John Boehner takes over as House Majority Leader, feuding with Senate Democrats and Barack Obama all year long.

Wisconsin Democrats Revolt Against Gov. Scott Walker

>>Giffords Recovers and Obama Benefits

>>Verizon Gets An iPhone

>>Environment Strikes Back

Batches of animals turn up dead.

An earthquake hits Japan, flooding California's coast and prompting nuclear meltdown worries in Japan.

Tornado sweeps through Missouri.

Winds take out electricity in SoCal.

>>Brown's Back

Gov. Jerry Brown proposes a smaller budget, takes away cell phones

>>Phone-Hacking Scandal Erupts

>>Obama Hits Halfway Mark, Starts Raising Cash

>>Arab Springs A Revolution From Tunisia to Yemen to Egypt

Mubarak leaves and gets detained. Egyptians finally vote freely and fairly.

U.S. and NATO start attacking Libya. Gaddafi Killed.

>>California Gets A New Population Count And Shuffles Around Its Prisoners. Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Must Shut Down.

>>Merger Success And Failure

Comcast-NBCU marry and AOL-Huffington Post do too. AT&T and T-Mobile split after engagment.

>>Incumbents Win In L.A. City Elections

>>Dodgers Bankrupt. NBA Ends Lockout.

>>Greece Has Bill Shock. U.S. Has Bad Credit, Hits Debt Limit

>>Occupy

Occupy L.A. Gets Two Months, Then Gets Kicked Out. Credit Unions Benefit.

>>Iran

Nation likely has nukes, but no longer has hikers.

>>Anonymous Hacks Banks

>>N.Y. Allows Gay Marriage

>>Courts

Casey Anthony Gets Off. Amanda Knox Too. Troy Davis Can't Be Saved.

Conrad Murray and Joe Paterno In Trouble.

>>Carmageddon Fears Overblown. L.A. Drops Red-Light Camera Fines.

>>Kim-Jong Il Dies.

>>GOP 2012

Perry Is A Candidate. Cain Isn't Anymore. The Candidates Begin Debating.

>>Steve Jobs

Jobs Quits Then Dies.

>>Wars

A decade since 9/11. War In Iraq Over. Afghanistan Nears End. Bin Laden Killed.