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End of the World: A Playlist

Lifestyle

Mood music to both stoke your fears and quell them, while giving your ears one last treat before the man comes around.

End of the World: Top 10 Doomsday predictions that didn’t come true (PHOTOS)

Lifestyle

It’s the end of the world as we know it

Lifestyle

End of the World 2012: Top 5 places to watch it all go down

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End of the World: Apocalypse Not

Agence France-Presse
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End of the World 2012: New York’s Radio Doomsday (VIDEO)

Agence France-Presse

A New Yorker broadcasts his warnings about the coming apocalypse.

Mayan Calendars: Will December 21, 2012 be the end of the world? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Lifestyle

Did the ancient Mayans Calendars predict the end of the world? Here’s a nifty infographic to explain the Dec. 21, 2012 phenomenon.

Magic mushrooms inspired Mayan end-of-world prognosis: British academic

Agence France-Presse

Mayan apocalypse date comes out of hippie movement, argues professor.

How to survive the end of the world

Lifestyle

Just spend Dec. 21 in the Turkish town of Sirince, where “positive energies” are sure to keep you safe.

Colombia’s ‘end of the world’ bunker

Agence France-Presse

Whether or not the end is near, one Colombian businessman is taking no chances — he built an underground bunker.

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