What Happened in Mar 2011

Libyan Rebels Hold City of Zawiya after 6-Hour Battle

In a long night of fighting, Libyan rebels armed with tanks, machine guns, and anti-aircraft guns have managed to hold on to Zawiya, the city they... Read more

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Reveals Deep Spending Cuts With New Budget

Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a budget plan Tuesday that balances the Wisconsin's budget by cutting more than $1 billion in state aid to schools and... Read more

Gadhafi Loyalists Go on Offensive Against Rebels

In a day of violent reversals, this was the old regime’s ultimate show of bravado: Flag-waving supporters of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi drove... Read more

Ohio Senate Approves Anti-Union Bill

The movement to restrict the power of public sector unions chalked up a legislative win today in Ohio. A measure that would ban strikes and greatly... Read more

Gadhafi's Forces Launch Air Strikes Against Rebels in Oil-Rich Town of Brega

Libyan air forces rained at least three airstrikes down on Brega today, a day after rebel forces drove Gadhafi loyalists out of the major oil town.... Read more

Grand Jury Indicts Jared Loughner on 46 News Charges in Giffords Shooting

Jared Lee Loughner was charged on new counts that include the murders of US District Judge John Roll and Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman, according to... Read more

President Obama Orders Planes Sent to Evacuate Libyan Refugees

The US and the entire world continues to be outraged by the appalling violence against the Libyan people. Moammar Gadhafi has lost the legitimacy... Read more

Protesters Leave Madison

The final group of pro-union protesters left Wisconsin's Capitol peacefully late Thursday night, after a judge ordered their removal. The judge... Read more

Wisconsin Senate Orders Arrest of Absent Democrats

This is way more serious than yanking their photocopying privileges. Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate today declared the missing Democrats in... Read more

Gadhafi Hits Mass Protests with Tear Gas

State television said the town of Zawiya was recaptured by pro-Gadhafi forces, while rebels said they’d taken control of the airport at Ras Linuf,... Read more

RIFT Launches

Rift is a MMORPG set in a fantasy world called Telara, which is the focal point of several different elemental Planes. These Planes are realities... Read more

Wisconsin Governor Walker Begins Layoff Process for State Workers

Some 1,500 Wisconsin residents may not have slept so well last night. Gov. Scott Walker yesterday set the ball in motion to lay off a horde of... Read more

Documentarist Michael Moore Speaks at Protests in Front of Wisconsin's State Capitol

"America is not broke ... Wisconsin is not broke," said liberal filmmaker Michael Moore to more than 30,000 cheering protesters in Wisconsin... Read more

Gadhafi Forces Launch Fierce Counterattack

Moammar Gadhafi’s forces launched at least three new airstrikes against Libyan rebels today near the oil port of Ras Lanouf, and one witness says... Read more

International Women's Day Rally in Cairo Marred by Rival Protests

“We fought side by side with men during the revolution, and now we’re not represented,” said Passat Rabie, a young woman who came with friends,... Read more

Security Forces Open Fire on Protesters in Yemen

Security forces in Yemen have opened fire on peaceful protesters in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday, wounding at least 75 people demonstrating for an... Read more

Wisconsin Senate Passes Anti-Union Bill

Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted today to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after discovering a way to... Read more

Yemeni Doctors Accuse Government of Violating International Law with Use of Nerve Gas on Protesters

Doctors from the scene of violent anti-government protests in Yemen's capital Tuesday night said that what was originally thought to be tear gas... Read more

France Recognizes Rebels as Legitimate Representative of Libyan People

France today became the first country to recognize the Libyan National Council as the only legitimate representative of the Libyan people,... Read more

US Intelligence Chief Predicts Gadhafi's Forces will Triumph Over Rebels

Rebel fighters in Libya are unlikely to beat the forces loyal to ruler Moammar Gadhafi, says the US director of national intelligence. James... Read more

8.9 Earthquake, Tsunami Slams Japanese Coast

A tsunami rammed the coast of Japan following a powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake that violently shook buildings in Tokyo and sent panicked... Read more

EU Leaders Call on Gadhafi to Step Down

It’s time for Moammar Gadhafi to go, the leaders of the EU have declared following an emergency meeting in Brussels. The leaders will “examine all... Read more

US Announces Plan for Removing Gadhafi from Power

The White House has announced a five-point, non-military plan aimed at removing Moammar Gadhafi from power in Libya. Officials are set to partially... Read more

Arab League Announces Support for Libyan No-Fly Zone

Moammar Gadhafi just got a little more isolated: The 22-nation Arab League today called on the UN to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, reports the... Read more

Walls of Nuclear Reactor Explode in Wake of Earthquake, Tsunami

An explosion at a nuclear power station today destroyed a building housing the reactor amid fears that it was close to a disastrous meltdown after... Read more