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Headlines from December 19, 2012

Obama is Time’s person of the year, followed by a 15-year-old girl.
French psychologist convicted of manslaughter after her patient killed his grandmother.
Therapist explains what it’s like to experience a midlife crisis—as a therapist. #tmn
Picture of the president composing his Newtown speech during his daughter’s dress rehearsal.
Swedish teens form mob, hunt down prey, and trash city streets after being labeled “sluts” on Instagram.
Small Ohio town wrapped up in rape case where much of the evidence is found in social media.
What happens on Wikipedia in the aftermath of mass shootings.
On Facebook, Newtown residents want the media to leave.
In the wake of a massacre, Australia’s gun clampdown was incredibly effective, but it probably won’t work here.
Police in one of the most dangerous places in America—Camden County, NJ—witness a record number of gun buybacks this weekend.
Despite progress in recent decades, the social norm “men should earn more than their wives” is alive and well.
Suggest a movie, surprise her with sex. Lazy man’s guide to seducing women.
Pictures of art gallerists who resemble the art they sell. #photography #tmn
New York’s Waldorf-Astoria will honor wedding-anniversary couples’ original room rate if they can produce a receipt.
Parenting tips from hunter-gatherers, as compared to industrial societies’ “rabbit-antelope” pattern.
We also like the idea of it having a holiday feeling to it. Rolling Jubilee mails its first debt-forgiveness letters.
Highlights from the British Medical Journal’s special Christmas edition.
See also: Why Rudolph’s nose is red. #christmas
Obama to announce that Biden will lead the effort to reform gun laws.
NRA announces major press conference in DC for Friday.
I used to do everything with him. First funerals in Newtown.
White House behavioral analysis as Obama chooses how to address Sandy, Latino turnout, and Newtown.
“Putin’s Arms Dealers Are Selling More Weapons to More Dirtbags Than Ever.”
States spend money on prisons these days, not universities, and suddenly the great public schools are out of reach.
Eagle tries to steal baby. #video
See also: The internet’s greatest amusements from 2012.
Time picks top photographic magazine covers of the year.
Technology recommender Brian Lam finds profits on the web from affiliates, not ads.
A note you don’t want to receive after denting someone’s car while holiday shopping.
In light of holiday travel, techniques assessed for fighting motion sickness.
A surer path to happiness than New Year’s resolutions is to deliberately have a mediocre day at work.
TMN writers and readers recommend cures for the common cold.
History of pizza coverage in the New Yorker magazine.
Man makes art by bleeding out magic markers with his face.