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The Air Force Academy will open its Athletics Hall of Fame doors to two former coaches, five athletes and a womenÔÇÖs swimming and diving team that captured back-to-back NCAA championships.Read the full story here.

by Wayne Heilman, The GazetteWhile 2016 was known nationally for the deaths of several celebrities and prominent figures, the Colorado Springs area was also dealt a few heavy blows in the past year. The area has fewer philanthropists with the loss of Jane Norris, Leslie Cook and Zoya Miller. Sports fans mourn the deaths of…

by The Associated PressNEW YORK ÔÇö That glittering ball in Times Square may be the best-known object dropping on New Year’s Eve, but it’s by no means the weirdest.There’s stiff competition in that category: Everything from a fish to a shoe to a giant candy Peep will descend on Saturday to welcome in 2017.For more…

by Sara Bauknecht, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)ThereÔÇÖs nothing like a fresh year filled with new (and fashionable!) possibilities.As 2016 winds down, itÔÇÖs time to slip into clairvoyant mode and predict what the future holds for the fashion industry at large.For more lists, check out our lists page.

by Leanne Italie, The Associated PressNEW YORK ÔÇö New Year’s Eve is the party of the year, so what’s on the playlist of Neil Diamond? How about Amy Adams? We asked celebrities for their ideal jams to ring in 2017.For more lists, check out our lists page.Associated Press writers Jon Carucci, Bruce Barton and freelancer…

by The Los Angeles Times (TNS)The presidential election grabbed many of the headlines, but 2016 managed to be memorable in lots of other ways, from the horror in Orlando to images of protest on the Northern Plains.For more lists, check out our lists page.

The 2016 photos of the year chosen by Gazette photographers Mark Reis, Christian Murdock, Jerilee Bennett and Stacie Scott.