What Happened in 2011

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver Jointly Announce Separation

The news that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have split could not help but bring back memories of the reporting 7 1/2 years ago in this... Read more

Noam Chomsky Speaks at Nottingham High School on Opposition to bin Laden Killing

More than 1,000 people showed up at Nottingham High School on Wednesday to hear linguist and political analyst Noam Chomsky speak about American... Read more

Mayor Richard M. Daley Leaves Chicago City Hall for Last Time

Daley will be replaced Monday when Chicago mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel takes the oath of office. Daley left his office Friday evening in downtown... Read more

Conservative Group Sues for Release of bin Laden Death Photos

Judicial Watch is asking the Department of Defense to comply with a Freedom of Information request for the material, especially photos of the... Read more

80 Killed in Pakistani Taliban Bombing in Retaliation for bin Laden Killing

There is a terrible inevitability about the bombing in Charsadda, Pakistan, on Friday morning. Little about it is different from previous bombings.... Read more

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Arrested on Allegations of Sexual Assault

The chief of the International Monetary Fund was ordered jailed without bail Monday on charges of trying to rape a maid, and prosecutors said they... Read more

LA Times Breaks Arnold Schwarzenegger 'Love Child' Story

When Schwarzenegger and his wife, Maria Shriver, separated earlier this month, neither was talking divorce. That may have changed, however, after... Read more

Al-Qaida Selects New Leader Saif al-Adel

Al-Qaida has chosen a former Egyptian Special Forces officer as interim leader of the violent extremist group in the wake of Osama bin Laden's... Read more

TMZ Identifies Mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger 'Love Child'

Two days after Hollywood icon and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted that he had fathered a love child with a member of his... Read more

Notorious 'Arbeit Macht Frei ' Sign Restored to Site of Auschwitz Concentration Camp

The "Arbeit macht frei" (work sets you free) sign was stolen by a gang of Polish thieves acting at the behest of a Swedish... Read more

President of Tepco Resigns in Wake Nuclear Plant Meltdown

Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu, criticised for his low profile during the disaster's early days, vowed that the utility would... Read more

Macho Man Randy Savage Killed in Car Accident

I'm completely devastated, after over 10 years of not talking with Randy, we've finally started to talk and communicate," Hulk tweeted. "He had so... Read more

Dominique Strauss-Kahn Released from Riker's Island on Bail

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was settling into a new, temporary abode on Friday on New York's Broadway but he was a long way from the... Read more

EF5 Rated Tornado Strikes Joplin, MO, Causing Mass Destruction

A massive tornado tore through Joplin, Missouri, killing at least 89 people and carving a mile-wide path of destruction through the city. The... Read more

Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Testify in Rod Blagojevich Corruption Retrial

Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel (Chicago’s new mayor) created a sort of media frenzy when... Read more

Pope Prays for Joplin Tornado Victims

Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday assured survivors of the deadliest tornado in the United States since 1950 that he was close to them spiritually and... Read more

Officials Release List of Missing Following Joplin Tornado

The death toll from the monster tornado that tore through Joplin on Sunday has climbed to 132. City spokeswoman Lynn Onstot confirmed the new... Read more

Rod Blagojevich Testifies

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich testified in his retrial on federal corruption charges Thursday, saying he had waited two and a half years for the... Read more

US Senator Roy Blunt Asks Federal Government to Fully Reimburse Joplin Disaster Relief Costs

“I spoke to Secretary Napolitano earlier this week and strongly urged that the reimbursement rate for Joplin also be 100 percent. The traditional... Read more

Gil Scott-Heron Dies

Eminem, Talib Kweli and Snoop Dogg were among the rappers who acknowledged his influence after hearing the news. Public Enemy member Chuck D... Read more

Wallow Fire Begins

Since May 29, when the fire began, efforts to contain it have failed due to high heat and strong winds, at times up to 35 mph, that carried flames... Read more

French Gendarmerie Reports More Than 75 Bodies Recoverd from Air France Flight 447 Wreckage

The French gendarmerie says that 75 more bodies have been pulled from the Atlantic Ocean in the past week, nearly two years after the crash of an... Read more

Jack Kevorkian Dies

For Oregon and Washington advocates pressing for a physician-assisted suicide law in the 1990s, the attention-seeking behavior of Dr. Jack... Read more

US Missile Strike Kills Top al-Qaida Leader, Ilyas Kashmiri, in Pakistan

A leading al-Qaida military commander, Ilyas Kashmiri, has been killed by an American missile strike in Pakistan's tribal area, his extremist group... Read more

Arizona Towns Begin Evacuations as Fire Spreads

A forest fire continues to rage in Arizona, now covering 287 square miles with some 2,300 firefighters on the scene. The fire, located some 160... Read more