Category:North America

A

• [×] Aruba‎ (3 articles)

B

• [×] Beck v. Eiland-Hall‎ (5 articles)

C

• [+] Canada‎ (1136 articles; 44 subcategories)
• [+] Caribbean‎ (100 articles; 17 subcategories)
• [×] Chili Finger Incident‎ (15 articles)

D

• [×] Dominican Republic‎ (15 articles)

D cont.

• [×] Don't ask, don't tell‎ (7 articles)

G

• [×] Greenland‎ (5 articles)
• [+] Gulf of Mexico‎ (63 articles; 1 subcategory)

J

• [×] January 13, 2005‎ (10 articles)

M

• [+] Mexico‎ (157 articles; 5 subcategories)

N

• [×] NATO‎ (100 articles)

N cont.

• [×] NYC Transit Negotiations of 2005‎ (7 articles)

P

• [×] Puerto Rico‎ (16 articles)

S

• [×] Swine flu‎ (48 articles)

U

• [+] United States‎ (6221 articles; 161 subcategories)

X

• [×] XM and Sirius merger‎ (4 articles)

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• "7th Heaven" television series comes to an end
• "Children of Men" wins Scripter Award for writing
• "City Slickers" actor, Jack Palance, dies
• "Freedom Tower" renamed "1 World Trade Center"
• "Friday the 13" Buffalo, New York snow storm in pictures
• "Halo 3" creates new opening day record
• "Last Lecture" Professor Randy Pausch dies at age 47
• "Lost" actress Elizabeth Mitchell cast in ABC's "V" pilot
• "Low pathogenic" H5N1 Bird Flu virus found in wild ducks in Maryland and Pennsylvania
• "Massive" oil spill in Alaska
• "Miracle on the Hudson" pilot retires
• "Prada", "Illusionist" among screen adaptations up for USC Scripter
• "Shock jock" Howard Stern makes his satellite radio debut
• "Shrinking Cities" debuts in Detroit, Michigan
• "Sunshine", "Queen" in the spotlight as 79th Annual Academy Award nominations announced
• "Ten Commandments" judge loses Alabama gubernatorial primary
• "The Simpsons Movie" hits theatres July 2007
• "Toxic soup" scenario in New Orleans unlikely
• "Twilight" DVD sells 3 million copies in first day
• "Virtual fence" along US-Mexico border scrapped
• "Woofstock" dog festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• $1,000 reward offered for answer from US President
• $106 billion war bill backed by U.S. House of Representatives
• $158 billion missing in U.S. Medicare drug benefit cost estimate
• $1m offer for NBC to include U.S. presidential candidate Gravel in TV debate

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• 'Afghanistan is a 20-year venture' warns Canadian general
• 'America’s Toughest Sheriff' to endorse Rick Perry for U.S. President
• 'Apple's data is dirtiest,' says Greenpeace
• 'Bigfoot' hunters claim to have found corpse of mythical creature in Georgia, USA
• 'Bright' idea lights its way to win NASA contest
• 'Conference of the Americas' announced for 2008
• 'Crown Fire' forces residents in Southern California to evacuate homes
• 'Da Vinci Code' opens in theaters, sparks controversy
• 'Dewey Defeats Truman' incident in California State Senate election
• 'Electra'-fying competition faces 'Fockers'
• 'Explosive' Haitian cholera outbreak kills 292, neighboring countries prepare
• 'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
• 'Guiding Light' to flicker out after 72 years on radio, TV
• 'Homer Simpson' contributes to U.S. presidential candidate Buddy Roemer
• 'Jelly bellies' memo costs Florida police chief his job
• 'Jesus Camp' shuts down
• 'Kane' still tops but many changes underneath on American Film Institute's '100'
• 'Mega Millions' lottery nears record high in US
• 'Naked Guy' Andrew Martinez dies
• 'Net Neutrality Amendment' fails in U.S. House
• 'Noise' takes on 'Fockers' in weekend box office race
• 'Not guilty' plea from Abdulmutallab on Detroit jet bombing charges
• 'Outraged' LaHood unveils plans to tackle fatigued U.S. air traffic controllers
• 'Pregnancy pact' grabs international attention for small Massachusetts town
• 'Sahara' opens as top film in U.S., Canada
• 'Scooter' Libby jail sentence commuted by US President George Bush
• 'Serious' terror threat in Mumbai; police hunt four suspected militants
• 'Star Wars' headed to TV as weekly series
• 'Suspicious' package closes half of Washington Dulles Airport terminal
• 'The Gates' opens in New York City
• 'Top Model' winner CariDee English on her modeling career and her battle with psoriasis
• 'Troopergate' investigation finds Palin abused her power
• 'World' stops turning for longest-running US soap opera
• 'Worst song of all time' becomes YouTube sensation

