Local News 2011's Top News Stories December 29, 2011 / 3:13 PM CST / CBS News Haiti Quake: One Year Later Arab Spring Movement Begins in Tunisia Mubarak resigns Wisconsin Teacher Protests Japan Earthquake And Tsunami U.S. Sends Warplanes to Libya Tornado Outbreak Kills 350 People In South Obama Releases Birth Certificate royalwedding Royal Wedding Of Prince William And Kate Middleton Bin Laden Killed GOP Debates Kick Off Dominique Strauss-Kahn Scandal Arnold Schwarzenegger Admits To Affair 160 Die In Joplin, Mo., Tornado Steve Jobs Dies Anthony Weiner Scandal Leads To Resignation Obama, Boehner Hold Golf Summit New York State Legalizes Gay Marriage Casey Anthony Found Not Guilty NASAís Space Shuttle Program Ends Congress, Obama Avoid Nationís First-Ever Default Amy Winehouse Dies Standard & Poorís Downgrades U.S. Debt for First Time 31 U.S. Troops, Most Navy SEALs, Die In Afghan Chopper Crash East Coast Earthquake Hurricane Irene Strikes U.S. Ten Years Since 9/11 Attacks Occupy Wall Street Begins ëDonít Ask, Donít Tellí Military Policy Repealed Muammar Qaddafi Killed Obama Announces All U.S. Troops Will Be Withdrawn From Iraq Earthís Population Reached 7 Billion People Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal (credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Conrad Murray Found Guilty in Michael Jacksonís Death Supreme Court To Take Up Health Care Law Herman Cain Sexual Harassment Allegations Virginia Tech Shooting
