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Thursday, December 13, 2012

What Were Top Google Searches, Images of 2012?

Hurricane Sandy, Whitney Houston and Election 2012 were hot items. Also, Justin Bieber was a hot search among photos. Share your thoughts.

Now that 2012 is drawing to a close, it's time to look back at what people using that key search engine Google wanted to know most in 2012. According to media accounts of Google's year-end Zeitgeist, some items were obvious, such as the death of entertainer Whitney Houston and the tragedy that was Hurricane Sandy. In the U.S., Olympics 2012 and Michael Clarke Duncan ("Green Mile") also showed strong. Worldwide, Kate Middleton was among the top 10, which should not be surprising. Also, Election 2012 was No. 3 in the U.S. Images are popular online, and entertainers Justin Bieber and Katy Perry registered among the top 10 photos, according to the Huffington Post. -- What were the search terms you used most in 2012? Share your thoughts in the …

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

December 21: The Suwanee Schedule

Your digital to-do list for Wednesday.

1. Weather: More wet stuff Wednesday, including thundershowers. High of 66 forecast, with chance of rain at 60 percent. 2. Event: Singer/DJ Keenan Blount is back at the Moondance Lounge. 3. Event: Korean pottery exhibit at the Hudgens Center in Duluth. 4. Television: "A Michael Buble Christmas," 9 p.m., NBC (repeat). The popular singer's show also features Justin Bieber. 5. Today in History: On this date in 1988, Pan Am flight 103 from London to New York exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard. Libyan intelligence agents Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah were indicted; in 2001, al-Megrahi was convicted and Fhimah was acquitted after a trial in the Netherlands. (Source: …

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