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An archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken population of the controversial prison in Cuba.
Robert Griffin III edged out Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck to become the first winner of the most storied award in college sports in Baylor’s less-than-notable football history.
Ryan Braun, the N.L. Most Valuable Player in 2011 and one of baseball’s brightest young stars, reportedly tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug this fall.
Three weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Newt Gingrich took fire for most of the evening and seemed to relish his new role as the leading Republican candidate in the field.
A decade of growth under Vladimir V. Putin, now Russia’s prime minister, has created a class of wealthy urban professionals who are not afraid to express their political frustration.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 7, 2011, covering December 11, 2011.
Michael Buble
Nickelback
Rihanna
Drake
Mary J. Blige
2011John Patrick Foley, American cardinal (born 1935)[†]
John Patrick Foley was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. From 2007 until 2011, he was Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, an order of knighthood under papal protection, having previously served as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from 1984 to 2007. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2007. He provided the commentary for the American television viewers of the Christmas Midnight Mass from St Peter's Basilica, Rome. However, in 2009, he retired from that role after 25 years. The commentary was taken over by Monsignor Thomas Powers of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, an official in the Congregation for Bishops.
In 2011, the world population was approximately 7,110,923,765 people[†]