* 2012 – At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China.

in 2012, the playoffs were expanded again so that two wild card teams face off in a one game wild card round to determine which team advances to the division series, with the playoffs then continuing as it had before 2012 ( though with the possibilty of a fifth seed being in the playoffs and a fourth seed being out ) after the end of the wild card round.

However, after a 14-year stretch of consecutive losing seasons, the Orioles posted a winning record in 2012 and qualified for the postseason for the first time since 1997.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

However, in January 2008, Selig agreed to a three-year contract extension, announcing he planned to retire after the 2012 season.

He further decided against retirement, and after a two-year extension for the previous deal was agreed to on January 12, 2012, it was announced that Selig would remain commissioner until the end of the 2014 season.

It is expected that the BBC News Channel will relocate, along with other BBC news services including BBC World News to the newly refurbished Broadcasting House in late 2012 / early 2013, after completion of the new television news studios has taken place and it will be relaunched.

In 2012, the US Air Force alleged that two of its female airmen were subjected to cyber-bullying after receiving Bronze Star Medals for meritorious non-combat service.

In 2012 it was reported that a Swiss woman died of starvation after having attempted to survive on light alone, based on one of Jasmuheen's books.

In July 2012 this faction announced it had a new leadership after expelling members who had been working against the organisation.

The rivalry has intensified when Indians closer Chris Perez used WWE star John Cena's signature " You can't see me " hand gesture towards KC outfielder Jarrod Dyson after striking him out in a game on May 28, 2012.

They currently play in the Football League Championship in the 2012 – 13 season after becoming champions of League One 2011 / 2012.

In a busy summer, Powell brought in 19 new players and after a successful season, on 14 April 2012, Charlton Athletic won promotion back to the Championship with a 1 – 0 away win at Carlisle United.

A week later, on 21 April 2012, they were confirmed as Champions after a 2 – 1 home win over Wycombe Wanderers.

Charlton then lifted the League One trophy on 5 May 2012, having been in the top position since 15 September 2011, and after recording a 3 – 2 victory over Hartlepool United, recorded their highest ever league points score of 101, the highest in any professional European league that year.

A new Leaving Certificate exam subject with the working title ' Politics & Society ' is being developed by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment ( NCCA ) and is expected to be introduced to the curriculum sometime after 2012.

On June 8, 2012, it was announced that after 35 years of hosting the show, the Magliozzi brothers were retiring and that Car Talk would stop producing new episodes as of October 2012, but that NPR will continue airing the show in reruns.

In June 2012, NPR announced that the Magliozzi brothers will be retiring in Fall 2012, after their 25th anniversary as a national show.

On March 20, 2012, Nissan announced a plan to revive Datsun as a low-cost marque, 31 years after removing it from its line-up.

On February 11, 2012, after the sudden death of Whitney Houston, Dolly Parton stated, " Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston.

In 2012, the GPHI filed lawsuit against Apple, Sony, HTC Corp, LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Research in Motion Ltd. for allegedly violating patent relating to a computer graphics process that turns text and images into pixels to be displayed on screens.

In 2012, the company announced that Sony and Fujifilm offer of forming a capital alliance and the company would downsizing imaging business portfolio and then will focus on Mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera ( MILC ).

On September 28, 2012, Olympus and Sony announced that the two companies will establish a joint venture to develop new surgical endoscopes with 4K resolution ( or higher ) and 3D capability.

* The Thelonious Monk Quartet Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection ( 2012, 6 CD, Sony )

In September 2012, a year after the attack, a rebuilt Sony Distribution Centre was opened by David Cameron, the current Prime Minister.

On 22 March 2012, Sony Music Entertainment announced that remastered editions of Isn't Anything and Loveless would be released in May 2012.

Following the 2012 LA screenings, the network announced that it will let go its output deal with Sony Pictures, but retain its output deal with Warner Bros ..

On June 25, 2012, Sony and Panasonic announced a joint venture for creating low cost mass production OLED televisions by 2013.

A French album of all new material is to be released on 7 February 2012 on the Sony label, Clark's first in that language since the late 1970s.

Both albums were subsequently released by Sony 27 August 2012 as 3 disc sets.

In 2012, Sony released the HDR-PJ200 and HDR-PJ260.

