The Year In Tweets

President Obama might have had the top tweet this year, but a lot of other notable things were said and discussed on Twitter in 2012. Host Michel Martin gets a breakdown of the year's top tweets from Keli Goff of The Root and blogger Viviana Hurtado of The Wise Latina Club.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/12/28/168202850/the-year-in-tweets?ft=1&f=1019

Cooking Cosplay Crafts Crafts (unspecified) Crochet

Peace Pilgrim's 28-Year Walk For 'A Meaningful Way Of Life'

On Jan. 1, 1953, Mildred Norman gave up her name ? and possessions ? to become Peace Pilgrim. She walked across the U.S. and Canada for decades, subsisting on handouts from strangers to spread her message of peace.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/12/31/168346591/peace-pilgrims-28-year-walk-for-a-meaningful-way-of-life?ft=1&f=100

Collecting Collecting Antiques Collecting Artwork Collecting Music Albums Compose Music

In Memoriam: Musicians We Lost In 2012

NPR Music remembers the singers, instrumentalists, songwriters and personalities who died in 2012. Explore their musical legacies.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/bestmusic2012/2012/12/24/166984946/in-memoriam-musicians-we-lost-in-2012?ft=1&f=100

Beach/Sun tanning Beachcombing Beadwork Beatboxing Becoming A Child Advocate

Research Moratoriums And Recipes For Superbugs: Bird Flu In 2012

When scientists figured out how to make the deadly H5N1 virus more contagious, a debate ignited about whether to publish the research and do more experiments. Over the past year, scientists published the contentious work, but they still can't agree on the field's future.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/12/31/167986224/research-moratoriums-and-recipes-for-superbugs-bird-flu-in-2012?ft=1&f=1007

Cloud Watching Coin Collecting Collecting Collecting Antiques Collecting Artwork

Journalists Thrust Into Heart Of Gun Story

Coverage of the gun control story has become hypercharged since the shootings in Newtown, Conn. Even journalists such as David Gregory and Piers Morgan have become part of the story.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/12/27/168157237/journalists-thrust-into-heart-of-gun-story?ft=1&f=1020

Golf Go Kart Racing Grip Strength Guitar Handwriting Analysis

Close Out The Year With Some Best-Selling Last Words

As the year comes to an end, NPR librarian Kee Malesky shares closing lines from some great novels ? those last few moments spent with a story that you love.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/12/28/168215750/close-the-year-out-with-some-best-selling-last-words?ft=1&f=100

Astrology Astronomy Backgammon Badminton Baseball

Newtown Shooting Prompts 'Bee' Special Edition

The shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last week, hit the community's weekly paper hard. The staff of The Newtown Bee put out the first special edition in the paper's 135-year history.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/12/21/167767292/newtown-shooting-prompts-special-edition-for-bee?ft=1&f=1020

Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach/Sun tanning Beachcombing