From the 2012 presidential election to the horrendous school shooting in Newtown, Conn., here is a look back at some of the biggest news stories of 2012.
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August 5: Authorities said Wade Michael Page shot and killed six people, including a responding police officer, and wounded four others at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis. After being shot in the stomach by another officer, Page fatally shot himself in the head.