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People gather in front of the Kukulkan Pyramid in Chichen Itza, Mexico, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)

Mexico’s Maya heartland awaits dawn of new era

By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press

MERIDA, Mexico (AP) — In the darkness before dawn Friday, spiritualists prepared white clothes, drums, conch shells and incense ahead of the sunrise they … Read More

People camp in Bugarath, France, a small village in the foothills of the Pyrenees on December 20, 2012. Miviludes, the French Government's dedicated sect watchdog, are investigating the likelihood of apocalyptic sect activity or ritualized suicides due to the prophecy of an ancient Mayan calendar which also claims that Burgarach is the only place on Earth which will be saved from the apocalypse on the evening of December 21, 2012. (Photo by Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)

[VIDEO] Top 7 ways people panicked for Mayan-predicted Doomsday

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As you probably have heard by now, the Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012, leading to many predictions that the world will end today. However, there is … Read More

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In LA, people flock to supply stores due to Doomsday fears

By Lolita Lopez, KNBC, Los Angeles, Calif.

Shopping for survival goods in Burbank, Don Summer isn't exactly a doomsday forecaster, but he isn't taking any chances. "I figured I would be ready for … Read More

John Ozersky, a food writer, wrote a column that went viral about his love and exhaustion of bacon.

Opinion: Bacon, meet doomsday

By Esther J. Cepeda

CHICAGO -- If you're into dark humor, you're really enjoying the fantasy and frivolity associated with the final countdown to the so-called Mayan … Read More

This handout photo provided by the Bonampak Documentation Project shows curator Dr. Dirk Van Tuerenhout discussing murals with images of jungle monuments in Bonampak in the Mexican state of Chiapas, that were reconstructed by Yale University. The Houston Museum of Natural Science, curators are launching a large exhibit designed to teach people about Maya culture and debunk the myth that these ancient people believed doomsday was Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Bonampak Documentation Project)

Texas Doomsday exhibit demystifies Mayan calendar

By Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) -- Some might prepare for the end of the world by checking off items on their bucket list. But at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, curators … Read More