Prince William, who will one day be King of Great Britain, is marrying Kate Middleton, his longtime girlfriend at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. The Royal Wedding is big news indeed, though it also must be said that news outlets are driving their own coverage of the event themselves: for...
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The Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia is one of the pinnacle times for golfers and golf enthusiasts. Give updates or analysis on the tournament and check it out here.
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March Madness has gripped the basketball world, and it all comes down to the Final Four. Everyone from the President of the United States to guy in the cubicle next to yours has seen their brackets crumble as favorites choke and underdogs rose.
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Strongman Muammar Gaddafi was killed in Sirte on October 20, 2011. He had controlled Libya for 42 years, and had been tied to acts of terror abroad and brutality against his own people at home.
At issue now is how Gaddafi was killed. The National Transitional Council (NTC) claims that...
March Madness, for a true sports fan, is the most commendable reason for a sick day in the month of March. People everywhere take this opportunity to dive into college basketball, fill out brackets, watch buzzer-beater finishes and become emotionally involved with a group of players trying to...
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Reeling from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck on March 11, Japan is facing a new crisis: the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Workers are risking their lives to keep the exposed reactor cores from melting down, and the region...
An earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale, one of the 10 largest ever recorded, struck Japan on March 9, 2011. The quake triggered a devastating tsunami that has left hundreds dead. Hundreds more are still missing. The quake and tsunami did tremendous damage to infrastructure along...
Charlie Sheen, the highest-paid TV actor in the world, is suddenly unemployed after the cancellation of Two and a Half Men. Sheen has taken to TV, the web and the airwaves to present himself as an all-powerful Hollywood player with a sense of justice. However, the marathon partying, the...
Anti-government protests are challenging Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year grip on power. As demonstrations spring up across Libya, government violence against citizens has also escalated: the military has opened fire on funeral processions with live ammunition, and gunships have...
Wisconsin state Republicans have approved Governor Scott Walker's "budget repair bill", which was stripped of its fiscal elements but retained its anti-union core. Protests against the bill, already underway, escalated almost immediately.
Earlier, Over 25,000 demonstrators swarmed the Capitol...
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Opposition leaders in Iran have taken a lesson from the demonstrators in Egypt, and are rallying their supporters to demonstrate against Ayatolla Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose 2009 election was widely denounced as fraudulent. Defying police orders, Iranians have taken to...
What began as a "day of rage" to protest the death of Khaled Saed, who was killed while in police custody, has blown up into a nationwide series of street demonstrations against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Police have been beating and arresting citizens as well as targeting journalists,...
As 2010 winds down, we pause to reflect on the year that was. The best of the year, the worst of the year, and everything in between. If you're feeling nostalgic or analytical about 2010, tag your material with "Best of 2010" for it to appear here.