2012 Coke Zero 400
The 2012 Coke Zero 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on July 7, 2012 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 160 laps, it was the eighteenth race of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Tony Stewart of Stewart-Haas Racing took his third win of the season, while Jeff Burton finished second and Matt Kenseth finished third.


2012 Coke Zero 400, Report, Background
Daytona International Speedway is one of  six  superspeedways to hold NASCAR races, the others being Michigan International Speedway, Auto Club Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Pocono Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway. The standard track at Daytona International Speedway is a four-turn superspeedway that is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. The track's turns are banked at 31 degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at 18 degrees. David Ragan is the defending race winner.


2012 Coke Zero 400, Report, Background
Before the race, Matt Kenseth led the Drivers' Championship with 633 points, and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. stood in second with 622. Jimmie Johnson was third in the Drivers' Championship with 610, two points ahead of Greg Biffle and thirty-four ahead of Denny Hamlin in fourth and fifth. Kevin Harvick, with 565, was eight points ahead of Clint Bowyer, as Martin Truex, Jr. with 556 points, was eleven ahead of Tony Stewart and nineteen in front of Brad Keselowski. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet was leading with 117 points, seventeen points ahead of Toyota. Ford, with 84 points, was eleven points ahead of Dodge in the battle for third.


2012 Coke Zero 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were also held before the race on July 5, 2012. The first session was 80 minutes long, while the second was 85 minutes. Aric Almirola was quickest with a time of 44.563 seconds in the first session, 0.130 faster than Marcos Ambrose. Joey Logano was third quickest, followed by Ryan Newman, Biffle, and Jeff Gordon. A. J. Allmendinger was seventh, still within half of a second of Almirola's time. In the second and final practice session, Jamie McMurray was quickest with a time of 45.492 seconds. Michael Waltrip, with a time of 45.516, was second quickest, ahead of Kurt Busch, Travis Kvapil, and Almirola. Regan Smith, Ambrose, Carl Edwards, Earnhardt, Jr., and Juan Pablo Montoya completed the first ten positions.


2012 Coke Zero 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Forty-four cars were entered for qualifying, but only forty-three could qualify for the race because of NASCAR's qualifying procedure. Kenseth clinched the eighth pole position of his career, with time of 46.781 seconds. He was joined on the front row of the grid by Stewart. Newman qualified third, Kasey Kahne took fourth, and Biffle started fifth. Gordon, Bill Elliott, Casey Mears, Allmendinger and Keselowski rounded out the top ten. The driver that failed to qualify for the race was Robert Richardson, Jr.


2012 Coke Zero 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Once the qualifying session had concluded, Kenseth stated, "The interesting thing about qualifying, at least for me today, was nobody had any idea what the pole was going to be or how fast anybody was. They lined qualifying up by first practice speeds, but that was drafting for everybody. So, you really didn't know what anybody was going to run. That's the same lap we ran during a mock-up qualifying run [Friday], so I was glad we were able to repeat that, but I didn't know what anybody else was going to run. It's kind of fun to watch, because you really have no idea."


2012 Coke Zero 400, Report, Prior to the race
Tony Stewart was stripped of his second place starting spot after his car failed post-qualifying inspection. A. J. Allmendinger was suspended by NASCAR after failing a drug test. Penske Racing scrambled to get Sam Hornish, Jr. in the #22 and had Kenny Wallace (who himself was on standby for expectant father Kevin Harvick after NASCAR would not approve Austin Dillon for Sprint Cup competition at Daytona) ready to step in if Hornish couldn't make it to Daytona on time. Michael McDowell got into the #98 Phil Parsons Racing entry that Mike Bliss qualified.


2012 Colchester Borough Council election
The 2012 Colchester Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Colchester Borough Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2012 Colchester Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election a coalition between the Liberal Democrats with 26 seats, Labour with 7 seats and the 3 independents ran the council, while the 24 Conseravtives were in opposition. 20 of the seats were contested at the election with the Conservatives aiming to regain seats they had lost at the 2008 election, while the Local Government Information Unit called the election one of the top 50 contests in the 2012 local elections.


2012 Colchester Borough Council election, Campaign
The Conservatives called for the council to change to full council elections every four years, for food waste pick ups to be introduced immediately and for a push to keep the town centre clean. However the Liberal Democrats defended their record in leading the council pointing to a freeze in council tax, recycling rates and contrasted their record in control with the former Conservative administration. Meanwhile, Labour was supported during the campaign by a visit from the former Labour cabinet minister Hazel Blears.


2012 Colchester Borough Council election, Election result
The only change at the election saw Labour gain one seat from the Conservatives in Wivenhoe Quay. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats remained the largest party on the council with 26 seats despite losing seats across the country. The existing coalition between the Liberal Democrats, Labour and independents stayed in control of the council after the election.


2012 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships
The 2012 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States on September 17–23, 2012.


2012 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships, WTA entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships – Doubles
Alexa Glatch and Asia Muhammed were the defending champions, but Glatch chose not to participate. Muhammed partnered up with Yasmin Schnack and won the title, defeating Irina Falconi and Maria Sanchez in the final, 6–2, 1–6, [12–10].


2012 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships – Singles
Regina Kulikova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2012 Coleman Vision Tennis Championships – Singles
Maria Sanchez won the title, defeating Lauren Davis in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2012 Colgate Raiders football team
The 2012 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Dick Biddle and played their home games at Andy Kerr Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 8–4, 6–0 in Patriot League play to be crowned Patriot League champions. They earned the League's automatic bid into the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Wagner.


2012 College Baseball All-America Team
This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans in 2012. The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).


2012 College Basketball Invitational
The 2012 College Basketball Invitational (CBI) was a single-elimination tournament of 16 NCAA Division I teams that did not participate in the 2012 NCAA Tournament or the 2012 National Invitation Tournament. The opening games began on Tuesday, March 13. A best-of-three championship series between the final two teams was held on March 26, March 28, and March 30. HDNet covered select games from the first and second rounds as well as the semifinals and the championship games for the fourth consecutive year. The tournament was won by Pittsburgh who defeated Washington State 2–1 in the finals series.


2012 College Football All-America Team
The 2012 College Football All-America Team includes those players of American college football who have been honored by various selector organizations as the best players at their respective positions. The selector organizations award the "All-America" honor annually following the conclusion of the fall college football season. The original All-America team was the 1889 College Football All-America Team selected by Caspar Whitney and Walter Camp.


2012 College Football All-America Team
In 1950, the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which is the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) service bureau, compiled the first list of All-Americans including first-team selections on teams created for a national audience that received national circulation with the intent of recognizing selections made from viewpoints that were nationwide. Since 1952, College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has bestowed Academic All-American recognition on male and female athletes in Divisions I, II, and III of the NCAA as well as National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletes, covering all NCAA championship sports.


2012 College Football All-America Team
The 2012 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), Pro Football Weekly (PFW), ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), College Football News (CFN), Scout.com, and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo! ).


2012 College Football All-America Team
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus All-Americans.


2012 College Station shooting
On August 13, 2012, a local constable was shot and killed in College Station, Texas, by the man to whom he was serving a legal notice. Other officers came to the scene and engaged in a shootout that lasted for approximately thirty minutes, during which one bystander was killed and officers were injured. The suspect, who was shot and fatally wounded in the gunfight, was later identified as 35-year-old Thomas Alton Caffall III. Police found a Vz 58 Tactical Sporter rifle, a Mosin–Nagant M91/30 rifle with a bayonet, a .40-caliber SIG Sauer P226 pistol stolen from a police officer, and a PSL rifle with a scope in his house after the shooting.


2012 College Station shooting, Shootout
The shooting began near Texas A&M University around 12:30 p.m. when 41-year-old Brazos County Constable Brian Bachmann arrived at the house of Thomas Caffall with the intention to serve a notice for him to appear in court on August 23 due to a failure to pay $1,250 in back rent. Caffall apparently became outraged by this and opened fire as the officer approached his home, fatally wounding Bachmann. He then stole Bachmann's .40-caliber SIG Sauer P226 pistol and also shot and injured 51-year-old Barbara Holdsworth as she parked her vehicle in a driveway half a block from Caffall's home. Holdsworth's boyfriend witnessed her shooting and made the first call to 9-1-1.


2012 College Station shooting, Shootout
Numerous officers arrived at the scene at 12:14 p.m. and engaged in a shootout with Caffall that lasted for approximately thirty minutes. In this exchange of gunfire, three officers and a bystander were hit; the wounds of the bystander, 51-year-old Chris Northcliffe, were fatal. EMS was pulled away from Chris Northcliffe as they were beginning treatment because of the gunfire from the shootout. The shootout ended with Caffall's death from gunshots fired by police at 12:35 p.m. A "code maroon" was issued during the shooting at the university after multiple people were shot, according to police spokesperson Rhonda Seaton. A total of 65 rounds were fired by Caffall during the shootout.


