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The child sex-abuse scandal involving former Penn State football team defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky shocked the country this year and cost long-time coach Joe Paterno his job after it came out that Paterno did not report complaints about Sandusky to police, preferring instead to keep the problem in-house. Students rioted after Paterno’s firing – surprisingly, no such riots were reported on campus on behalf of the abused children

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In December, the last convoy of American troops left Iraq, leaving behind only the world’s largest embassy and 16,000 “contractors”. The main reason the troops left was that they couldn’t get legal immunity to do absolutely anything they wanted

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No doubt, one of our favorite ad-libs as well. Recently the mystery was solved. The voice behind this ad-lib is no other than Jessica Gomes.

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In November, a 20-year-old woman named Mariah Yeater named singer Justin Bieber as the father of her baby in a paternity suit and claimed that the two had sex in a bathroom after one of his concerts. Subsequently, many of Yeater’s acquaintances discounted her story and the lawsuit was eventually dropped

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Apple Computers head honcho Steve Jobs passed away in October, but not before introducing culture-changing gadgets such as the Apple II computer, iPad, iPhone, and more

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The Occupy Movement began in September in New York City, and quickly grew into an international movement spanning over 600 communities in the U.S. and 82 countries around the world

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See Lupe Fiasco’s excellent song “WWJD He’d Probably LOL Like WTF!!!” for a spot-on parody of the fever over the iPhone 4

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Casey Anthony was a then-22-year-old mother who was accused in 2008 of killing her toddler-age daughter. In July of this year, Casey was acquitted of the three most serious charges, despite a great deal of evidence indicating her guilt

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