1

• 1,100 evacuated due to massive Halifax brush fire
• 10 American soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
• 10-year-old boy missing after car gets carjacked
• 10-year-old Oklahoma girl found murdered
• 109th Boston marathon takes place
• 11 killed in Mexican military helicopter crash
• 12 coal miners are found dead, 1 in critical condition, in West Virginia mine
• 12 dead following police raid of Mexican night club

1 cont.

• 13 coal miners trapped in West Virginia mine
• 14,000-acre Southern California 'Crown Fire' at 82% containment, evacuation orders lifted
• 14,500 job cuts announced by Hewlett-Packard
• 15 Royal Navy sailors captured at gunpoint by Iranian guards
• 17 arrested in Canadian counter-terrorism operation
• 18 dead after multiple twisters strike US Midwest
• 18 Motorcyclists killed during Bike Week
• 18-year US media ban on covering return of fallen soldiers lifted

2

• 2-year-old dies in car in 100ºF heat with windows rolled up
• 20 injured in Montreal college shooting spree
• 20 years on: Sioux City, Iowa remembers crash landing that killed 111
• 20,000 Californian state workers may lose their jobs
• 20-horse field for Derby dash
• 2005 Afghan opium harvest begins
• 2005/01/19 Pacific Northwest soaked with "Tropical Punch"
• 2006 Nobel Prize in chemistry for insight into cells
• 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to American scientists
• 2006 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for microwave map of the universe
• 2006 Oscars handed out at Kodak Theatre
• 2006 U.S. Congressional Elections
• 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winners announced
• 2007 MuchMusic Video Award People's Choice nominees announced
• 2007 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Brackets
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: Argentina and France qualify for quarter finals
• 2007 Rugby World Cup: Scotland and Fiji qualify for quarter finals
• 2008 G8 summit launched in Hokkaido, Japan
• 2008 GOP convention to be in Minnesota
• 2008 Juno Award nominees announced
• 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs enter second round
• 2008 Tour de Taiwan Stage 2: European & American cyclists rise up
• 2008 Winter Carnival partially thaws in Saint Paul
• 2010 Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure becomes world's largest Komen race
• 2010 NASCAR: Kevin Harvick wins Summer race in Daytona Beach, Florida
• 2011 BRIT Awards highlights
• 21 sites added to Unesco World Heritage list
• 23 Australians arrested in global child porn network
• 231st Independence Day celebrated in United States
• 24 people rescued from roller coaster at California's Great America theme park
• 25 dead after mine explosion in West Virginia
• 26 Americans, mostly CIA agents, charged for kidnapping in Italy

3

• 31 die in Mexico jail violence
• 33 dead, 15 injured in Virginia Tech shootings
• 34% more Americans killed in Iraq during past 12 months than in previous 12 months
• 38 killed after US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
• 380 million year old fossilized trees found in New York, USA

4

• 4 year-old suspended from kindergarten in Texas, US
• 4.3 magnitude earthquake strikes the San Francisco region
• 400 pound python seized by wildlife officials in Florida
• 401 children from Texas sect compound taken into custody
• 40th Ariane 5 rocket launches ProtoStar-1 and Badr-6 satellites
• 49 dead after Comair regional jet crashes in Kentucky

5

• 5 dead in Chicago-area store shooting
• 5 killed as bus from New York City to Montreal crashes
• 5 killed in Kentucky coal mine explosion
• 5-year old American girl dies after visiting the dentist
• 5-year-old girl handcuffed by Florida police
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake rocks Hawaii hours before expected hurricane
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocks San Diego and northern Mexico
• 500 million US dollars worth of treasure found off coast of Cornwall UK
• 5th Canadian soldier in a week killed in Afghanistan

6

• 6 Canadian soldiers injured in Afghan attack
• 6-year-old boy in Colorado found alive, unhurt after runaway balloon allegedly carried him away
• 6.1 magnitude aftershock earthquake hits Haiti
• 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off California coast
• 60-year old woman gives birth to twins
• 60th anniversary of the end of the war in Asia and Pacific commemorated
• 65-year-old woman arrested over the death of two Mexican wrestlers

6 cont.