2012 College Station shooting, Shootout, Aftermath
Early reports of the incident indicated six people were wounded and that the shooter was taken into custody. Later reports indicated that a law enforcement officer and a civilian were both killed by gunfire, and at least three others, including some who may not have been injured by gunfire, were wounded. At least two fatalities, one law enforcement officer and one civilian, were reported, and another civilian and a College Station police officer were also reported injured in the shooting.


2012 College Station shooting, Shootout, Aftermath
Brian Bachmann was identified as the slain police officer by College Station Police Department Assistant Police Chief Scott McCollum. Bachmann was the elected Constable for Precinct 1 in Brazos County, Texas, and he had been a Brazos County Sheriff's Deputy since 1993, according to the Facebook page for his 2010 Constable's Campaign. Christopher Northcliffe was then identified as the deceased civilian.


2012 College Station shooting, Perpetrator
The shooter was identified as 35-year-old gun collector Thomas Alton Caffall III. He was confirmed to not be a student of Texas A&M nor a school employee. Caffall's stepfather, Richard Weaver, revealed in an interview that his son was recently refusing to work and had quit from his job nine months prior to the shooting. He also described Caffall as regularly playing video games, which seemed to distort his sense of reality. Caffall's other family also specified that he was suffering from some sort of mental illness. Prior to the shooting, Caffall posted photos of his gun collection on his Facebook profile.


2012 College Station shooting, Reaction
Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Texas A&M alumnus, gave a statement during an event in Florida, saying that his "prayers are with any of those that have been injured." A&M President R. Bowen Loftin also described the day as a "sad day in the Bryan-College Station community." Caffall's family also issued statements of apology, with his sister Courtney Clark saying, "Our hearts and prayers go out to the families and this is just a senseless tragedy... We are just distraught by the havoc that he has caused."


2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The 2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was a postseason single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams, up from 24 teams in the 2011 CIT. The CIT began with 16 first round games. Games took place March 13–28, 2012.


2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
32 participants who were not invited to the 2012 NCAA Tournament, the 2012 National Invitation Tournament, or the 2012 College Basketball Invitational made up the field. The winner of the 2012 Great West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, North Dakota, received an automatic bid to the tournament.


2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
All games, except for the championship game, were streamed online by America One Sports at . Free registration was required to view the games. The championship game was once again broadcast nationally by Fox College Sports on FCS Central.


2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The tournament was won by Mercer who defeated Utah State in the championship game 70–67. This was the first post-season tournament win for a men's basketball team from the Atlantic Sun Conference.


2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Participating teams
The following teams received an invitation to the 2012 CIT:


2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Format
The fourth annual CIT used the old NIT model in which matchups in future rounds were determined by the results of the previous round.


2012 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, Bracket
Bracket is for visual purposes only. The CIT does not have a set bracket.


2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship
The 2012 USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship was a rugby union sevens tournament. The tournament was held on June 2–3 at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. It was the third annual Collegiate Rugby Championship, and the second year in a row that the tournament was held at PPL Park. Sixteen teams from colleges in the United States competed. Dartmouth College defeated Arizona in the final to secure their second CRC Championship in a row.


2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship, Pool stage, Pool A
The teams from Group A collectively were 1-5 on day 2 in the knockout round.


2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship, Pool stage, Pool B
The teams from Group B collectively were 8-2 on day 2 in the knockout round.


2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship, Pool stage, Pool C
The teams from Group C collectively were 4-4 on day 2 in the knockout round.


2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship, Pool stage, Pool D
The teams from Group D collectively were 2-4 on day 2 in the knockout round.


2012 Collegiate Rugby Championship, Players
The following 12 players were selected by Rugby Mag as members of the All-Tournament team:


2012 Collingwood Football Club season
The 2012 Collingwood Football Club season is the club's 116th season of senior competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club also fielded its reserves team in the VFL.


2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament
The 2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, VA from May 23 through May 26. The top six finishers from the regular season competed in the double-elimination tournament. Top seeded UNC Wilmington won their third title and earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
This was the first year of the six team format, as previous seasons consisted of a four team tournament. The top six teams from the regular season, based on conference winning percentage, made the field.


2012 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Outstanding Player
Jimmy Yezzo was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Yezzo was a first baseman for Delaware, and set a tournament record with 15 hits while batting .571, scoring ten runs, and driving in 11.


2012 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season
The 2012 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season pertains to all CAA men's college soccer during the 2012 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.


2012 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season
The Delaware Fighting Blue Hens are the defending conference tournament champions, while the James Madison Dukes are the defending regular season winners. While the NCAA season will begin in late August 2012, conference play will not begin until late September or early October 2012.


2012 Colonial Athletic Association men's soccer season, CAA Tournament
The CAA Tournament will determine the conference's guaranteed berth into the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic
The 2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic was held from November 8 to 12 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was the third women's Grand Slam event of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format with 48 teams, and the purse for the event was CAD$54,000. Lawton won her second Grand Slam and sixth Colonial Square Ladies Classic title with a win over Chelsea Carey in the final, stealing the winning point in the final end and winning with a score of 5–4.


2012 Colonial Square Ladies Classic, Knockout Results
Note that in Draws 2 through 12, draw times are staggered so that the second half of the draw's games begin one hour after the first half of the draw's games.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64
Colorado Amendment 64 was a successful popular initiative ballot measure to amend the Constitution of the State of Colorado, outlining a statewide drug policy for cannabis. The measure passed on November 6, 2012, and along with a similar measure in Washington state, marked "an electoral first not only for America but for the world."


2012 Colorado Amendment 64
Enacted as Article 18, section 16 of the state constitution, the law addresses "personal use and regulation of marijuana" for adults 21 and over, as well as commercial cultivation, manufacture, and sale: regulating marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol, namely for recreational use. Possession and cultivation of marijuana became legal on December 10, 2012, after governor John Hickenlooper issued an executive action adding Amendment 64 to the state constitution. The commercial sale of marijuana to the general public began on January 1, 2014, at establishments licensed under the regulatory framework.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64
As of April 2017, 176 of Colorado's 272 municipalities have opted to prohibit retail marijuana activity within their boundaries. While Colorado's second most populous city, Colorado Springs in El Paso county, has prohibited the sale of recreational marijuana, the city has permitted medical marijuana dispensaries.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Ballot summary
Proposed initiative 2011/12 #30 was submitted on January 4 and found sufficient by the Secretary of State on February 27 to appear on the general ballot for the November election.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Ballot summary, Personal use
Adults 21 or older can grow up to three immature and three mature marijuana plants privately in a locked space, legally possess all marijuana from the plants they grow (as long as it stays where it was grown), legally possess up to one ounce of marijuana while traveling, and give as a gift up to one ounce to other citizens 21 years of age or older. Consumption is permitted in a manner similar to alcohol, with equivalent offenses prescribed for driving under the influence.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Ballot summary, Commercial regulation
The legislation defines industrial hemp as any part of the cannabis plant, growing or not, "with a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration that does not exceed three tenths percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis." The amendment declares that industrial hemp should be regulated separately from marijuana with higher THC concentrations, and requires the Colorado General Assembly to "enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp" by no later than July 1, 2014.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Ballot summary, Commercial regulation
The amendment provides for licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores. Local governments can now regulate or prohibit such facilities. This amendment requires the general assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana, requiring that the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund, known as the Building Excellent Schools today (B.E.S.T.) program. The B.E.S.T. program assists in renovation, repairs, and new school construction needs for Colorado public schools.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Ballot summary, Commercial regulation
B.E.S.T. receives funding from state land tax proceeds, lottery proceeds, interest tax proceeds, and marijuana sales tax proceeds via Amendment 64. The Colorado Department of Education annual B.E.S.T. reports suggest that Amendment 64 has provided a visible increase in funding to this program. Since implementation of Amendment 64, the Colorado B.E.S.T. program has seen a decrease in overall annual applications numbers, an increase in overall granted applications numbers, and an increase in cash granted amounts since implementation of Amendment 64 in 2014.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition
The largest survey for the amendment, conducted October 23, 2012 by Public Policy Polling, indicated that 53% of voters intended to support it, with 46% opposed. On December 9, 2013, more than a year after the passing of Amendment 64, a Public Policy Polling poll showed that the majority of Coloradans still support legal marijuana. With 53% support versus 38% opposition, the survey of 928 Colorado voters showed little change in support for legal marijuana a year on from the amendment vote.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition
Since the amendment passed there has been concern over its conflict with federal substance prohibition laws. The outcome is nevertheless expected to have broad impacts south of the border, including in Mexico where less than a week after the U.S. vote Mexican senators submitted a proposal to legalize marijuana in their country.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition, Support
Though support for liberalizing drug policy has traditionally been considered a liberal or libertarian cause, Amendment 64 garnered a number of high-profile conservative endorsements, including, most notably, an endorsement from former U.S. Representative and 2008 Republican Presidential Candidate Tom Tancredo, who claimed, "Throughout my career in public policy and in public office, I have fought to reform or   eliminate wasteful and ineffective government programs. There is no government program or policy I can think of that has failed in such a unique way as marijuana prohibition."