The period from 2000 to 2012 has included Sorayama's organic design of Sony AIBO robotic pet dog co-winning ( with Sony ) Japan's Grand Prize of best design awards ( the highest design award conferred by Japan ); Sorayama's Sony AIBO robotic pet design was placed into the permanent collections of MOMA and the Smithsonian Institute Museum ; MOMA's published book " Objects of Design " by Paola Antonelli included Sorayama's and Sony's AIBO along with other noteworthy designs where form and function combine in harmony.

On February 28, 2012, it was announced that Sony will be releasing season 2 on DVD on April 3, 2012 under the Choice Collection label.

* SingTel also converted KBS World into HD 16: 9 Format and Sony ONE HD will have both English and Chinese Subtitle from 17 September 2012

As of the end of the first quarter in 2012, Sony is the last remaining magneto optical disk manufacturer.

* 2012 Sony introduces the " Smart Tags ", which use NFC technology to change modes and profiles on a Sony smartphone at close range, included in the package of ( and " perfectly paired " with ) the Sony Xperia P Smartphone released the same year.

In September 2012, Saban Brands announced it had acquired the Digimon franchise and MarVista Entertainment will distribute the series outside of Asia.

Retail Convergence, operator of private sale website RueLaLa. com, acquired by GSI Commerce for $ 180 million, plus up to $ 170 million in earn-out payments based on performance through 2012.

* Anibal Sanchez ( 2006 – 2012 )-Also acquired in the Josh Beckett & Mike Lowell in the 2005 off-season, Sanchez threw a no-hitter in his rookie season and threw three one-hitters during his tenure.

On July 26, 2012, the HBC revealed that it will close in 2013 the majority of the Zellers stores that were not acquired by Target Canada in 2011.

To do this, the team selected wide receiver Justin Blackmon in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft and acquired Laurent Robinson in free agency.

In a 2012 proposal, it has been claimed that reading can be acquired naturally if print is constantly available at an early age in the same manner as spoken language.

On August 9, 2012, Digia acquired Qt software technologies from Nokia.

On 12 March 2012, Pioneer Easy Bus Company, a private transport company, started public bus service in Kampala with an estimated 100 buses each with a 60-passenger capacity ( 30 seated and 30 standing ), acquired from China.

The font business was acquired by Monotype Imaging in March, 2012.

The Valparaíso trolleybus system has been in operation since 1952, and in 2012 it continues to use some of its original vehicles, built in 1952 by the Pullman-Standard Company, along with an assortment of other vehicles acquired later.

In the 2012 NBA Draft, the Pacers selected Miles Plumlee with the 26th pick and acquired Orlando Johnson, the 36th pick from the Sacramento Kings.

On December 14, 2011 they traded Eric Gordon, Chris Kaman, Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota's 2012 first round pick acquired in 2005 for New Orleans Hornets ' four-time all-star Chris Paul.

On August 10, 2012, in a four-team trade the Lakers acquired Dwight Howard along with Chris Duhon, and Earl Clark.

On March 14, 2012, GSN has announced that they have acquired the rights to the Steve Harvey version of Family Feud, and began airing on the network since March 28.

Disney announced on July 14, 2012 its first television collaboration between Disney Channel and Marvel Entertainment, which had been acquired by the company in 2009.

In 1998 Cunard was acquired by the Carnival Corporation, and accounted for 8. 7 % of that company's revenue in 2012. and five years later QE2 was replaced on the Transatlantic runs by the Queen Mary 2 ( QM2 ).

* On Friday February 24, 2012 Dell acquired Backup and Disaster Recovery software solution AppAssure Software of Reston, VA. AppAssure delivered 194 percent revenue growth in 2011 and over 3500 % growth in the prior 3 years.

* On 3 April 2012, Dell announced that it has acquired Clerity Solutions.

In 2012, it was announced that Classic Media, owner of the Filmation library, would be acquired by DreamWorks Animation.

As of 2012, the paper mill is owned by International Paper, which acquired Temple-Inland.

The Stockton Inn was acquired in June 2012 by Mitch Millett.

In January 2012 it was announced that the FT had acquired Assanka, the developer of its mobile offerings.

Infiniband host bus adapters and network switches are manufactured by Mellanox and Intel ( which acquired Qlogic's infiniband business in January 2012 ).

In January 2012, Corel acquired Roxio from Rovi Corporation for an undisclosed amount.