• Online, fans and foes applaud Rick Santorum’s withdrawal from presidential race
• Perry’s campaign cost Texas taxpayers twice as much per day as Bush’s in 2000
• ‘Rats’ redux? Santorum campaign ad appears to link Obama with Ahmadinejad
• Get with the times: You’re driving all wrong
• Ron Paul: the incredible shrinking candidate
• ‘Lesbians are cool’ T-shirt puts Massachusetts school in national spotlight
• Quake catastrophe like Japan’s could hit Pacific Northwest, new data show
• Ex-director at military mortuary that mishandled 9/11 remains resigns
• Online store CafePress clobbered for racist merchandise
• Pentagon admits it dumped some 9/11 remains in a landfill
• African-American ‘complexion’ pageant outrages many in St. Louis
• Rick Santorum leads rivals in Twitter, Facebook buzz, new analysis shows
• New evidence boosts claim that Hitler had a secret French love child
• US cracking down on dinner-interrupting marketing robocalls
• US nuclear watchdog questions oversight of safety enforcement
• Internet piracy suit asks: Can you even copyright porn?
• McDonald’s drops use of gooey ammonia-based ‘pink slime’ in hamburger meat
• Gay rights advocates hope for unlikely message from Obama
• Gayest US town? Surprise: It’s Salt Lake City
• Alleged Mount Rainier shooter’s troubles may not have been service-related
• Ex-soldier in Mount Rainier killing stationed at deeply troubled base
