Inauguration style guide To help with spelling and usage of the terms for the Jan. 21 inauguration of President Barack Obama, the AP compiled a style guide of essential words, phrases and definitions. View the style guide AP in Times Square For the second straight year, AP’s fast-paced video of the personalities, the joys, the dramas and the achievements that defined the year was displayed before the midnight Ball Drop. Learn more Eye on 2012 AP delivers more than 3,000 photos a day from journalists recording news as it happens around the world. Look back on the best of 2012, as selected by AP editors. Read more The biggest stories of 2012 were brought to you by the AP