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Both Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich have been ousted from the primary after failing to collect enough valid signatures to run, and while Perry's campaign has been over for months, the loss of Super Tuesday state Virginia for Gingrich is a devastating blow. Months after he was declared dead-on-arrival, is Gingrich's comeback already over?

NORAD teamed up with Google Earth once again in 2011, tracking Father Christmas' progress around the world as volunteers fielded 100,000 calls. As NORAD reports a record holiday, find out how the Santa Tracker got started, and check out 2011's best Google Earth videos tracking Santa's progress, from the Great Wall and Taj Mahal to Hilo, Hawaii.

Kim Kardashian's Sexiest Looks of 2011: Her Best Before and After Divorce [PHOTOS]

The UPS driver who flipped the middle finger and threw a package last week all while being caught on video was fired, according to the courier company.

Sometimes, New York feels like its own country. Even as the rest of the U.S. struggles in the face of a down housing market, the New York of 2011 saw skyscrapers charge ever upwards, with pricing inevitably following. It is truly the global city, with developers, buyers and architects from around the world gathering to shape the future. Here are five of the biggest developments of 2011.

New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has devoted for the first time a complete display of the major artworks of abstract expressionist artist Willem de Koonong, who is regarded as one of the most prolific artists in the 20th century.

AMR Corp's American Airlines has been given approval by a U.S. bankruptcy judge to buy 32 Boeing planes.

Louis Vuitton has filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York after alleging that a hand bag featured in the movie, The Hangover II, is fake.

Twilight actress Ashley Greene, halted traffic in Times Square on Thursday as she unveiled a DKNY Jeans billboard that she stared in.

It was a nude photo shoot even a father could love. Lindsay Lohan's appearance in this month's issue of Playboy has received Michael Lohan's endorsement.

Oskar Schell is on a quest. The boy has found a key belonging to his father, who perished in the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. The key was in a small envelope on which the word Black was written and Oskar believes, if he can just find the lock to which the key belongs, he will discover a secret message from his dead dad.

It might be more expensive, but sometimes it really pays to buy name-brand.

When you have to get off charges of being too close to politicians, you might as well get close to the people who are charging you.

The first time was luck. The second time, coincidence. The third time...well fine, he's a supermodel magnet. After dating Gisele Bündchen and Bar Refaeli, 37-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio nabbed himself another supermodel girlfriend; This time he's dating Victoria's Secret model Erin Heatherton.

Experts discuss if crime will increase in 2012 for the third straight year.

Tim Tebow's relationship status remains a mystery. Does he have a girlfriend? Does he not? One lovely lady he has been linked to is Lindsey Vonn, Olympic skier. Vonn recently told TMZ I'm not opposed to dating him.

The year began with a shooting in Tucson, Ariz., that left six people dead and 14, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, injured, and it ended with the last troops coming home from Iraq. It began with Congress deadlocked over spending and taxes and ended with Congress, well, deadlocked over spending and taxes.

Jerome Isaac, the man accused of torching a woman in a Brooklyn elevator, has been ordered to undergo psychiatric help. Supreme Court Justice Desmond Green granted the request for psychiatric examination that was made by the lawyer defending Isaac.

If you've ever watched Seinfeld, you know that Dec. 23 is the day to celebrate Festivus -- a holiday for the rest of us. In honor of the fabulous holiday, I've decided to air out my list of grievances for 2011.

The S&P 500 turned positive for the year on Friday as equities rallied again on a run of better-than-expected economic data, though volume continued to be seasonally weak.

Parodies were also a huge hit this year.