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?

• Very heavily armed gunman shot mother multiple times before killing 26 at Connecticut school, police say

• 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: ‘Bayonets’ fail to cut Romney, but overall debate sentiment swings Obama’s way

• 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