What Happened in Nov 2011

Bank of America Cancels Debit Card Fees Following Customer Revolt

The bank, the nation’s second-largest, said it was abandoning its plan to charge customers a $5 fee to use their debit cards for purchases. Only a... Read more

Federal Jury Finds Illinois Power Broker Guilty in Shakedown of Hollywood Producer

For decades, William Cellini was feared and respected at the highest reaches of state government — advising governors, screening state Cabinet... Read more

I.D.I.C. Productions Launches

The official launching of IDIC Productions on internet radio station, jango.com home of 7 million listeners, and growing. Read more

Oakland Protesters Clash with Police Again in "Occupy" Protests

The Port of Oakland reopened Thursday after Wall Street protesters removed a blockade that had shut down operations overnight. A small group of... Read more

UK Court Rules WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange can be Extradited

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has failed in his appeal against extradition from the UK to Sweden over allegations of rape and sexual... Read more

Reports Indicate Greek Prime Minister Ready to Drop Referendum on EU Bailout

Officials close to Greek prime minister tell the Associated Press and Reuters that the controversial bailout referendum has been scrapped. Read more

520 Mock Mars Mission Ends

Six men who lived in cramped, windowless compartments for more than 17 months to simulate a mission to Mars emerged Friday from their capsules,... Read more

Greek Prime Minister Papandreou Survives Confidence Vote

Prime Minister George Papandreou, fresh from winning a confidence vote, will attempt to shore up support for an international rescue after Greece’s... Read more

Groupon Offers IPO; Highest Valued Tech Company Since Google

Groupon's initial public offering is on at $20 per share, to give the Chicago daily deals site a valuation of $12.7 billion. That's the highest... Read more

Judge Rejects Bail for Whitey Bulger's Girlfriend

A United States magistrate judge, Jennifer Boal, rejected a request for bail by the girlfriend of the former Boston mobster James Bulger, ruling... Read more

Top Farc Leader Killed in Colombia

Defence ministry sources told media that Alfonso Cano had been killed in an army operation in the mountains in the south-west of the country. Read more

South Korean Officials Announce Recovery of Boat with 21 North Korean Defectors

A small boat carrying 21 North Koreans was found drifting off South Korea's western coast this week, officials who requested anonymity told the... Read more

Federal Judge Sets Blagojevich Sentencing Date

Impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich plans to make a statement to the court at his newly scheduled sentencing hearing in December, his attorney... Read more

Joe Frazier Dies

JOE FRAZIER is a country boy who lived by the old country adage that: "when you go to the big party, you dance with the one who brung ya." In... Read more

Heavy D Dies

The self-proclaimed "overweight lover" of hip hop, who became one of rap's top hitmakers with his charming combination of humor and positivity,... Read more

IAEA Releases Report indicating Iran Continues to Pursue Nuclear Weapons

An IAEA report on nuclear verification in Iran was circulated on 8 November 2011 to the Agency's Board of Governors and the UN Security... Read more

Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi Offers to Quit Power

For years, Mr. Berlusconi clung to power while fending off sex scandals and corruption trials. In the end, however, the fall of Europe's most... Read more

Joe Paterno Fired Following Child Sex Abuse Scandal

Joe Paterno’s head coaching career at Penn State began on Sept. 17, 1966 with a win over Maryland, and it ended Wednesday night, at the end of an... Read more

Jefferson County, Alabama, Files Largest Municipal Bankruptcy in U.S. History

Birmingham, Alabama, the most prominent industrial center in the Southeast before the civil- rights era, has been on a long losing streak that just... Read more

NBA Labor Dispute Talks Break Down

NBA players broke off negotiations with the league Thursday night, saying there had not been enough progress to get a deal done to end the lockout. Read more

Penn State Students Riot After Firing of Joe Paterno

More than 1,000 Penn State University students clashed with police after one of the most famous football coaches in American sport was sacked amid... Read more

Gabrielle Giffords Speaks Publicly for First Time

For the many Americans who have been following the story of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) as she recovers from being shot in the head last... Read more

NASA Assures Public That Solar Flares Won't Destroy Earth

If the world ends in 2012, the sun won't be to blame, NASA officials say. Contrary to what some doomsayers would have you believe, our star... Read more

The original members of Black Sabbath announce official reunion

After much speculation, the original four members of Black Sabbath--Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass) and Bill Ward... Read more

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Relinquishes Power

With his country swept up in Europe’s debt crisis and his once-mighty political capital spent, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned on... Read more