It's 2012 and The Federal Aviation Administration still doesn't allow electronic devices to be used during takeoff and landing. Of course, phones — the F.A.A.'s worst nightmare ever, aren't allowed to be used even when you're at the gate and your plane's not moving. Just ask Alec Baldwin about that. This is the dumbest rule ever.

It feels so good to bring that headline back again. We have new developments and origin stories; ice-bound catastrophes averted and mysterious crimson disks identified. For all of these stories we have caves to thank (say thank you to the caves. Go on. Say it).

More U.S. soldiers died from suicide than in combat in 2012, the Army has announced.

It is for moments like this one that the word "wacky" was created. A man in Queens has an offer he would like the students among you to consider (with thanks to reader Lindsey G., who is keen-eyed and true.):

President Obama appeared on Meet The Press this morning to talk about the ongoing fiscal cliff negotiations. His 30 minute conversation with host David Gregory was pretty cordial and never really got heated at any point. Those looking for Obama to show anger at Republicans were probably disappointed, but he dug into them at several moments for their inability to take any of the deals that he offered over the past month.

Dashboard cameras placed in Russian cars have revolutionized the Internet in ways we could have never imagined. Thanks to them, we now have up close footage of yesterday's plane crash in Russia that killed four people.

Hurricane Sandy relief efforts continued over the holidays with volunteers dropping off meals on Christmas eve and confidential documents being returned from the wreckage to their rightful owners. But good will can only go so far and victims in the north east are still waiting for federal aid to trickle in.

The woman charged with pushing a man to death in the subway said she did it as an "act against Muslims."

And as the "perfect snow" falls all over New York and the day comes to a close, there's good news coming out of Houston tonight. CNN reports:

What we lost: Romantic comedies
Who took it: Audiences, Gerard Butler, Tucker Max, Netflix, sequel-based franchises. Vulture charts the steady decline:

Katt Williams has had the worst holiday season ever. His month of hijinks included a mic-throwing incident, a police chase, a smack across the face of a Target employee, and a tearful retirement (and un-retirement) from comedy. His rampage makes 2007 Britney Spears look like child's play.

The fiscal cliff is imminent. We are hurtling, not to mention barreling, toward it. Also, it's looming. Every news organization has been churning out folksy little cartoons explaining the situation at the rate of thousands a day since August. There have also been a lot of Wile E. Coyote jokes, and for that alone we deserve as a people to be bound hand and foot and cast into the outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.

A rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, involving some members of the city's beloved football team has drawn national attention. The Times said that it was a notable case because it was "a sexual assault accusation in the age of social media, when teenagers are capturing much of their lives on their camera phones ... and then posting it on the Web, like a graphic, public diary." There were some images of the crime uploaded to Twitter and Instagram that show the unconscious girl being carried around.

If that bulky headline didn't give you warning enough, prepare to jump down the rabbit hole now. Cast your mind back to a few days ago. Neetzan Zimmerman noted that local New York paper the Journal News' decision to publish the names and addresses of gun owners in Rockland County had come under criticism:

On her next tour, Lady Gaga will provide counseling for her fans to help them deal with issues like depression. Nice.

Earlier this month, Kanye West wore a Givenchy Kilt while performing at the 12-12-12 benefit show at Madison Square Garden. Everyone lost their collective minds over it. A behind the scenes video was released last week to let his fans know how serious his kilt game actually is.

Above is a five-minute clip reel of many of the things that aired on TV this year that made me almost pee myself. These are over-the-top and entirely out of context, so if you want a little more background, you can check out the original posts (or, in the few cases that a clip was not yet posted on this site, the source material). Full list follows:

The 23-year-old woman who was savagely gang-raped by a group of men aboard a bus in South Delhi died early Saturday morning at a hospital in Singapore.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the craft store chain Hobby Lobby and its sister-company Mardel must provide employees with access to copay-free contraception as part of its health-care plan while it continues its legal battle to be exempted from the federal mandate on religious grounds.

A deal has reportedly been reached to avoid a paralyzing dockworker strike at East Coast ports