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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October 30: Residents in Queens, N.Y., survey damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. The storm devastated the East Coast after forming in the Caribbean and sweeping northward, killing 182 people from Haiti to Canada.