My favorite news photographs from 2012.

Oh yeah, happy new year!











my favorite sports photographs of 2012.


a candlelight remembrance for suicide victims.

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survivors.

An overnight house fire broke out last month killing four residents. I met up with the survivors the next morning at a motel where they were all relocated. Ryan Eagle Bull, pictured on top, holds his son Ryland, 2, after Ryland was given a Mickey Mouse toy. Ryan Eagle Bull was unable to get any of Ryland's clothes out of the building other than the pajamas he had on. Ricky Eagle Bull, bottom, was upstairs knocking of the door of the victims' apartment door. "You could just see all of it burning inside," Eagle Bull said. "I didn't think anyone was home. I didn't hear any kids screaming."

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the next reality star?

A production company in Los Angeles is considering Seth Thomsen for a South Dakota-based reality show. Thomsen is a rancher from Long Valley with three kids. He made his money by winning poker tournaments.

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