Conscious uncoupling, and the couple -- Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin -- that uncoupled in 2014. Enough, already. Whatever you call it, it’s still d-i-v-o-r-c-e. (Colin Young-Wolff / Associated Press)
This was the year of The Great American Ebola Panic. Flu, measles, even falls from ladders killed more Americans than Ebola in 2014, but everyone wanted a piece of the scary story with great visuals of people swaddled in moon suits. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)
This year saw the hoopla buildup to the West-Kardashian wedding. Unfortunately, we are still doomed to other manufactured “milestone” events in the lives of manufactured people. (Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP/Getty Images)
Eric Cantor, the highest-ranking Jewish politician in the nation’s history, fell spectacularly in 2014. (Steve Helber / Associated Press)
Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who in 2014 refused to pay 20 years of grazing fees, as his fellow ranchers do, became a martyr to antigovernment types who showed up armed when the feds tried to seize Bundy’s cattle as payment. (John Locher / Associated Press)
“Baby Doc” Duvalier, shown in a 1975 image, died of a heart attack over a bowl of cornflakes in 2014. Like father, like son, this Haitian dictator-for-life (until he fled to France) managed to kill thousands of his countrymen and steal millions from them. (Candell / Associated Press)