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition, Support
Similarly, Temple Emmanuel's Rabbi, Steven Foster, endorsed Amendment 64 because, "as clergy, we have the responsibility to talk about what policies serve our community best. You do not have to use marijuana—or even approve of marijuana—to see that our current laws are not working." Many supporters of Amendment 64 did so because they wanted to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the state's law enforcement resources. Proponents believe that permitting recreational use will allow officers to focus on prevention of violent crime and that it will remove some of the burden on the state's prosecutors and courts.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition, Support
Other justifications for support include:increasing the state's revenue (much of the additional revenue is required to be used to fund primary education),subjecting otherwise illicit substances to health and safety regulations for the protections of users,enhancing individual freedom,eliminating a black market (black markets tend to result in crime regardless of the goods sold because market participants are already criminals, and therefore have less to lose by committing additional crimes), andproviding empirical evidence for studying the effects of legalization to identify whether the harms associated with drugs are actually caused by the policy of prohibition.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition, Support
Yet another argument favoring Amendment 64 is that regulation of marijuana may actually reduce marijuana usage by teens: According to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, the organization responsible for much of the campaigning in support of Amendment 64, marijuana use by teens is likely to go down because commercial access would be limited to persons 21 and older. The campaign also points out that teens who currently seek marijuana have to turn to criminals for their supply and that these criminals may expose teens to other, potentially more dangerous drugs like heroin, meth, or cocaine.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition, Support
Supporters also point out that Colorado's experience with medical marijuana supports their conclusion:  The CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System monitors a number of statistics for America's youth. The CDC study suggests that marijuana use among Colorado's youths fell by 2.8 percent from 2009 (24.8 percent) to 2011 (22 percent), while the national rate of youth use increased by 2.3 percent from 2009 (20.8 percent) to 2011 (23.1 percent). Furthermore, the CDC found that the availability of drugs on school grounds in Colorado fell 5 percent from 2009 (22.7 percent) to 2011 (17.2 percent), while the national rate increased by 3.1 percent over the same time.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition, Opposition
The group "No on 64" objected to Amendment 64 chiefly because it claimed the amendment would lead to increased use of marijuana, a consequence the group considers harmful. In particular, the group sees marijuana as addictive and as damaging to children because they believe it "permanently affects brain development, impairs learning ability and contributes to depression."


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Support and opposition, Opposition
On October 14, The Denver Post's editorial board announced its opposition to Amendment 64. The board began by saying, "We believe possession and use of marijuana should be legal," but ultimately encouraged readers to vote against the amendments because "Drug policy simply has no business being in the state constitution."


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Implementation
The policies took effect when the Governor ratified the ballots, which was to happen within 30 days of the election. Governor John Hickenlooper officially added the law to his state's constitution on Monday December 10, 2012 making the private consumption of marijuana legal in Colorado. The first stores officially opened on January 1, 2014.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Implementation
Shortly after its passing Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper stated "This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don't break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly." On December 10, 2012 Governor Hickenlooper signed Executive Order B 2012-004 to create the Task Force on the Implementation of Amendment 64 to "consider and resolve a number of policy, legal and procedural issues". On March 13, 2013, the task force issued 58 recommendations on how recreational pot should be grown, sold and taxed in the state.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Implementation
On May 28, 2013, Governor Hickenlooper signed several bills into law implementing the task force's recommendations. On September 9, 2013, the Colorado Department of Revenue adopted final regulations for recreational marijuana establishments, implementing the Colorado Retail Marijuana Code (HB 13-1317). On September 16, 2013, the Denver City Council adopted an ordinance for retail marijuana establishments. These local licensing requirements are in addition to the state licensing requirements.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Implementation, Proposition AA
On May 28, 2013 the government also proposed Proposition AA, a 15% excise tax on the "average market rate" and a 10-15% sales tax on retail sales (on top of the 2.9% state sales tax and any local government sales taxes).


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Implementation, Proposition AA
The Colorado chapter of NORML opposed the measure, supporting the 15% excise tax but opposing the 10% sales tax as unreasonable and unnecessary, arguing that the proposed marijuana taxes could amount to an effective tax rate of 30-40% and would be more than twice the equivalent taxes on alcohol, that there would be adequate funds to effectively regulate recreational marijuana if the measure failed, and that excessive taxation would have the potential effect of keeping a black market alive.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Implementation, Proposition AA
The Denver Post disagreed, citing the insufficiency of licensing fees to previously regulate medical marijuana and rejecting the notion that the taxes would drive pot back to the black market. On November 5, Proposition AA was approved by a wide margin, as were similar local taxes such as a 3.5% Denver marijuana sales tax which is on top of the 3.62% Denver sales tax.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, "Local Option" legal challenge
Although Colorado voters approved the constitutional amendment legalizing retail sales of marijuana for recreational purposes, the amendment and enabling legislation also provided that localities could limit or ban retail outlets within a city or unincorporated portion of a county through a "local option". The provisions of Amendment 64 concerning personal use are not affected by the local bans on retail sales, so that growing and possession of small quantities of "personal" pot are legal statewide under state (but not federal) law. Most localities have chosen to ban retail stores, at least temporarily.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, "Local Option" legal challenge
A locality may prohibit the operation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, or retail marijuana stores through the enactment of an ordinance or through an initiated or referred measure; provided, any initiated or referred measure to prohibit the operation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities, or retail marijuana stores must appear on a general election ballot during an even numbered year.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, "Local Option" legal challenge, Colorado Springs and vicinity
Colorado Springs is the county seat of El Paso county, the second most populous county in the state. A tiny majority of El Paso county voters approved the statewide Amendment 64 with an original margin of only 10 votes. In Colorado Springs the measure won by just 2% favored by only 5,000 out of more than 200,000 ballots cast. Relying on the local option clause in the amendment, the city council then voted 5-4 not to permit retail shops in the city.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, "Local Option" legal challenge, Colorado Springs and vicinity
Some council members expressed concern over the effect pot shops would have on existing businesses, as well as on local military bases. Current mayor John Suthers, elected in May 2015, supports the ban on pot shops; his opponent in the mayoral election supported recreational pot shops as a way to increase city tax collections. Suthers, a former Colorado Attorney General, has long been an outspoken opponent of legalized marijuana.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, "Local Option" legal challenge, Colorado Springs and vicinity
Retail marijuana outlets are also banned in unincorporated areas of El Paso County. As of 2016, the only area in El Paso County to permit retail recreational marijuana outlets is the city of Manitou Springs, which adjoins Colorado Springs to the west, and has two retail recreational pot shops, the maximum number allowed by city ordinance.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, "Local Option" legal challenge, Colorado Springs and vicinity
Medical marijuana outlets continue to operate in Colorado Springs although current regulations prevent any new stores from opening. As of 2015, there were 91 medical marijuana clinics in the city, which reported sales of $59.6 million in 2014, up 11 percent from the previous year.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, "Local Option" legal challenge, Pueblo county
In Pueblo County in 2013 the commissioners adopted laws governing the recreational marijuana industry. The laws allows for the establishment of recreational marijuana grows, manufacturing, testing and retail facilities. The county currently limits the industry to 15 retail marijuana stores which produced more than one half million dollars in taxes in their first year. In 2014 the citizens adopted a tax measure designed to fund college scholarships.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, "Local Option" legal challenge, Pueblo county
In April 2016 a citizen group, operating under Amendment 64's local option, is threatening to bring the issue to ballot with the potential outcome that if adopted the established industry would be forced to shut down anywhere it operates within the unincorporated county. County Commissioner Sal Pace said if this ban were to pass it would hurt the county. In 2015 the county generated a net revenue of $1.75 million from recreational marijuana sales.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Tax revenue
In February 2015, the state of Colorado reported that tax collection figures for 2014, the first year of legal commercial sales, reached a total of $44 million from recreational marijuana with a further $32 million collected from fees on the industry and pre-existing taxes on medical marijuana. The projected revenue before legalization was $60 million. These sales and excise tax figures do not include the corporate and personal income taxes generated by businesses and employees working in the state's marijuana industry.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Tax revenue
The state Department of Revenue reported that official sales of recreational and medical marijuana from dispensaries reached over $996 million in 2015; a $297 million increase from the $699 million sold in 2014. The 2015 sales alone generated $135 million of tax revenue, $35 million of which are being used for the Education Center construction projects.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Results
Colorado has experienced significant financial benefit as a result of legalization, with marijuana tax, license and fee revenue surpassing $1 billion as of 2019. This revenue has been used to finance youth, education and health programs; the first $40 million of annual fee revenue is used to repair and upgrade local elementary schools and education facilities.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Results
Colorado has seen an 8% rise in homelessness since legalization, which has fueled speculation as to whether increased marijuana use is partially to blame; however, this rise is likely attributed to migration into the state as a result of legalization, including those who were already homeless. The number of teenagers sent to emergency rooms with THC-positive substance screens more than quadrupled after marijuana was legalized. The state also saw a 3% increase in car collision claims after legalization.


