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  Girl is raped at party in Ohio At a party in Ohio, a girl passed out and guys raped her.
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  Fiscal Cliff On January 1, 2012 the fiscal cliff was a tax threat.
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  2012 Super Bowl The Patriots and Giants played in the 2012 Super Bowl.
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  Whitney Houston dies at 48 Whitney Houston was found in a bathtub in a Beverly Hills hotel.
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  I'll Have Another scratched from the Belmont I'll Have Another got hurt and is scratched from the Belmont race.
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  Lyric and Elizabeth go missing. On July 13, 2012 Two Evansdale cousins, Lyric Collins and Elizabeth Cook, go missing after going on a bike ride to Myers Lake.
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  In a Colorado movie theater, many people got shot. At a Batman premiere, a gunman came in planning to shoot the people at the movie.
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  Gabby Douglass Gabby Douglas won the all around title in gymnastics in the 2012 Olympics.
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  US Ambassador killed in Libya A US Ambassador got captured and held hostage then was killed.
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  Hurricane SandyHurricane Sandy was one of the worst hurricanes in 2012.
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  World Series Detroit and San Fransico faced each other in the 2012 World Series.
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  2012 Presidential Election On November 6, 2012 the presidential election took place.
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  [Wapsie Football](http://• http://www.kcrg.com/sports/local/Prep-Football-Wapsie-Valley-Ends-BGMs-Banner-Season-178248691.html) On November 9, Wapsie football won class A football against Hinton.
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  Hostess goes bankrupt Hostess goes branktrupt.
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  Conneticut shooting in Newtown school On December 15, a gunman came into a school in Newtown, Conneticut and shot 26 people.