Andy Mannix's October profile of Vikings punter and gay rights advocate Chris Kluwe has been recognized by GLAAD as 2012's Outstanding Newspaper Article.

SEE ALSO: Andy Mannix's Chris Kluwe profile is a GLAAD Media Awards finalist

The profile, titled "Game Changer," beat out four other nominees for the award, including entries from the Boston Globe and New York Times.

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Mannix's Kluwe profile helped "bring us closer to equality," writes GLAAD.

Andy Mannix's "Game Changer" is one of five nominees for GLAAD's "Outstanding Newspaper Article" of the year.

FROM JUNE: City Pages wins 15 first place SPJ awards -- a new record

The October cover feature profiled Chris Kluwe, the Vikings punter who helped defeat Minnesota's proposed ban of same sex-marriage with his outspoken advocacy of gay rights.

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Special thanks to web editor and images maestro Tatiana Craine.

It's Christmas, so here's our gift to you: The second part of our top Blotter posts of 2012 list.

:::: SEE ALSO :::: Best Blotter stories of 2012 [PART I]

Hey, beats a lump of coal or paying $200 for a plastic bag full of Brett Favre's pubes, doesn't it?

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Special thanks to web editor and images maestro Tatiana Craine.

Thanks for sharing a part of your news-consuming life with us.

With 2012 in its waning days and the world apparently not at an end, it's time to sift through the nearly 2,000 City Pages Blotter posts published this year in order to take a look at the top stories.

:::: SEE ALSO :::: Best Blotter stories of 2012 [PART II]

This top 10 list is based loosely on our traffic numbers, with added consideration given to stories that we think will go down as the year's most memorable (and as unforgettable as photos of Brett Favre's penis and Karen Alloy's naked body are, we don't think they quite make the cut). We'll roll out the list in two installments, each featuring five stories, with an honorable mentions mentioned throughout.

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We'll be live-blogging tonight's election results right here on Blotter, complete with results, analysis, and reaction from some of Minnesota's major political players.

Our coverage will feature Andy Mannix reporting live from the Vote No election-night event at St. Paul's River Centre, Olivia LaVecchia live from the MNGOP's party at the Bloomington Hilton, and Erika Wolf live from the Jim Graves event up in St. Cloud, with yours truly live-blogging about major developments throughout the night.

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City Pages and its 12 sister papers have been sold by Village Voice Media, which retains ownership of Backpage.com, the online classifieds site.

The new company, Voice Media Group, is based in Denver and led by CEO Scott Tobias, who put together the private equity package to execute the buyout. Christine Brennan, VVM's longtime executive managing editor, will oversee editorial as executive editor.

"Voice Media Group will center its attention on the growth of the renowned weekly publications and continue its expansion into new and exciting mobile and online platforms," Tobias said in a press release.

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While out of town over the weekend, I was dismayed to watch my inbox fill up with criticism of our coverage of the Nizzel George tragedy.

When city officials made statements linking Nizzel's death to his home environment, we decided that posting about the public records of significant adults in his life was relevant to the story. Race played absolutely no role in our coverage.

However, in a section of one post that has since been edited out, I used inappropriately inflammatory language. That was a mistake, and I'm sorry. I didn't mean to use that language in a derogatory way, but obviously demonstrated poor judgment in my choice of both topics and words. I apologize first and foremost to Nizzel's family, and also to all readers who were offended.

The death of a child is one of the worst things that can happen. I extend my deepest condolences to Nizzel's family and all who are grieving his death. May he rest in peace.

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Here's a countdown of the most viewed Blotter stories to date this year.

July 4 has now come and gone, and you know what that means -- soon the State Fair will be here and it'll be back-to-school time for the kiddos.

Ready or not, six months of 2012 are already in the bag, so we figured it's a good time to take a look back at Blotter's Greatest Hits of 2012.

Regular readers are probably familiar with most of these posts and the events, characters, and shenanigans described therein. But for new and recently arrived readers -- and believe it or not, there are lots of them trickling in all the time -- consider this an opportunity to catch up. Below the fold, ranked from 10th-most viewed to most viewed, are the most popular Blotter posts of the year... so far.

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Last night's Society of Professional Journalists Page One banquet was a banner event for City Pages.

We won 15 first place awards -- the most in our history -- while competing in the 50,000-plus circulation category with the Star Tribune and Pioneer Press.

Here's a rundown of our award-winning pieces:

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We took home some hardware from the 2012 AAN Awards.

Last week, the 2012 Association of Alternative Newsmedia held its 2012 awards ceremony in Detroit, and City Pages won first-place recognition in the Innovation/Format Buster category.

The award-winning nod was for the "Michele Bachmann Quote Generator," which was put together by news blogger Hart van Denburg and staff writer Nick Pinto.

Gimme Noise won second-place Music Blog honors for "Why We Didn't Sign Foo Fighters Photo Waiver"; "fDeluxe's St. Paul Peterson Talks About the Minneapolis Sound;" 10 Superfan Factoids About Dave Grohl;" 'Rock for the Rules' Compilation;" and "Minnesota Twins Phase Out Local Music Programming;" all of which were written by Andrea Swensson. 

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