What Happened in 2011
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LIbyan Rebels Reach Oil Deal with Qatar
Libyan rebels reached a deal to sell oil via Qatar to help meet basic needs, including food, fuel, medicines and other supplies, a senior rebel... Read more
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U.S. Labor Department Announces Decline of Jobless Rate to 8.8 Percent
The headline unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent last month as the U.S. economy enjoyed a net gain of 216,000 new jobs, the Labor Department... Read more
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Phase 4 of Air France 447 Search and Recovery Operation Discovers Large Portions of Plane on Ocean Floor
Unmanned submarines have found the bodies of some passengers who died when an Air France plane crashed off Brazil in 2009, as well as wreckage from... Read more
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Connecticut Huskies Win 2011 NCAA Basketball National Championship
The National Championship game was between Butler, a mid-major university team that was a surprise finalist in the 2010 tournament, and... Read more
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Three Killed in Yemen Clashes
At least three people were killed and 15 others injured in Sanaa after pro-Saleh tribesmen arrived at a barracks occupied by mutinous... Read more
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Tepco Announces Radioactice Water Leak into Pacific Ocean Stopped
Leakage of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has halted after Tokyo Electric... Read more
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Kate Middleton and Prince William's Final Pre-Wedding Event
In the final weeks before the royal wedding of the century, what Catherine "Kate" Middleton will wear when she marries Prince William on April 29... Read more
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Fukushima Disaster Rated Level 7, Same as Chernobyl
By raising the severity of the Fukushima nuclear disaster two notches on the official scale to the top level of 7, the Japanese authorities may... Read more
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Blagojevich Publicly Accuses Prosecutors of Thwarting Defense
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich criticized prosecutors on Wednesday for trying to bar his lawyers from telling jurors that wiretaps... Read more
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Reports Surface to Indicate Nintendo Wii Successor
New details have surfaced from yesterday's reports that Nintendo is set to unveil its newest console, codenamed "Project Cafe." According to our... Read more
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Award-Winning War Photographers Killed in Libya Blast
Reporting from Misurata, Libya— Tim Hetherington, an award-winning news photographer and co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary... Read more
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One-Year Anniversary of Gulf Oil Spill
A year after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, small businesses in the Gulf region are still struggling with fewer customers and an uncertain... Read more
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Jury Selection Begins for Rod Blagojevich Retrial
Judge James Zagel is expected to start questioning potential jurors today for the retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. More than a... Read more
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Lambert-St. Louis International Airport 2011 Tornado
Clean-up crews worked to clear debris Saturday at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport after a tornado hit Friday night, causing damage... Read more
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Al-Kuwaiti's Supposed Fake Name Appears in Document Released by WikiLeaks
According to the document, Libi fled to Peshawar in Pakistan and was living there in 2003 when he was asked to become one of Bin Laden's... Read more
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Nintendo Announces Wii Successor, Codenamed 'Project Cafe'
This morning, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata went on record, admitting that the company's 3DS sold below expectations. He was fairly candid,... Read more
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Allods Online Launches
Allods Online has many traditional MMORPG elements such as quests, NPCs, and dungeons. It also has an element that is fairly unique - the ability... Read more
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Prince William of Wales Marries Kate Middleton
More than a billion eyes were on Kate Middleton as she stepped out of the queen's 1977 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI in front of London's Westminster... Read more
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US Forces Kill Osama Bin Laden
WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on American soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world,... Read more
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Opening Statements Delivered in Rod Blagojevich Corruption Retrial
It might be called the low-budget sequel. In opening statements for Rod Blagojevich’s retrial on Monday, the defense dropped the showmanship,... Read more
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Department of Homeland Security Releases Bulletin Detailing Evidence of Possible 9/11 Anniversary Attack
An early read of the materials seized from Osama bin Laden's compound has not yet produced evidence of a specific, imminent terror plot against the... Read more
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President Obama Honors Victims of September 11 Attacks
Four days after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama visited New York City to pay tribute to those killed in... Read more
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President Obama Pays Tribute to Special Forces Unit in bin Laden Raid
With his job approval ratings up and even Republican critics congratulating him for the bin Laden operation, Obama paid tribute to the elite... Read more
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Pentagon Releases Videos of Osama bin Laden Seized from Compound Raid
As a result of the raid, we've acquired the single largest collection of material from a senior terrorist ever," said the official, who spoke to... Read more