2012 YEAR IN REVIEW

The standout news & pop obsessions gleaned from your search habits

Decade of top searches

Since 2001, Yahoo! has dipped into billions of searches to uncover our audience's curiosities, interests, and what matters most to them. Unlike editorial retrospectives or surveys, the rankings come from online users’ own search behavior. Looking back, these lists truly sketch a society in motion: It's a unique way to gauge social trends and interests in the year’s top stop stories, compelling newsmakers, and viral fads.
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    Don Akim and Rosanna Beckett are like any other engaged couple in love—except they're both extreme body builders.

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  • Michelle Obama's Favorite Dress: How to Choose Your Own Go-To Frock

    Why mess with a good thing? Michelle Obama is known for recycling her favorite outfits but there is one item she goes back to again and again: a bold wisteria print dress by designer Tracy Feith.

  • You Won't BELIEVE What Amanda Bynes was Wearing when She Got Arrested

    More trouble for the former Nickelodeon starlet.

  • The Dark Side of Greek Yogurt

    Thick, creamy Greek yogurt is undoubtedly the dairy product du jour, touted by celebrities, personal trainers, and fitness magazines as a weight loss tool slash dessert, thanks to its high protein content and creamy texture.

  • 6 Reasons Why Men Cheat

    Ah, infidelity. Ain't it grand? Ha, just kidding -- anyone who's done it before knows it sucks. At best, you keep your mouth shut about a one-time slip and carry on for the duration of the relationship knowing that you're a grade-A dickbag. At worst, you're having a full-blown affair and one day you wake up and three-quarters of everyone you know hates you because they found out. Not a good look, as they say. And yet, we persist. Well, "we" as in men, not "we" including me, but I've been there before. I've done it. ...

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    What does a $100,000 burger taste like? For Erin Evenson, winner of Sutter Home's 2012 Build a Better Burger contest, it's cooked up from family memories and New York City's 7 train.

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