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The 2012 Pulitzer Prizes are out, and for the first time in 35 years a Pulitzer for fiction is not among them, reports the AP, which itself snagged an award for its series on NYPD spying. Without further ado, the list of winners:
- Public service: Philadelphia Inquirer
- Breaking news reporting: The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News staff
- Investigative reporting: Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eileen Sullivan and Chris Hawley of the AP, and Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong of the Seattle Times
- Explanatory reporting: David Kocieniewski of the New York Times
- Local reporting: Sara Ganim and members of the Patriot-News staff, Harrisburg, Pa.
- National reporting: David Wood of the Huffington Post
- International reporting: Jeffrey Gettleman of the New York Times
- Feature writing: Eli Sanders of The Stranger
- Commentary: Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune
- Breaking news photography: Massoud Hossaini of AFP
- Feature photography: Craig F. Walker of the Denver Post
- Drama: Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegra Hudes
- History: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by the late Manning Marable
- Biography: George F. Kennan: An American Life by John Lewis Gaddis
- Poetry: Life on Mars by Tracy K. Smith