2012 Colorado Amendment 64, Interstate lawsuit
In 2015, Nebraska and Oklahoma attempted to file suit in federal court to stop the implementation of Amendment 64, claiming that Colorado cannabis was harming their localities, and should be preempted by federal law. Sheriffs in Kansas joined the suit. If their effort prevailed, it could have "potentially [led] to all state-level legalization laws being struck down". The United States Solicitor General filed an amicus brief urging the bill of complaint not to be heard, in layman's terms "urging the court to stay out of the case". On March 21, 2016, the United States Supreme Court denied Nebraska and Oklahoma's motion, leaving Amendment 64 and other states' legalization laws in effect.


2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by second-year head coach and alumnus Jon Embree, the Buffaloes played their home games on-campus at Folsom Field in Boulder and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.


2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The season was a disaster for the Buffaloes, who were regularly blown out by their opponents, lost to FCS Sacramento State, and only managed a single win with a late comeback at Washington State in Mike Leach's first season with the Cougars. On November 25, 2012, head coach Jon Embree was fired after compiling a 4–21 record including 1–11 in his final year. To date, this is the worst season in the history of Colorado Buffaloes football.


2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Previous season
Colorado finished the 2011 season with a record of 3–10, 2–7 in Pac-12 play, tied for last place in the South Division.


2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team, Postseason
On November 25, 2012, the university announced that Athletic Director Mike Bohn had fired head coach Jon Embree.


2012 Colorado Ice season
The 2012 Colorado Ice season was the team's sixth season as a football franchise and fourth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). Founded for the 2007 season as part of United Indoor Football, the Colorado Ice became charter members of the IFL when the UIF merged with the Intense Football League before the 2009 season. One of 16 teams that competed in the IFL for the 2012 season, the Fort Collins-based Colorado Ice were members of the Intense Conference.


2012 Colorado Ice season
In their first season under head coach Heron O'Neal, the Colorado Ice played their home games at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado. The team recorded an 8–6 record and reached the playoffs for the second season in a row. Two Ice players were named to All-IFL Teams: Aric Goodman was selected First Team for special teams and offensive lineman while Mike Trice was selected Second Team All IFL for offense.


2012 Colorado International
The 2012 Colorado International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament and was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Denver, United States between 2 and 8 July 2012.


2012 Colorado International, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Colorado International – Doubles
Marie-Ève Pelletier and Shelby Rogers won the title, defeating Lauren Embree and Nicole Gibbs in the final, 6–3, 3–6, [12–10].


2012 Colorado International – Singles
Nicole Gibbs won the title, defeating Julie Coin in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4.


2012 Colorado Mammoth season
The Colorado Mammoth is a lacrosse team based in Denver, Colorado playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2012 season was the 26th in franchise history and 10th as the Mammoth (previously the Washington Power, Pittsburgh Crossefire, and Baltimore Thunder).


2012 Colorado Mammoth season, Regular season, Conference standings
x: Clinched playoff berth; c: Clinched playoff berth by crossing over to another division; y: Clinched division; z: Clinched best regular season record; GP: Games PlayedW: Wins; L: Losses; GB: Games back; PCT: Win percentage; Home: Record at Home; Road: Record on the Road; GF: Goals scored; GA: Goals allowedDifferential: Difference between goals scored and allowed; GF/GP: Average number of goals scored per game; GA/GP: Average number of goals allowed per game


2012 Colorado Mammoth season, Transactions, Dispersal Draft
The Mammoth chose the following players in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft:


2012 Colorado Mammoth season, Transactions, Entry draft
The 2011 NLL Entry Draft took place on September 21, 2011. The Mammoth selected the following players:


2012 Colorado Rapids season
The 2012 Colorado Rapids season is the team's eighteenth year of existence. The team's first match was on March 10 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.


2012 Colorado Rapids season, Competitions, Major League Soccer, Table
(SS) = Supporters Shield winner; (W1) = Western Conference champion


2012 Colorado Rapids season, Miscellany, Allocation ranking
Colorado is in the #14 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club’s ranking.


2012 Colorado Rapids season, Miscellany, International roster spots
Colorado has 7 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster slots. Colorado acquired an additional permanent slot from Real Salt Lake in 2005, traded slots to Vancouver Whitecaps FC in both 2010 and 2012, and traded another slot to New York Red Bulls in 2010. In July 2012, Colorado acquired a slot from Portland Timbers which returns to Portland on 1 January 2013.


2012 Colorado Rapids season, Miscellany, Future draft pick trades
Future picks acquired: * 2013 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick from Houston Dynamo; * 2014 MLS SuperDraft conditional pick from Houston Dynamo. Future picks traded: * 2013 Supplemental Draft Round 3 pick to Vancouver Whitecaps FC; * 2014 MLS SuperDraft Round 2 pick to Vancouver Whitecaps FC.


2012 Colorado Rockies season
The Colorado Rockies' 2012 season was the franchise's 20th in Major League Baseball. It involved the Rockies' 18th season of playing their home games at Coors Field.


2012 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2012 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


2012 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2012 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2012 Colorado Rockies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


