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Monday, December 31, 2012

The 10 Most Popular Lexington Patch Posts of 2012

A special education scandal, politics, prostitutes, personal tragedy and an apocalypse that wasn’t: A look back at the year that was in Lexington.

  It’s almost impossible to be objective when considering the biggest stories of any given year. An issue of the utmost importance to one person or group may matter not at all to another segment of the population. And so, as we look back onthe year at the year that was in Lexington, we're leaving the deciding up to you – or to UVs, to be more precise. What you’ll find below are the top Lexington Patch posts in terms of pageviews, which is to say these are most widely read stories, polls, updates and photos galleries from 2012.    What you won’t find in the list below is our coverage of the Busa Land and its farming future, the redevelopment of the Dana Home as the Inn at Hastings Park, Hurricane Sandy or the start of Lexington’s …

In this Article:

[UPDATED 12:49 p.m.] Hurricane Sandy: Lexington Info Center, LPS Superintendent Statement Challenges NYT OpEd Alleging Mistreatment of Special Needs Student, LPS Officials Will Respond to NY Times OpEd Alleging 'Terrifying' Treatment of Special Needs Student, and 9 more ›

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Apocalypse Now? Officials Say the World Won't End Dec. 21

What's the deal with all this end of the world talk?

There has been a lot of discussion recently about the end of the world, most of it around the date Dec. 21, 2012.  However, experts are saying it's best to go on with your Christmas shopping, because an impending apocalypse appears unlikely to happen. There is no evidence that Earth will be destroyed by a solar flare that day and scientists have not detected any planets likely to break Earth's orbit and bump against us. Those in the know are also saying that the end of the Mayan calendar does not portend any disaster. “The best thing about this 2012 nonsense is it creates interest in the Mayan people,” stated Van Stone, an end-of-world debunker and professor at Southwestern College, in an interview with City News Service. “People can go …

In this Article:

Is December 21, 2012 the End of the World? Scholars, NASA Say No (in Montgomery Patch) and New College Professor Analyzes Mayan Doomsday Predictions for Dec. 21 (in Sarasota Patch)

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Rashaan Phiddy

11:29 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012

i feel you on this bro! i dont believe in this end of the world crap.   more ›

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