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NEWS ABOUT: 2012

2012 stories: 6 news summaries
box office roundup


 2012 Soars 
 to Top Spot 

Apocalypse flick does $65M as 'Precious' cracks top 5

Nov 15, 09 1:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Apocalypse preview 2012 raked in $65 million domestically at the weekend box office, the high end of the prerelease estimate range, en route to a $225 million haul worldwide. The doomsday action flick handily beat A Christmas Carol, which performed strongly in its second weekend in release. A new entry... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • John Cusack • Michael Jackson • Amanda Peet • A Christmas Carol • movies • Roland Emmerich • 2012 • Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire • This Is It • The Men Who Stare at Goats

Analysis

 You Betcha: Palin Won't Run 

She has nothing to gain, and no hope of victory

Oct 21, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Schaller is so sure that Sarah Palin won’t run in 2012, and wouldn’t be nominated if she did, that he’s made a bet on it with fellow FiveThirtyEight.com writer Nate Silver. Schaller’s argument, in a nutshell, is that short of winning the presidency or... More »

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Republican nomination • Republican presidential primaries • Sarah Palin • poll numbers • Nate Silver • Election 2012 • 2012

 Relax, World Isn't 
 Ending in 2012 

Scientists are busy debunking growing urban legend

Oct 17, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The statement issued by a Los Angeles observatory and Sky & Telescope magazine this week says it all: "The world will not come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012." It seems a confluence of events—the coming end of the Mayan calendar, for one, and the... More »

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Earth • apocalypse • armageddon • 2012 • urban legend

Palin 2012 'Catastrophic' for GOP:
McCain Insider

Ex-gov has no centrist appeal: strategist

Oct 2, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Sarah Palin is the 2012 presidential nominee, the Republican Party "would have a catastrophic election result,” the top strategist for the McCain campaign said today. Steve Schmidt foresees the 2012 election being won by the party that can sway the independents who backed Barack Obama in 2008.... More »

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John McCain • GOP • Sarah Palin • Steve Schmidt • 2010 election • McCain-Palin • 2010 • 2012

(Newser) - Let the Palin watch begin. Nobody's quite sure where the former governor will turn up, but a report in Inside Radio is generating interest tonight because it says Palin's people are "quietly testing the waters to see how much interest radio syndicators have for her." The report, which... More »

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Alaska • Republican • governor • Sarah Palin • 2012

 This Summer's Top Trailers 


Jul 8, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Summer may not always yield the best movies, but it never fails to deliver the year’s best trailers. Wired celebrates this sacred art by picking out the trailers that managed to throw the most hype onto the screen in 3 minutes or less. We’ve helpfully compiled them in... More »

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Star Trek • movie trailer • action movie • movies • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Bruno • summer movies • The Hangover • District 9 • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen • 2012

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