2012 Colorado State Rams football team
The 2012 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by first year head coach Jim McElwain and played their home games at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2012 Colorado wildfires
The 2012 Colorado wildfires were an unusually devastating series of Colorado wildfires, including several separate fires that occurred throughout June, July, and August 2012. At least 34,500 residents were evacuated in June.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Causes
In 2011-2012, Colorado had an extremely dry winter, with only 13% of the average precipitation. The summer also saw temperatures near and in excess of 100 °F across the state, and most of the state had relative humidity in the teens and single digits. Dry thunderstorms and arsonists were also possible contributing factors, though the sources of some of the fires have not yet been determined.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Little Sand Fire
Started May 13, this 22,400-acre fire was located in the San Juan National Forest north of the Piedra River near Pagosa Springs, Colorado.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Treasure fire
Starting June 21, 2012, the Treasure fire (also called New Treasure fire), a forest fire about five miles north of Leadville in Lake County, burned 420 acres on US Forest Service land, but did not threaten any homes or structures. As of July 2, 2012, the Treasure fire was reported to be 100 percent contained. The fire's cause remains unknown.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Weber fire
The Weber fire has burned over 10,000 acres just southeast of Mancos in Montezuma County. It started on Friday, June 22, 2012. The fire resulted in evacuation orders for 140 households and pre-evacuation orders for 390 more. All evacuation orders were lifted Monday morning, July 2. As of that date, the Weber fire is reported to be 75 percent contained. Officials are targeting Thursday, July 5 for full containment. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Waldo Canyon fire
The Waldo Canyon fire is a forest fire that started 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Colorado Springs on June 23, 2012, on July 8, 2012 the fire is 100 percent contained on 15,364 acres (24 sq mi; 62 km2)  of US Forest Service land. The fire has caused the evacuation of over 32,000 residents of Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs and Woodland Park, several small mountain communities along Highway 24, and partial evacuation of the United States Air Force Academy.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Waldo Canyon fire
On the afternoon of June 26, winds increased following a dry thunderstorm that passed west of the fire, within two hours the fire which had been held by firefighters near Rampart Road jumped northeast into Queens Canyon as the fire crested out of Queens Canyon gusts as high as 70 mph pushed the fire down the front range particularly into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood. After 12 hours of fighting the blaze in western Colorado Springs the fire had claimed over 350 homes in Colorado Springs, thus making it the most destructive fire in Colorado state history by the number of houses burned.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Flagstaff fire
The Flagstaff fire (also called Bison fire) was forest fire located a few miles southwest of the city of Boulder in Boulder County. The fire was started by a lightning strike at 1:15 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time, on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, near the intersection of Flagstaff Road and Bison Drive, about three miles south of Flagstaff Mountain. Evacuation was ordered for 26 households in the Pine Needle Notch mountain subdivision. A pre-evacuation order was issued Tuesday evening, June 26, for 2400 households in southwestern Boulder proper. The pre-evacuation order was lifted late the next day, Wednesday, June 27.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Flagstaff fire
The city of Boulder closed down a large part of the City of Boulder Mountain Parks to public use, specifically trails south of Chautauqua. On July 2, the city reopened the Mesa Trail and all trails east of the Mesa Trail to public use, although trails west of the Mesa Trail remained closed.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Flagstaff fire
As of July 2, 2012, the Flagstaff fire was 90% contained and had burned about 300 acres.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Lower North Fork fire
In March, the 4,140 acre fire took the lives of three residents and destroyed 23 homes, one mile east of Foxton, Colorado. The Lower North Fork fire started on Monday, March 26. Preliminary reports indicate that the fire was caused by embers from a prescribed fire.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, High Park fire
The High Park fire, a forest fire in the mountains west of Fort Collins in Larimer County, was caused by a lightning strike and was first detected on the morning of June 9, 2012. A 62-year-old woman was killed in the fire.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, High Park fire
This fire burned over 87,250 acres (136 sq mi; 353 km2), making it the second-largest fire in recorded Colorado history by area burned, after the Hayman Fire of 2002. It destroyed at least 259 homes, surpassing the number consumed by the Fourmile Canyon fire of 2010. The High Park fire was the most destructive fire in Colorado history, in terms of the number of houses burned, until it was surpassed by the Waldo Canyon fire.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, High Park fire
The High Park fire was declared 100 percent contained on June 30, 2012, and all related evacuation orders were ended.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Springer fire
Reported June 17, 2012, the Springer fire, in Eleven Mile Canyon south of Lake George, burned over 1,100 acres. Over 500 firefighters fought the fire. As the fire was brought under control on Sunday, June 24, 2012, resources were pulled from it to fight the Waldo Canyon fire.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Woodland Heights fire
On June 23, 2012, the Woodland Heights fire in Estes Park, Colorado was started by a power line rubbing against a pine tree. The fire spread to 27.3 acres, burning 22 houses and two outbuildings in the Rocky Mountain National Park. The fire was contained over the weekend, and residents were allowed to return to the area the following Monday afternoon, June 25, 2012.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Woodland Heights fire
Estes Valley Fire Protection District's proactive response, along with the extra resources afforded by a cost-sharing agreement with Larimer County, were credited with preventing the fire spreading into a major disaster on the scale of some of the year's other wildfires in the state, EVFPD board president Sue Doylen calling it one of the wildfire season's success stories.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Last Chance Fire
Starting Monday, June 25, 2012, this grassland fire, in and near the small towns of Last Chance and Woodrow in Washington County, burned over 45,000 acres, making it the second largest wildfire by acreage in Colorado in the year 2012 to date, after the High Park fire. Although this fire burned a very sparsely populated area, nonetheless at least 11 structures were lost, including four houses. The fire was declared fully contained on Tuesday evening, June 26. Cause of this fire is thought to be sparks thrown up from an automobile wheel following a tire blowout.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Ironing Board fire
The Ironing Board fire was a short-lived forest fire, started by a lightning strike on Thursday, June 28, 2012 in the City of Boulder Mountain Parks adjacent to the Third Flatiron. The fire was extinguished the next day. Although small, this fire was even closer to the city of Boulder than the Flagstaff fire. The sighting of this forest fire on the heels of the Flagstaff fire provoked numerous reports from the public.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Pine Ridge fire
The Pine Ridge fire was a large wildfire caused by a lightning strike that was detected in the rugged Little Bookcliffs area at 1:57 pm, MDT, on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 ten miles northeast of Grand Junction in Mesa County, Colorado. The fire started at a generally small size of twenty acres and rapidly grew uncontrollably due to the low humidity and high temperatures. As of Wednesday, July 4, 2012, officials say that the fire had burned an estimated 13,920 acres and have contained 100% of the fire. This was the first major fire of 2012 on the Western Slope. The cost to fight the fire was at an estimated $2.4 million.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Wetmore fire
On Tuesday, October 23, a wildfire was reported around 1:30 pm about a quarter mile south of Wetmore, Colorado. Winds blowing as fast as 50 miles per hour fanned the flames which grew to 970 acres within hours. Due to dangerous gusts, all firefighting aircraft were grounded. Greenwood and other nearby communities were evacuated, in which a total of 15 structures were destroyed. Over the next few days, the high winds subsided, allowing firefighters to achieve full containment on the fire by October 29. The blaze burned just under 2,000 acres and is believed to be human-caused.


2012 Colorado wildfires, Fires, Fern Lake fire
An illegal campfire sparked the Fern Lake fire in Rocky Mountain National Park on Tuesday, October 9. Due to steep and inaccessible terrain, firefighters could only monitor the fire. It smoldered throughout October and November; slowly reaching over 1,500 acres and 40% containment. On December 1, wind speeds increased to as high as 75 miles per hour and pushed the fire east three miles into Moraine Park, where an unoccupied cabin was destroyed and over 580 homes were evacuated. A snowstorm later that month halted the fire at 3,500 acres, but smoke was still visible until January 7, 2013.


2012 Columbia Lions football team
The 2012 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Pete Mangurian and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 3–7, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2012 Columbus Crew season
The 2012 Columbus Crew season is the club's nineteenth year of existence, as well as their seventeenth season in Major League Soccer, and their seventeenth consecutive season in the top-flight of American soccer.


2012 Columbus Crew season
Columbus opened its 2012 campaign against the Colorado Rapids at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on March 10, 2012.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Review
The Crew missed the playoffs in 2012 for the first time since 2007, marking a further step backwards from the height of 2008. The roster moves which took place leading into the season were ultimately unsuccessful, with both high-profile signings - Milovan Mirosevic and Olman Vargas - playing only a single season for the club.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Review
The lackluster performance of Vargas and Mirosevic led the team to a series of midseason signings, which nearly salvaged the season. Costa Rican forward Jairo Arrieta joined the team in June, while Argentine midfielder Federico Higuain signed a Designated Player contract a month later. The tandem revitalized the Crew's offense, leading to a 4-game winning streak and thoughts of post-season glory. After this initial honeymoon, however, the team's performance declined; the team just missed out on a playoff berth.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Review
After the season, coach Robert Warzycha began yet another rebuilding effort, jettisoning several veteran players including William Hesmer, Sebastian Miranda and Emilio Renteria.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Review
The year's most significant event, however, had nothing to do with on-field performance. Rookie midfielder Kirk Urso collapsed and died on August 5 from a genetic heart defect (arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy), providing an emotional rallying cry for the remainder of the season and beyond.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 23, 2012.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Competitions, MLS, Results summary
Last updated: 28 October 2012Source: Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won;  T = Matches tied;  L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference


2012 Columbus Crew season, Competitions, MLS Cup Playoffs
The Columbus Crew failed to qualify for the playoffs in this season.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Miscellaneous, Allocation ranking
Columbus is in the #10 position in the MLS Allocation Ranking. The allocation ranking is the mechanism used to determine which MLS club has first priority to acquire a U.S. National Team player who signs with MLS after playing abroad, or a former MLS player who returns to the league after having gone to a club abroad for a transfer fee. A ranking can be traded, provided that part of the compensation received in return is another club's ranking.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Miscellaneous, International roster spots
Columbus has 8 MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2012 season. Each club in Major League Soccer is allocated 8 international roster spots and no Columbus trades have been reported.


2012 Columbus Crew season, Miscellaneous, Future draft pick trades
Future picks acquired: *2015 MLS SuperDraft Round 4 pick from Houston Dynamo. Future picks traded: *2013 MLS Supplemental Draft conditional pick to Montreal Impact.


2012 Columbus Lions season
The 2012 Columbus Lions season was the sixth season for the professional indoor football franchise and their first in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL).


2012 Columbus Lions season
The team played their home games under head coach Jason Gibson at the Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia.


2012 Columbus Lions season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated June 23, 201320 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS


2012 Comerica Bank Challenger
The 2012 Comerica Bank Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 24th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Aptos, United States between 6 and 12 August July 2012.


2012 Comerica Bank Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Comerica Bank Challenger – Doubles
Carsten Ball and Chris Guccione were the defending champions; however, Ball chose not to compete. Guccione competed with Frank Moser. Rik de Voest and John Peers won the title, defeating Guccione and Moser 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–4] in the final.


2012 Comerica Bank Challenger – Singles
Laurynas Grigelis, the defending champion, didn't participate this year. Steve Johnson won the title, defeating Robert Farah 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second one using the 9 wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Each ward elected three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system: a form of proportional representation. A total of 31 Councillors were elected.


2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election
Independent Councillors retained the large majority of seats on the Council and retained control of the administration. The Scottish National Party increased their representation, gaining 4 seats on the Isle of Lewis while losing 1 seat on Barra. The Scottish Labour Party also gained an additional seat.


2012 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, Election result
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.


2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup was the 20th annual Commonwealth of Independent States Cup since its establishment in 1993. It was hosted in Saint Petersburg, Russia between 19 and 29 January 2012.


