Photos: 2012 top news stories from near and far
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MAYAN CALENDAR
The last day of the Mayan Calendar came and went, but we are still here. There was quite a bit of anxiety about this critical date: December 21, 2012. Doomsayers claimed the end of the calendar spelled the end of our world. NASA tried to debunk the myth via a special website. But many weren't taking any chances. They stockpiled goods, built-up arsenals and self-sustaining compounds and underground bunkers to prepare for the worst. Looks like the worst is still ahead: the 'fiscal cliff.' (Knock on wood.)
Visitors meditate during celebrations for the end of the Mayan cycle known as Bak'tun 13 and the start of the Maya new age, at the Chichen Itza archaeological park, in Yucatan state, Mexico on December 21, 2012, . AFP PHOTO/Pedro Pardo (Photo credit should read Pedro PARDO/AFP/Getty Images)
