2012: The Year in Pictures
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October 9: Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from court after being sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for child sexual abuse.
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October 12: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is transported from Los Angeles International Airport to its retirement home at the California Science Center in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California.
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October 14: Felix Baumgartner of Austria jumps out of a capsule more than 38 kilometers above the Earth during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos.
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October 16: Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, left, and President Barack Obama spar during the second presidential debate, Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.