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With the Muslim Brotherhood in reach of an outright majority in Egypt’s parliament, the Obama administration has begun to shift from decades of hostility toward it.
Teachers in Idaho and elsewhere have been in revolt over policy makers thrusting technology into classrooms and shifting money to unproven teaching methods.
In the first Republican contest of the season, the top two candidates were separated by only a sliver of votes, offering Rick Santorum a chance to emerge as the alternative to Mitt Romney.
The first excursions by new airlines that will take tourists out of Earth’s atmosphere are poised to take off in 2012.
United Parcel Service and FedEx, the two major package delivery companies, have benefited as free shipping and returns have become more common among online retailers.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 4, 2012, covering January 4, 2012.
Michael Buble
Adele
Young Jeezy
Justin Bieber
Drake
2012Eve Arnold, American photographer and journalist (born 1912)[†]
Eve Arnold, OBE (honorary), FRPS (honorary) was an American photojournalist, long-resident in the UK. She joined Magnum Photos agency in 1951, and became a full member in 1957. She was the first woman to join the agency. She frequently photographed Marilyn Monroe, including candid-style photos on the set of The Misfits (1961).
2012Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (born 1928)[†]
Roderick George Robbie was a British-born Canadian architect and planner. He was known for his design of the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 67 and Toronto's Rogers Centre (SkyDome).
In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]