POLITICS

Lt. Col. Karl Trenker, a U.S. Marine veteran shot several times by a Craigslist buyer on Dec. 21, had to uses his fingers to plug his bullet wounds. Trenker said he knew he got shot, but what he didn't know was how many times.

Windows Phone Apollo is rumored to launch at the end of 2012, around the same time the iPhone 5 will supposedly be released. So are you on team superphone or smartphone?

More lemurs are being hunted and eaten in Madagascar because of the eroding culture and taboos that protect the primates.

At least one person is dead after a former employee shot two Doctors Without Borders workers in Somalia.

The Connecticut fire that destroyed the home of advertising executive Madonna Badger and took the lives of her three daughters Lily, Grace and Sarah and her parents Lomer and Pauline is easily one of the most tragic accidents in recent memory.

Madonna Badger's friend, Michelle Kessler-Sanders, said that Madonna is the stronger woman she has ever known and that she is not alone.

New York City's diners are going the way of the dodo as changing demographics and punitive health inspectors make it hard for diners owners to make ends meet.

New York City's diners are going the way of the dodo as changing demographics and punitive health inspectors make it hard for diners owners to make ends meet.

Chicago-area teenager Alexis Uriel Marron was murdered in Michoacan, Mexico. Are drug cartels responsible?

BBC is under fire for naming Sweetie the Panda Miss December 2011 in Faces of the Year: The Women, with everyone from Parliament to Twitter users slamming BBC for causing pandagate less than month after it was criticized for ignoring women's achievements. See the full list here, and find out why BBC is defending its decision.

The 9/11 memorial has been open 16 weeks and has already has had a million visitors. The memorial opened on the 10th anniversary of the tragic destruction of the twin towers. We will never know the full extent of the health effects that day. But those who worked on the cleanup must decide Jan. 2, 2012, whether to continue with lawsuits or hope they will be covered by the Zadroga Act, which may not even cover cancer.

The 9/11 memorial has been open 16 weeks and has already has had a million visitors. The memorial opened on the 10th anniversary of the tragic destruction of the twin towers. We will never know the full extent of the health effects that day. But those who worked on the cleanup must decide Jan. 2, 2012, whether to continue with lawsuits or hope they will be covered by the Zadroga Act, which may not even cover cancer.

As 2011’s mediocre stock market returns become final, what should technology investors seek for U.S. initial public offerings of technology companies for 2012?

Three zinc miners who were trapped by smoke after a rig fire broke out 800 feet underground at the Young Mine in New Market, Tenn., on Wednesday were rescued the same day.

A new book alleges that former President Richard Nixon had a gay affair with Florida businessman Charles Bebe Rebozo.

The story of Ben Breedlove, an Austin, Texas, teenager who suffered from a heart disease for the duration of his life before he died on Christmas day, touched the hearts of all, namely rapper Kid Cudi, with his YouTube videos that have gone viral since his death.

In the latest underage sex scandal, Patrick Lott, a middle school educator in Somerset County, NJ, has been accused of videotaping nude high school boys showering.

Build-A-Bear, a toy retailer that sells custom-made stuffed animals, has issued a recall for approximately 300,000 of its teddy bears that could be a choking hazard to children. The store is now offering a coupon for a free bear in exchange for those recalled.

The American Automobile Association (AAA) has relieved party goers of their biggest tension this New Year eve... It is offering free rides back home for drunk drivers and their vehicles.

Mukesh and Anil Ambani buried the hatchet in a five-year battle that split the business empire inherited from their father, but family watchers were sceptical that the reunion would result in renewed business ties.

Farmers have been blocking roads with burning tyres and refusing to sell their produce in a bid to force the government to prop up crop prices which they say barely cover costs, thus adding woes to Indian economy.

It surely has been an eventful year with popular uprisings, dictators being deposed or slain, royal marriages, celebrity divorces, and thrilling sports achievements, so here's a look at some of the top moments of 2011 as compiled by the IBTimes.

Annual food inflation eased for a ninth straight week to its lowest in nearly six years in mid-December on improved supplies, bolstering hopes of a cooling in overall inflation that will allow the RBI to shift focus to reviving growth by cutting rates.

The hacktivist group DestructiveSecurity group claimed responsibility Wednesday evening for an e-mail snafu at the New York Times earlier that day in which the company sent an e-mail meant for 300 people to more than 8 million.

A Staten Island couple was arrested after leaving their toddler in a car on Christmas Eve.

The American Automobile Association (AAA) is offering a free ride home to anyone on this New Year's Eve if they've consumed alcohol in order to ensure those who drink do not get behind the wheel. Now if only they could provide this complimentary DD service every weekend!

A clean-shaven, severed leg in Florida that mysteriously washed ashore early Tuesday morning on a vacationing Canadian family's rented beachfront home in St. Petersburg has police searching for answers, according to reports.

Kradjian Importing Co is recalling 231 cases of Canadian cheese because they could be contaminated with listeria, the Glendale, California, company said.

They can make in a month what the average worker earns in a lifetime. Many go about in private jets, employ multiple secretaries and glad-hand dignitaries and world leaders. Perched at the top of major corporations around the world, the chief executive officer blazes trails, inspires awe and commands attention. But under such immense scrutiny, when the CEO slips, the rest of the world takes notice.