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It may be hard to remember, but 2011 began with encouraging numbers on the jobs front. And while November's drop in unemployment provides some hope for a better job market in 2012, a look back at 2011 shows how easily that hope can be crushed.

Some experts say its Americans responding to their better nature, others say it's smarter policing.

The real-life husband-and-wife team behind the CBS series The Good Wife share their favorite TV shows and movies. From Team America to Twin Peaks, Robert and Michelle King recommend a largely lighthearted list. "We don't really watch too much tragic Ibsen drama," Robert says.

Possible targets for charges include BP engineers and at least one supervisor, according to The Wall Street Journal. Any charges would be the first criminal charges against individual BP employees for the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Cities with new slogans include Buffalo, N.Y., Chicago and Colorado Springs. Chicago is branding itself: Second to None. While Colorado Springs decided on: Live it Up.

At NPR's Baghdad bureau, Isra' al Rubei'i has long worked as a reporter and translator. She submitted this short piece of fiction about a man standing before a judge — a character, who she says represents the Iraqi experience.

Former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania performed at a Philadelhia comedy club Tuesday night. He joked he'd already been in comedy for 30 years. But he added in politics, it's sit-down comedy rather than standup.

Burstein has played a wide range of roles, from casino owner Lolly Steinman in HBO's Boardwalk Empire, to his current role as Buddy Plummer in the Broadway revival of Follies. He talks about his lengthy career on stage, screen and television.

Lexington attorney Gatewood Galbraith, a perennial candidate in Kentucky politics for decades died late yesterday.Galbraith was 64. His death was made…

By Gary ScottMurray, KY – Since the fall of 2001, the international student population at universities across America tapered off slightly. Those numbers…