Japan is rocked by major
earthquake, thousands
evacuated in subsequent emergencies at five nuclear reactors ...
National Football League initiates
lockout; first stoppage since 1987 ...
Governor Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin)
signs legislation repealing workers' rights, as
protests continue and matching bill
advances in
Ohio ...
Governor Jan Brewer (R-Arizona) is
speechless without a teleprompter ...
US State Department spokesman calls treatment of alleged
Wikileaks leaker
Bradley Manning "ridiculous and counterproductive and
stupid" ...
US Food and Drug Administration takes over three
Johnson & Johnson factories after repeated violations of federal standards for quality, safety and purity ...
Quentin Tarantino sues Alan Ball over annoying exotic birds ...

Underground pharmacologist
Owsley Stanley, noted as the "Johnny Appleseed of LSD", dies as his car is run off the road in Queensland, Australia ...