Interactions.org Newsdigest 19 December 2012

-- Time Person of the Year Runner-Up: Fabiola Gianotti, the Discoverer -- The Higgs Boson: Particle of the Year -- Are We Closing in On Dark Matter? -- Spotted: SLAC's linac made out of Legos -- The Higgs boson Double trouble -- Japan in pole position to host particle smasher -- Russia knocking on CERN door