2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup
Saint Petersburg hosted the event for the third time, with all matches being held in a single venue (Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex). For this edition of the tournament the format of the competition has changed dramatically. Most importantly, all participating nations were represented by their youth (U20/U21) national teams, rather than by champions of domestic leagues.


2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, Format
Twelve teams were divided into three groups of four. The top two of each group qualified automatically for a play-off along with the two best third placed teams. The other third placed team along with the three bottom participants out of each group proceed to the group which would place its members between the 9th through the 12th places.


2012 Commonwealth of Independent States Cup, Format
The winners of the quarter finals advanced further into semi-finals, while the other four less fortunate entered play-off for the fifth place. Next the winners of the semi-finals advanced to the final, while the other two participants played for the third place. Simultaneously the winners of the play-off for the fifth place continued to the fifth place match, while the other two played for the seventh place.


2012 Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia leadership election
The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) held a leadership election on 19 May 2012. Incumbent leader Vojtěch Filip faced Stanislav Grospič. Potential candidates included Miroslav Grebeníček, Marta Semelová and Jiří Dolejš. Filip was reelected when he received 275 votes from delegates while Grospiš only 168 votes.


2012 Concertación municipal primaries
The Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia primaries for the 2012 Chilean municipal elections took place nationally on 1 April 2012. 313,000 people voted in the Concertación primaries in 142 different communes. 142 out of 335 candidates were elected to represent the political conglomerate.


2012 Concertación municipal primaries
Following the defeat of the Concertación in the 2009 presidential election, the left-wing parties' primaries were qualified as "defective and restricted." The coalition, then, set the date of the municipal primaries to determine the candidates representing the political conglomerate in the elections of October 2012.


2012 Concertación municipal primaries
The Concertación primaries were delayed in the commune of Providencia, Santiago Metropolitan Region until 13 May, with three candidates participating. María Josefa Errázuriz was eventually chosen to face current-mayor Cristián Labbé in the October elections.


2012 Concertación municipal primaries, Results in selected communes
Oscar Pereira died on 6 July 2012. The Christian Democrat Party appointed Cristian Galleguillos as their new candidate.


2012 Conference Premier play-off Final
The 2012 Conference Premier play-off Final, known as the 2012 Blue Square Bet Premier play-off Final for sponsorship purposes, was a football match between Luton Town and York City on 20 May 2012 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the tenth Conference Premier play-off Final and the first to be played at Wembley since 2010. York won the match 2–1, coming from behind after conceding to Luton in the second minute to secure promotion to League Two, re-entering the Football League after an eight-year absence.


2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament
The 2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament was held at Trustmark Park in Pearl, MS from May 23 to May 27, 2012. The tournament used the format from the previous season, with the top eight teams from the regular season divided into two four-team pods. After round robin play, the teams with the best record in each pod will met in a championship game. UAB won their first championship and claimed the Conference USA's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, Seeding
The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament.


2012 Conference USA Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Michael Busby was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Busby was a pitcher for UAB.


2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game
The 2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game was played on December 1, 2012 between the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, winners of the Conference USA West division and the UCF Knights, the winners of the East division.


2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game
It was the third match-up between the Golden Hurricane and Knights in the C-USA Championship Game and the first in Tulsa. The two teams previously met in 2005 and 2007, which were both played in Orlando.


2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary
Under conference rules, the game was held at the home field of the team with the best record in conference play; since both teams finished C-USA play at 7–1, but Tulsa defeated UCF in their head-to-head match-up two weeks earlier, the game was held at the Golden Hurricane's home field, Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa, Oklahoma.


2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game, Game summary
The game marked UCF's last conference match-up as a member of Conference USA, as the Knights moved to the American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season.


2012 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament  was held from March 7–10, 2012 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tennessee.


2012 Conference USA Men's Basketball Tournament
Seeding for the tournament was determined by the conference standings at the end of the regular season. The winner of the tournament, Memphis, received the Conference USA automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament.


2012 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2012 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament was the eighteenth edition of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Conference USA champion and guaranteed representative into the 2012 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship. The tournament was hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the games were played at Regions Park.


2012 Conference USA football season
The 2012 Conference USA football season is an NCAA football season that will be played from August 2012 through January 2013. Conference USA consists of 12 football members separated into 2 divisions: East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, UCF make up the eastern division, while Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UTEP comprise the western division.


2012 Conference USA football season
The 2012 football season marks the 18th season of the conference's existence and 17th of football competition; although C-USA was established in 1995, it did not begin football competition until 1996. In addition, the season will be the last to feature participation from Houston, Memphis, SMU and UCF, as the four schools intend to leave the conference for the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2013.


2012 Conference USA football season
UCF will be eligible to compete for both the Conference USA championship and a bowl game this season with its appeal of a one-year football postseason ban not scheduled to be heard until next year. The NCAA has set the hearing for late January. Should UCF lose its appeal, it would serve its football ban in 2013 when it enters the Big East.


2012 Conference USA football season, Previous season
Southern Miss won the conference championship for the first time, defeating the Houston Cougars 49–28.


2012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash
The 2012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash was a minor skirmish that occurred along the two countries' border that resulted in the deaths of three soldiers.


2012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash, Incident, DRC claim
According to Congolese authorities the incident began 13 km (8 miles) north of Goma, when the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) had targeted a group of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soldiers when they refused to stop after being spotted on Rwandan territory, having crossed the frontier to buy beer. Rwandan troops then opened fire killing one DRC soldier, after that Congolese soldiers returned fire and killed an RDF soldier.


2012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash, Incident, Rwandan claim
According to Rwandan authorities, at about 12pm local time, a contingent of between 70 and 100 DRC soldiers crossed the border illegally to carry out a reconnaissance mission, about 400 meters into Rwandan territory. The local population then called RDF deployment in the area and informed them of Congolese soldiers presence in their village. The DRC troops opened fire first and engaged in a hostile fire-fight. During the shoot-out one DRC soldier was shot dead, during the exchange of fire with RDF who acted solely in self-defense.


2012 Congolese–Rwandan border clash, Incident, Rwandan claim
The intruders were then pushed back towards the Congolese border, leaving the bodies of two DRC soldiers behind. One of the dead soldiers was identified as Corporal Mbanza Numba Bisogolo, who was found with documents which indicated they were on a reconnaissance mission. The soldiers were armed with assault rifles, more than 200 rounds of ammunition, binoculars, communication equipment etc. Rwandan Defense Forces claimed only one of their soldiers was wounded during the incident. Following the shoot-out which Rwanda denounced the incident as an "act of provocation", allowed journalists and military observers to the scene of the shooting, in Busura, near Rubava in the country's west. There an AFP correspondent reported to have seen a Congolese soldier's body at the site.


2012 Connacht Senior Football Championship
The 2012 Connacht Senior Football Championship was that year's installment of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship held under the auspices of the Connacht GAA. It was won by Mayo who defeated Sligo in the final. This was Mayo's 43rd Connacht senior title. Mayo were drawn at home with London or Leitrim in their semi-final, while Sligo's route was the harder—playing away to New York and overcoming Galway in their semi-final, only to fall at the final hurdle once again.


2012 Connacht Senior Football Championship
The winning Mayo team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Sligo entered the All-Ireland Qualifiers but soon exited, with a tame 0-13 - 0-04 defeat by Kildare in their next game. Donegal defeated Connacht champions Mayo in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.


2012 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 2012 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Big East Conference. The team was led by second year head coach Paul Pasqualoni and played its home games at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. They finished the season 5–7, 2–5 in Big East play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2012 Connecticut Sun season
The 2012 WNBA season is the 14th season for the Connecticut Sun franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association. It is their tenth in Connecticut.


