Google’s Most-Searched Items In 2012

Whitney Houston's death on February 11th triggered more searches than any other person or topic.

It technically wasn’t a hurricane when it slammed into the northeast coast, but the superstorm killed killed more than 100 and destroyed entire communities in New York and New Jersey.

The futuristic movie and novel

The the Asian-American basketball player who seemingly came out of nowhere to star for the New York Knicks. He received no scholarship offers out of high school and was undrafted after attending Harvard.

Who’s Amanda Dodd? She’s a woman from England who cut her weight in half in two years to go from size 22 dresses to size 10. It allowed her to land her dream of starring in a stage show cabaret and now runs her own health and wellness business. .

Just a couple of weeks ago the pop song and videoe became the first Youtube video to be viewed a billion times.

The actor nominated for an Academy Award for his role as John Coffey in "The Green Mile." He died in September.

A film highlighting Ugandan war criminal John Kony