Local News Top News Stories Of 2011 December 20, 2011 / 12:19 PM CST / CBS News (credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) February 2: Major Blizzard Roars Through Chicago Area (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) February 11: Crowds Rally After Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Resigns (credit: John Moore/Getty Images) March 1: Wisconsin Governor Walker Presents Budget Proposal To State Assembly (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) March 11: Japan Earthquak, Tsunami (credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images) April 29: Royal Wedding - Newlyweds Greet Wellwishers From The Buckingham Palace Balcony (credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) May 1: President Obama Observes Operation In Death of Osama Bin Laden (credit: Pete Souza/White House) May 1: Pakistani Man Reads Newspaper On Osama Bin Laden's Death (credit: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images) May 22: Joplin, Missouri Reels After F5 Tornado Devastates Town, Kills Over 130 (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) June 15: Riot Breaks Out After Stanley Cup Finals Game In Vancouver (credit: Rich Lam/Getty Images) June 16: Rep. Anthony Weiner Announces His Resignation Amid Lewd Photo Scandal (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images) June 22: Former Organized Crime Figure Whitey Bulger Arrested (credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) June 26: Record Flooding Forces North Dakota Residents To Evacuate (credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) July 5: Casey Anthony Acquitted In Murder Trial (credit: Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty Images) July 8: NASA's Final Space Shuttle Flight Lifts Off From Cape Canaveral (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) July 22: Car Bomb Explosion In Oslo (credit: ROALD BERIT/AFP/Getty Images) July 22: Gunman Opens Fire At Youth Camp In Norway (credit: Jan Bjerkeli/AFP/Getty Images) July 23: Amy Winehouse Found Dead (credit: Neil Mockford/Getty Images) July 25: Farmers, Ranchers Struggle As Texas Endures Historic Drought August 13: Sugarland's Stage Collapses At The Indiana State Fair (credit: Joey Foley/Getty Images) August 23: Earthquake Hits Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) August 23: Sex Assault Charges Dismissed Againt Former IMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (credit: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) August 27: Virginia Begins Recovery From Hurricane Irene (credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images) August 28: New York City Hit By Hurricane Irene (credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) September 20: End Of Military's Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy Celebrated In San Francisco (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) October 3: Amanda Knox Acquitted Of Murder (credit: TIZIANA FABI/AFP/Getty Images) October 5: Americans Mourn Passing Of Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs (credit: Andrew Burton/Getty Images) October 18: Republican Presidential Candidates Debate In Las Vegas (credit: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) October 21: Former Libyan Leader Moammar Qaddafi Killed (credit: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images) October 23: Libyans Celebrate Liberation (credit: ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP/Getty Images) October 25: 2-Week-Old Rescued From Rubbel Of Turkey Earthquake (credit: ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) November 10: Rioting On Penn State Campus After Paterno Fired (credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) November 17: Occupy Wall Street Holds Major Day Of Action In New York City (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images) November 18: Occupy UC Davis Protests Police Pepper Spray Incident (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) November 29: Conrad Murray Sentenced In Death Of Michael Jackson (credit: Mario Anzuoni-Pool/Getty Images) December 3: 'Arab Spring' Continues In Yemeni, Other Arab Countries (credit: AFP/Getty Images)