2011 News

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Experts Predict Another Active Hurricane Season, More Impact on US

The hurricane season doesn't officially begin until June 1, but private forecasters already have issued their outlooks for the Atlantic Basin, predicting an active season and the potential for greater impact on the U.S. mainland than last year. The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season was the third most active on record in...

Reactions to the State of the Union: Tear Down the Fences

"We will move forward together or not at all -- for the challenges we face are bigger than party and bigger than politics." Truer words were never spoken. So long as politicians are more concerned with party than with people, our government is doomed to stagnate. Politicians should strive to promote good ideas, regardless...

Notable Deaths of 2011 [PHOTOS]

They inspired and intrigued us. They entertained and enlightened us. Some made us howl with laughter or moved us to tears -- or both. When news came of their deaths this year, we remembered how each one's life left a mark in this world. No annual list of newsworthy deaths is truly complete. As you look through these...

Fantasy Football 2011 Draft Prep: The Ryan Mathews Rule

2011 Draft? But the 2010 season hasn't even finished yet! You're right, it hasn't. But that doesn't mean we can't start thinking about the things we did right and wrong this past season, and start incorporating them into our thought processes for 2011. From the decisions we made on draft day six months ago, to what we...

Doomsday Is Just Another Day for End-Time Evangelist

What would you do if you knew the world was going to end? Family Radio Worldwide evangelist Harold Camping has received a lot of attention in the last few days for announcing the exact date of the Rapture -- May 21, 2011 -- but he tells AOL Weird News that he's not making any big plans for the big day. "The Bible says...

Background on 2011

2011 (MMXI) was a common year that started on a Saturday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations; the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 2nd of the 2010s.

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