2012 YEAR IN REVIEW

The standout news & pop obsessions gleaned from your search habits

Decade of top searches

Since 2001, Yahoo! has dipped into billions of searches to uncover our audience's curiosities, interests, and what matters most to them. Unlike editorial retrospectives or surveys, the rankings come from online users’ own search behavior. Looking back, these lists truly sketch a society in motion: It's a unique way to gauge social trends and interests in the year’s top stop stories, compelling newsmakers, and viral fads.
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    Stacy Keibler was able to lose weight without even working out - but it was far from easy!

  • Mom: RI theater threw out disabled girl over noise

    NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A woman says she and her 5-year-old developmentally disabled daughter were thrown out of a theater during a "Beauty and the Beast" performance because the girl was making giggling and humming noises she makes when she's happy.

  • The Voice: Shakira's Advice For Danielle Bradbery

    Shakira knows a thing or two about gaining fame at a young age. As a coach on "The Voice," the Latin superstar shared her advice for Season 4 winner Danielle Bradbery - who took the title on Tuesday night at the age of 16.

  • James Gandolfini: He let his characters star

    NEW YORK (AP) — James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss.

  • Deen says she used slur but doesn't tolerate hate

    SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Celebrity cook Paula Deen said while being questioned in a discrimination lawsuit that she has used racial slurs in the past but insisted she and her family do not tolerate prejudice.

  • 'The Voice' Winner: Who Did the Experts Choose?

    By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - NBC's "The Voice" will crown another winner on Tuesday night's finale. Season 4's three finalists - Daniellle Bradbury, Michelle Shamuel and The Swon Brothers - battled it out for the title on Monday's performance finale episode. Before the performances, coaches Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Shakira and Usher performed The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends." The Top 16 then got together for the second group performance of the night on Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' "Home. ...

  • Cher credits luck for her lengthy career

    UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.

  • AP PHOTOS: The career of James Gandolfini

    James Gandolfini, who won three Emmy Awards for his indelible role as mob boss Tony Soprano in HBO's "The Sopranos," died while on vacation in Italy at age 51. While Tony Soprano was a larger-than-life figure, Gandolfini was exceptionally modest and obsessive — he described himself as "a 260-pound Woody Allen." HBO called the actor a "special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone, no matter their title or position, with equal respect."

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