2012 Connecticut Sun season, Transactions, WNBA Draft
The following are the Sun's selections in the 2012 WNBA Draft.


2012 Consadole Sapporo season
The 2012 Consadole Sapporo season is Consadole Sapporo's 1st season in J. League Division 1 since 2008, hence the club's 8th overall in the top flight. Consadole Sapporo are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling
The 2012 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling was held from Thursday, January 12 to Sunday, January 15 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia. Just like in the previous year's event, the Continental Cup featured team events, mixed doubles events, singles competitions, and skins competitions, and the brunt of the points were won in the skins competitions. TSN broadcast the event, as it has in previous years.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling
Team World aimed to level the field after Team North America won the previous cup, which brought the overall total to 4–3 in favour of North America, and was successful, tying the overall total at 4–4. Team World's win ensured that no defending champion to date would successfully defend its title from the previous Cup, continuing a pattern that has occurred since the inception of the event. In their win, Team World also won the most points that they have won in this event, topping their score of 229 points won in 2006.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Event summary
Team World and Team North America started off the event relatively close in points. On Thursday, both teams tied their team draws and Team World took a small lead after the first mixed doubles draw. The second day, Friday, also resulted in tied draws in the team games, but Team World won three close mixed doubles games to take a larger lead heading into Day 3. Saturday saw the singles competition, where Team World swept the women's competition and won the aggregate bonus, and two very close skins draws, which Team North America used to make up their deficit.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Event summary
In the Skins B games, a series of carryovers had resulted in the games' final skins worth a combined total of 52 points. Team North America had the opportunity to take their first lead in the event, but only won one of the three final skins, giving Team World a big advantage. Team North America was able to prevent Team World from winning the Cup on Saturday, but Team World entered Sunday needing only 31 points to win the Cup.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Event summary
In the Women's Skins C game, Stefanie Lawton and her team were able to prevent Wang Bingyu from winning the Cup in their skins game by winning the first five ends, but Wang and her team came back to pick up the last three skins and thirty points, placing Team World on the brink of victory at 200 points, one point short of the 201 point total needed to win the Cup. The pressure shifted to Jeff Stoughton to keep the North Americans' hopes of a comeback alive.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Event summary
Team World's position at 200 points meant that it was possible for Team North America to tie the event, if Stoughton won all of the skins in his game versus Thomas Ulsrud, a feat that Anette Norberg accomplished in 2003 against Sherry Middaugh. In the event that the Continental Cup ended in a tie, the rules stipulated that the defending champion, North America, would retain the cup, similar to that in the rules of the Ryder Cup in golf. If there was a tie, the purses would have been split equally among all players.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Event summary
The Men's Skins C game saw Ulsrud and his team capitalize on a mistake by Stoughton to secure a skin of five points and win the eighth edition of the Continental Cup. The winning team, Team World, received a purse of CAD$52,000, CAD$2,000 per player, and the losing team received a purse of CAD$26,000, CAD$1,000 per player. The winning team of the last men's skin game (the Men's Skins C game), Team World, received a bonus of CAD$13,000.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
The teams were selected from the top teams in each region. Six teams from each region will compete against each other in the competition. Teams from Canada get to represent North America by virtue of winning certain events, such as the Tim Hortons Brier and the Canada Cup of Curling. The teams from the United States are chosen by the United States Curling Association to represent North America, and the teams representing Team World are selected by the World Curling Federation.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Teams
The teams in the table below have been announced as representatives of their respective regions. For Team North America, the teams participating include Canada Cup champions Stefanie Lawton and Glenn Howard, Tournament of Hearts champion Amber Holland, Brier champion Jeff Stoughton, and the United States men's and women's champions Pete Fenson and Patti Lank. For Team World, the teams participating include world champion Anette Norberg, former world champion Wang Bingyu, world junior champion Eve Muirhead, world bronze medalist Niklas Edin, world silver medalist Tom Brewster, and Olympic silver medalist Thomas Ulsrud.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Events
All times listed are Pacific Standard Time. The draws for Thursday and Friday were released on Wednesday night, and the draws for Saturday and Sunday were released on Friday afternoon.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Events, Saturday, January 14
Each singles game has 4 points available, for a total of 32 points in the singles competition.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Events, Saturday, January 14
Team World receives a bonus of 8 points in the singles competition by earning an aggregate total higher than that of Team North America, with 102 points to Team North America's 97 points.


2012 Continental Cup of Curling, Events, Sunday, January 15
With an in-off tap for two in the third end, Ulsrud won the skin of five points and clinched the Continental Cup for Team World. Later on, in the eighth end, Ulsrud and his team took advantage of crucial mistakes from Stoughton to steal the last skin and win the game and the bonus $13,000 for Team World.


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season
The 2012 Continental Indoor Football League season was the Continental Indoor Football League's seventh overall season. The regular season started on Saturday March 10, with the expansion Port Huron Patriots defeating the expansion Chicago Vipers 52–49 at McMorran Arena, and ended with the 2012 CIFL Championship Game, the league's championship game, on June 2, 2012, at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan where the Saginaw Sting defeated the Dayton Silverbacks 35–7.


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Schedule
For the first time in the past 3 years, the league's schedule was unbalanced. Teams had been playing each team twice for a total for ten games, but in 2012 some teams will play one team 3 times, and another team just once.


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Schedule
Highlights of the 2012 schedule are a home and home battle for the Michigan Cup between the Patriots and Saginaw Sting. Those games will take place on April 14 in Port Huron and April 20 in Saginaw. The Indianapolis Enforcers and Evansville Rage will have a similar challenge as they meet three times during the season, March 17 and April 21 in Evansville and Mother's Day weekend on May 12 in Indianapolis.


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Schedule
The top four teams were supposed to qualify for the playoffs, which were to begin on the weekend of May 26. The playoff format would have #1 hosting #4 and #2 hosting #3. The 2012 CIFL Championship Game will be held on June 2. The playoffs could start on June 2 if voted on by the owners prior to the season in order to miss Memorial Day weekend. But, the league decided to shorten the playoffs. This left the Port Huron Patriots and the Evansville Rage both out of the playoffs, and Dayton and Saginaw into the CIFL Championship Game


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Schedule, Scheduling changes
The following regular season games were moved either by way of ownership change:


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Rule changes
There were not major rule changes, but the game ball was changed from the golden color they have used since 2009. The new ball returns to a traditional brown color that can be seen in the NFL, as well as white stripes are painted on each end of the ball, halfway around the circumference, to improve indoor visibility.


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Media
The CIFL continues to offer live stats and streaming audio for its games using the Gamecenter on www.CIFLFootball.com, but individual teams are still allowed to contract out their radio and TV broadcasts to local media stations.


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Media
The following is a list of media outlets that were used by their respective teams throughout the season:


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Coaching changes, Pre-season
On September 7, 2011, it was announced that Mister Askew would be named the 6th coach in Silverbacks history.


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Coaching changes, Pre-season
On March 1, just ten days before the season started, the Silverback fired Head Coach Mister Askew. The reasons for his termination have yet to be determined. He was replaced by James Scott, who had been hired as the defensive coordinator.


2012 Continental Indoor Football League season, Coaching changes, Pre-season
Leveille replaced John Mize, who was dismissed after losing back to back one point games.


2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
The 2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge was the twelfth season of the Grand American Road Racing Association's support series. It began on January 26–27 at Daytona International Speedway. The entire season of the CTSCC was tape-delayed on Speed, but shown live in its entirety on speed2.com.


2012 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, Schedule
The first nine rounds were announced on November 9, 2011. The tenth was announced on November 14, 2011. All rounds were run to a 2-hour, 30 minute duration.


2012 Conwy County Borough Council election
The 2012 Conwy Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Conwy County Borough Council in Wales. It was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. The previous elections took place on 1 May 2008 and the next elections took place on 4 May 2017.


2012 Conwy County Borough Council election, Overview
[ a] Includes Betws yn Rhos councillor who did not declare his affiliation at the election


2012 Conwy County Borough Council election, Results
(*) represents a candidate running from previous election. (~) represents an equivalent to a previous candidate.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections
The Cook County, Illinois general election was held on November 6, 2012.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections
Elections were held for Clerk of the Circuit Court, Recorder of Deeds, State's Attorney, all three seats on the Board of Review, three seats on the Water Reclamation District Board, and judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information
2012 was a presidential election year in the United States. The primaries and general elections for Cook County races coincided with those for federal races (President and House) and those for state elections.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout
Voter turnout in Cook County during the primaries was 24.03%, with 644,701 ballots cast. Among these, 440,873 Democratic, 200,750 Republican, 112 Green, and 2,966 nonpartisan primary ballots were cast. The city of Chicago saw 24.46% turnout, its lowest turnout for a presidential primary on record (with the records dating back to 1942). Suburban Cook County saw 23.63% turnout.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Election information, Voter turnout
The general election saw 70.59% turnout, with 2,030,563 ballots cast. Chicago saw 73.01% turnout and suburban Cook County saw 70.70% turnout.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court
In the 2012 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County election,  incumbent third-term Clerk Dorothy A. Brown, a Democrat, was reelected.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Primaries, Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Diane S. Shapiro.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds
In the 2012 Cook County Recorder of Deeds election,  incumbent Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore, a Democrat, did not seek reelection. Moore had served as Recorder of Deeds since 1999. Karen Yarbrough was elected to succeed him.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Recorder of Deeds, Primaries, Democratic
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Sherri Griffith.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney
In the 2012 Cook County State's Attorney election,  incumbent first-term State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, a Democrat, was reelected.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney
Only Democrats had held this office ever since Richard A. Devine unseated Republican Jack O'Malley in 1996.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, State's Attorney, Primaries, Republican
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary. The Republican Party ultimately nominated Lori S. Yokoyama.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
In the 2012 Cook County Board of Review election,  all three seats, two Democratic-held and one Republican-held, were up for election. All incumbents won reelection.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term. This was the first year since 2002 that all three seats were coincidingly up for election.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review
As these were the first elections held following the 2010 United States Census, the seats faced redistricting before this election.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 1st district
Incumbent first-term member Dan Patlak, a Republican first elected in 2010, was reelected. This election was to a four-year term.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district
Incumbent member Michael Cabonargi, a Democrat appointed in 2011 after Joseph Berrios resigned to assume office as Cook County Assessor, was reelected to a full term, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. This election was to a four-year term.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 2nd district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district
Incumbent second-term member Larry Rogers, Jr., a Democrat, was reelected, running unopposed in both the Democratic primary and general election. Rogers had last been reelected in 2008. This election was to a two-year term.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Cook County Board of Review, 3rd district, Primaries
No candidates, ballot-certified or formal write-in, ran in the Republican primary.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
In the 2012 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago election, three of the nine seats on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago board were up for election in an at-large election.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
Incumbent Democrats Debra Shore and Patricia Horton sought reelection. Horton failed to garner renomination, thus losing reelection.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Water Reclamation District Board
Shore won reelection. Joining Shore in winning the general election were Democrats Kari K. Steele and Patrick Daley Thompson.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
12 judgeships on the Circuit Court of Cook County were up for partisan elections due to vacancies. 56 Circuit Court judgeships were up for retention elections.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Judicial elections
23 subcircuit court judgeships were also up for partisan elections due to vacancies. Multiple subcircuit court judgeships were also up for retention elections.


