12.1.11
CNN.com—Senate passes new defense bill that greatly expands the military's ability to detain Americans and strip us of traditional constitutional protections
USA Today—"iPhone" most popular search term on Yahoo so far this year
CBS News—Private boarding school denies entry to teen because he is HIV positive
Fox News—Middle school student sues school after he says he was arrested for burping in class
MSNBC—Official names for two newly discovered elements unveiled by their discoverers
BBC News—First issue of Action Comics, featuring Superman's debut, sells for over $2 million at auction

12.2.11
USA Today—Six minutes of new Batman film to be shown before IMAX screenings of Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol
CNN.com—Highway pileup in Tennessee involves 176 cars
BBC News—YouTube rolls out major site redesign
CBS News—Mark Cuban and Magic Johnson both pursuing ownership of LA Dodgers
Fox News—Russian and Japanese scientists want to clone mammoth
MSNBC—Juror thrown off trial after posting about case on Facebook

12.5.11
Fox News—Nine year old boy suspended from school for sexual harrassment after calling a teacher "cute"
USA Today—Tiger Woods wins his first tournament in over two years
CNN.com—Facebook buys location sharing service that was once a major rival to Foursquare
MSNBC—84 year old woman claims she was strip searched by TSA agents at JFK
ABCnews.com—USPS will slow the delivery of first class mail as a way to save money
CBS News—Georgetown University offering course on Jay-Z's life and career

12.6.11
CNN.com—First planet with Earth-like conditions discovered
USA Today—Marlins offer free agent Albert Pujols a 10 year, $200 million deal
Fox News—Voyager 1 on the verge of leaving our solar system
CBS News—California couple attacked in their home by naked 300 pound bodybuilder who was hopped up on drugs and steroids
MSNBC—Mugger left bruised and bloodied after attempting to rob MMA fighter
ABCnews.com—Madonna to perform at next year's Super Bowl

12.7.11
USA Today—Former Illinois governor sentenced to 14 years in prison for his conviction on corruption charges
CBS News—M.A.S.H. star Harry Morgan dies at 96
CNN.com—GTA3 coming to mobile platforms next week
MSNBC—Health and Human Services decides that morning after contraceptive pills will not be sold over the counter in the US
Fox News—Bill Gates working with China to build next generation nuclear reactors
USA Today—RIM forced to change name of its upcoming OS after losing trademark battle

12.8.11
CBS News—Albert Pujols agrees to $250 million, 10 year deal with Angels
USA Today—Tiger Woods wins his first tournament in over two years
MSNBC—Guns N' Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
CNN.com—Police officer shot dead on Virginia Tech campus
ABCnews.com—Blogger ordered to pay $2.5 million in defamation case after court rules that she is not a journalist
Fox News—Mars rover finds solid evidence that there was once water on the surface of the Red Planet

12.9.11
Fox News—Woman fakes rape to convince her husband to move to a safer neighborhood
BBC News—Appeals court overturns death row murder conviction because a juror sent tweets during the trial
USA Today—Google unveils technology that will allow console games to be run inside of a web browser
MSNBC—Colorado wants to build commercial spaceport
CNN.com—KFC offering scholarship for best tweet
ABCnews.com—Star of 19 Kids and Counting has miscarriage during her latest pregnancy

12.12.11
CNN.com—NL MVP tests positive for performance enhancing drugs
Fox News—Elementary school students in California school district must recite the Pledge of Allegiance in both English and Spanish
ABCnews.com—EPA believes that fracking is linked to groundwater pollution
MSNBC—Mythbusters stunt goes awry and sends cannonball through house
USA Today—Lowe's pulls ads from reality show focusing on Muslim-American family
CBS News—iPad 3 rumored for February

12.13.11
USA Today—60 year old Saudi Arabian woman beheaded for practicing witchcraft
CBS News—Russian billionaire and owner of the New Jersey Nets to run against Putin in the Russian presidential elections
BBC News—HP releases WebOS code to the open source community
MSNBC—Canada bans veils at citizenship ceremonies
Fox News—Hunters may be responsible for the shooting of two teens at their school
CNN.com—Orson Welles' Citizen Kane Oscar up for auction

12.14.11
CNN.com—NTSB recommends nationwide ban on cell phones while driving
USA Today—Sex offenders in LA arrested for violating the terms of their probations after decorating their houses for Halloween
CBS News—China conducting sea trials for its first aircraft carrier
MSNBC—Woman's breast implant disappears into her body while she was doing pilates
Fox News—Original Apple founding documents sell for $1.6 million at auction
BBC News—Canada withdraws from Kyoto climate initiative

12.15.11
CBS News—US officially ends war in Iraq
CNN.com—Chicago Bears player arrested on federal drug distribution charges
MSNBC—Howard Stern will be a judge on next season of America's Got Talent
Fox News—Facebook officially launches Timeline, its biggest redesign yet
BBC News—Google wins patent for self-driving car
USA Today—Sandusky's lawyer offers hygiene instruction as potential reason the coach was found showering with young teen boys

12.16.11
USA Today—Google's Chrome now has more users than Microsoft's IE8
BBC News—Zynga shares fall 5% from their IPO value on first day of trading
ABCnews.com—Man who was inspiration for Rudy movie charged by the SEC in a stock scam
USA Today—Vermont fraternity closed indefinitely after circulating a survey asking who their members would rap
MSNBC—Study finds that the average teen girl sends 4,000 text message each month
Fox News—Clint Eastwood's wife and daughters to star in reality show on E!

12.19.11
CNN.com—Green Bay Packers' perfect season ruined by the Chiefs
CBS News—Man charged with murder for dousing a woman with gasoline and setting her on fire in an elevator
BBC News—Chinese scientists testing clothes that can clean themselves when exposed to sunlight
MSNBC—Sony releases new portable gaming device in Japan
USA Today—Congress passes bill that would slow the transition to more energy efficient light bulbs
Fox News—Members of Congress forbidden from using "Merry Christmas" on any communications sent to constituents that are paid for with tax dollars

12.20.11
CNN.com—North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il dead at 69
USA Today—AT&T drops $39 bid for T-Mobile, which would have made it the largest wireless company in the US
Fox News—Saudi Prince makes $300 million investment in Twitter
ABCnews.com—Polaroid releases new camera that merges digital and instant photography
BBC News—Experts confirm exact origin of rocks used to build Stonehenge
MSNBC—MTV bringing back Punk'd

12.21.11
ABCnews.com—US blocks publication on research of highly contagious strain of the bird flu for fear it could be used by terrorists to develop biological weapons
Fox News—New malaria vaccine shows promise
CNN.com—Man found guilty of 2008 murder of UNC student body president
USA Today—Ohio State football banned from bowl games for one year
CBS News—John Elway says that Tim Tebow is going to stay Denver's quarterback next season
MSNBC—New Star Wars MMO launches today