Feuds: fightin’ wordsFrom Google and Apple to Newfoundland and a ballooning moose population–bad blood runs deep
Comebacks: many happy returnsFrom Sidney Crosby, through Gabrielle Giffords to Crocs–this year’s memorable revivals
Setbacks: Rupert MurdochThe media mogul has always had an unsavoury reputation, but he had never looked weak or ineffectual before
Breakups: Sayonara!From George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis to Lauro Garza and the GOP–a tour of this year’s splitsville
Mergers: And they all lived happily ever afterFrom Shania Twain and Frédéric Thiébaud to the Huffington Post and AOL–this year’s best love stories
Exits: No rush for the doorsCanada’s top soldier in Afghanistan tells Maclean’s he’d go back if he could