From Google and Apple to Newfoundland and a ballooning moose population–bad blood runs deep
From Sidney Crosby, through Gabrielle Giffords to Crocs–this year’s memorable revivals
From Julian Assange to RIM–this year’s reversals of fortune
The media mogul has always had an unsavoury reputation, but he had never looked weak or ineffectual before
All hail Marc Chipman, or Jesus of the prairies
From George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis to Lauro Garza and the GOP–a tour of this year’s splitsville
How Europe’s power couple makes the unlikeliest of pairs
From Shania Twain and Frédéric Thiébaud to the Huffington Post and AOL–this year’s best love stories
Like Kate, Pippa has perfected the “say nothing, keep smiling” strategy
From Tavi Gevinson to Maria Aragon, 2011 had plenty of dynamite girls
From Oprah to Glenn Beck: the ones who bowed out, and those who were booted out
From the IMF’s first pink ribbon at the top to the new country on the map–a close look at this year’s newcomers