The December 24, 2012 was a Monday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 358 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 13 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, December 24, 2025, 183 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, December 24, 2026, in 181 days. You have lived for 4,931 days, or about 118,353 hours, or about 7,101,211 minutes, or about 426,072,660 seconds.
Date: 24 December 2012
By David Carr
David Carr
John Miller of CBS News was a constant figure in the coverage of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., bringing a rare level of seriousness to a story that brought out the worst in television news.
Date: 24 December 2012
By Will Storey
Will Storey
News blackouts, though infrequently imposed, may be used to protect the safety of the ban’s subject or simply to restore the equanimity of an editor who has had enough.
Date: 24 December 2012
By Donald G. McNeil Jr
Donald McNeil
Recent violence targeting vaccination campaigns threatens the effort to eradicate polio in the three countries where it remains endemic.
Date: 25 December 2012
By Keith Bradsher
Keith Bradsher
A man who was angry over a court ruling in the case of his daughter’s murder used his car to run down a group of high school students in northern China.
Date: 25 December 2012
By Rick Gladstone
Rick Gladstone
Foreign enemy hackers were blamed for attempts at disrupting systems in a strategically important southern coastal province.
Date: 24 December 2012
By Edward Wong
Edward Wong
Video of a Dec. 14 attack that wounded 23 students in Henan Province has refocused attention on protective measures and efforts to squelch coverage.
Date: 24 December 2012
By David M. Herszenhorn
David
The prosecutor’s turnabout came as the Russian government was moving to retaliate against the United States for adopting a human rights law named for Sergei L. Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in prison.
Date: 24 December 2012
By Gina Kolata
Gina Kolata
As geneticists plan to study the DNA of a mass killer in hopes of eventually preventing rampages, some researchers question what good could come of the findings.
Date: 24 December 2012
By The New York Times
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