• 67th Annual Golden Globe Award highlights
• 68 pieces of luggage found behind Texas pet store
• 68% of Dutch consider their government "Lap Dog" of United States

7

• 7-Eleven acquires Chicago-based White Hen chain
• 7.2 quake rattles lower Colorado River area in Mexico
• 70,000 General Motors employees go on strike
• 700,000 march in Beirut; Hezbollah leader lambasts Bush and Rice
• 73M-year-old fossilized fish found in Canada
• 77 names added to fallen journalist memorial in Washington, D.C.

8

• 8 dead following road collision in New Brunswick, Canada
• 8th case of mad cow disease found in Canada

9

• 9 US soldiers killed in Iraq bombing; 20 others wounded
• 9/11 Anthrax investigation quietly loses urgency
• 9/11 conspirator Moussaoui ejected from court
• 9/11 health care bill passed in US House of Representatives
• 90 days of hard labor for Abu Ghraib dog handler

A

• A fifth of American kids projected to become obese
• A.J. Pierzynski leads Chicago White Sox to narrow 5-4 win against Detroit Tigers
• A380 collides with regional jet at JFK airport
• A380 makes maiden flight to US
• Aaron Swartz arrested and charged for downloading JSTOR articles
• AARP claims US prescription drug prices continue to rise
• Abby Cadabby debuts at Sesame Place today as a walkaround character
• ABC comes under fire for alleged partisan slant in 9/11 miniseries
• ABC News anchor Peter Jennings dies at 67
• ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings diagnosed with lung cancer
• ABC to move Internet news network back to U.S. TVs
• ABC's "Alias" to end run in May 2006
• Abducted four-year-old Missouri girl found alive, person of interest shoots himself
• Abducted Richmond Hill, Ontario man walks into police station
• Abducted teen in Florida found
• Abductors of American journalist Jill Carroll release videotape with demands
• Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission endorses Children's Song
• Abramoff begins prison sentence
• Abramoff pleads guilty to three charges
• Abused girl in Arizona found with 100 wounds
• Academy Award Nominees Announced
• Academy Award-winning film director Paul Haggis leaves Scientology
• Accusations Tigger threw punch fill airwaves as teen claims neck injuries
• ACLU commemorates anniversary of US Supreme Court decision on student free speech
• ACLU President Strossen on religion, drugs, guns and impeaching George Bush
• ACLU, EFF challenging US 'secret' court orders seeking Twitter data
• ACLU, Minutemen trade accusations of misbehavior
• ACLU: Gen. Sanchez possibly perjured himself at 2004 Senate inquiry
• Activist ejected from Virginia senator’s re-election rally
• Actor Bob Denver dies at 70
• Actor Jerry Orbach dead at age 69
• Actor John Fiedler, voice of Piglet and "Bob Newhart" regular, dead at 80
• Actor Justin Mentell dies in road accident at age 27
• Actor Peter Boyle dies at age 71
• Actress Mia Amber Davis dies aged 36
• Actress Patricia Neal dies aged 84
• Actress Virginia Mayo dies
• Adam Aircraft suspends activities at Utah factory, lays off 300 workers amid financial difficulties
• Adobe to Purchase Macromedia for $3.4 Billion
• ADP says US economy lost 742,000 jobs in March
• Advocacy groups complain about 4parents.gov sex-ed website
• Advocate poll: GLAAD support not unanimous in U.S. gay commmunity
• Aer Lingus buys twelve new long-haul Airbus jets
• Aerial photos of Katrina's aftermath available
• Aeroflot negotiates purchase of 22 new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft
• Aerosmith cancel remaining tour dates after on stage accident
• Afghan coalition forces repel Taliban ambush: 8 killed, 16 captured
• Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base
• Afghan opium plantings expected to be up 40% from 2005
• Afghan pilot kills nine Americans