2012 Cook County, Illinois elections, Other elections
Coinciding with the primaries, elections were held to elect both the Democratic and Republican committeemen for the wards of Chicago.


2012 Cook Islands Round Cup
The 2012 season of the Cook Islands Round Cup was the thirty ninth recorded season of top flight association football competition in the Cook Islands, with any results between 1951 and 1969 and also in 1986 and 1988–1990 currently unknown. Tupapa Maraerenga won the championship, and qualified for the 2013–14 OFC Champions League. This was their tenth recorded championship, although other sources suggest that their victories in 1992 and 1993 were won by Takuvaine and Avatiu respectively. It was also their second hat trick of titles following their successes in the 2001, 2002 and 2003 seasons. Nikao Sokattack were runners-up, with Arorangi finishing in third place.


2012 Cook Islands Round Cup, League table
Tupapa Maraerenga won the league, which was played on a round robin home and away basis.


2012 Cooper Challenger
The 2012 Cooper Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 5th edition of the tournament and part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada between July 9 and July 15, 2012.


2012 Cooper Challenger, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Cooper Challenger – Doubles
Alexandra Mueller and Asia Muhammed were the defending champions, but Muhammed chose not to participate. Mueller partners up with Julia Glushko. Canadians Sharon Fichman and Marie-Ève Pelletier defeated Shuko Aoyama and Gabriela Dabrowski 6–2, 7–5 in the final.


2012 Cooper Challenger – Singles
Sharon Fichman was the defending champion and won the title again with a 6–3, 6–2 win over Julia Glushko.


2012 Coors Light Cash Spiel
The 2012 Coors Light Cash Spiel was held from November 23 to 25 at the Duluth Curling Club in Duluth, Minnesota as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. It was held in conjunction with the 2012 Molson Cash Spiel. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was USD$14,400. In the final, Bryan Burgess of Ontario defeated John Shuster of Minnesota in an extra end with a score of 6–5.


2012 Copa ASOBAL
The 2012 Copa ASOBAL was the 23rd edition of the Copa ASOBAL. It took place in the Pabellón As Travesas, in Vigo, Galicia, on 21 & 22 December 2012. It was hosted by Liga ASOBAL, Vigo city council & Academia Octavio. Vigo hosts Copa ASOBAL for third time. FC Barcelona Intersport won its eight title and qualified for 2013–14 EHF Champions League.


2012 Copa ASOBAL, Qualified teams
Qualified teams are the top four teams on standings at midseason.


2012 Copa Agco Cordoba
The 2012 Copa Agco Cordoba was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Villa Allende, Argentina between 15 and 21 October 2012.


2012 Copa Agco Cordoba, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Copa Agco Cordoba – Doubles
Facundo Bagnis and Diego Junqueira won the final 6–1, 6–2 against Ariel Behar and Guillermo Durán.


2012 Copa Agco Cordoba – Singles
Guillaume Rufin won the title, defeating Javier Martí 6–2, 6–3 in the final.


2012 Copa Argentina Final
The 2012 Copa Argentina Final was the 185th. and final match of the 2011–12 Copa Argentina, the first edition of the national cup relaunched by AFA in 2011. It was played in single match between Boca Juniors and Racing Club, on August 8, 2012 at the Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario. The winner qualified to play the 2012 Copa Sudamericana.


2012 Copa Argentina Final
Boca Juniors won the match 2–1 with goals by strikers Santiago Silva and Lucas Viatri, achieving their 2nd. Copa Argentina title.


2012 Copa Bimbo
The 2012 Campeonato Internacional de Verano, also known as 2012 Copa Bimbo for sponsoring purposes, is the fourth edition of the Campeonato Internacional de Verano, an exhibition international club football competition that featured two clubs from Uruguay (Nacional and Peñarol), one from Peru (Universidad San Martín) and one from Chile (Palestino). It is played in Montevideo, Uruguay at the Estadio Centenario from 13 to 15 January 2012.


2012 Copa Bimbo, Matches, Final
Man of the match: Emiliano AlbínAssistant referees: Carlos Pastorino Raúl HartwigFourth official: Gustavo Siegler


2012 Copa Bionaire
The 2012 Copa Bionaire is a professional tennis tournament played on Clay courts. It is the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit. The event took place in Cali, Colombia between 6 and 12 February 2012. It offered the prize of US$ 100,000.


2012 Copa Bionaire, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2012 Copa Bionaire, WTA entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received entry by a lucky loser spot:


2012 Copa Bionaire, Champions, Doubles
Karin Knapp /  Mandy Minella def. Alexandra Cadanțu /  Raluca Olaru, 6–4, 6–3


2012 Copa Bionaire – Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu and Elena Bogdan were the defending champions, but both chose not to participate.


2012 Copa Bionaire – Doubles
Karin Knapp and Mandy Minella won the tournament, defeating Alexandra Cadanțu and Raluca Olaru in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2012 Copa Bionaire – Singles
Irina-Camelia Begu was the defending champion, but decided not to participate this year.


2012 Copa Bionaire – Singles
Alexandra Dulgheru won the title, defeating Mandy Minella in the final, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3.


2012 Copa Bolivia
The 2012 season of the Copa Bolívia is the first edition of the third tier of the Bolivian Football pyramid. In this edition will comprise the runners-up of the nine regional championship, the runners-up of Torneo Nacional Interprovincial 2012 and two invited teams. The host cities are Tarija and Warnes. The best three teams of the competition will be promoted to the 2012–13 Liga Nacional B.


2012 Copa Catalunya (women's football)
The 2012 Copa Catalunya Femenina was the eighth edition of the competition and ran from 26 May to 27 August 2012, with the Final Four taking place in Manresa. FC Barcelona defeated RCD Espanyol on penalties in the final to win its fourth title in a row. UE L'Estartit and CE Sant Gabriel also reached the Final Four.


2012 Copa Catalunya (women's football), Results, First Round
The matches were played on 26 and 27 May 2012.


2012 Copa Catalunya (women's football), Results, Second Round
The matches were played on 2 and 3 June 2012.


2012 Copa Catalunya (women's football), Results, Second Round
1 This game was originally won by Badalona (2–7) before it was awarded a default victory in favor of Júpiter.


2012 Copa Catalunya (women's football), Results, Third Round
The matches were played on 9, 10 and 16 June 2012.


2012 Copa Catalunya (women's football), Results, Quarter-finals
The matches were played on 16, 21 and 23 June 2012.


2012 Copa Chevrolet Montana season
The 2012 Copa Chevrolet Montana season was the third Copa Chevrolet Montana season. It began on March 25 at the Interlagos and ended on November 11 at the Brasília, after eight rounds. For 2012 season, the championship have new scoring system.


2012 Copa Chevrolet Montana season
After nine  drivers became at last round with title chances, Rafael Daniel won for the third time, a new record in category.


2012 Copa Chevrolet Montana season, Championship standings, Drivers' Championship
† Eduardo Garcia were eligible for Driver's Championship standings in Curitiba and Brasília.


2012 Copa Claro
The 2012 Copa Claro was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 15th edition of the Copa Claro, and it was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour. It took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 18 through February 26, 2012. David Ferrer won the singles title.


2012 Copa Claro, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: