Jeremy Taylor

While 2011 is about to be gone forever, you can still get a neat little recap of the year that was from WGNA 107.7 on-air personality Richie Phillip’s annual year-in-review song. Set to the tune of “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” ‘Rhymin’ Richie’ sings all the big events and bold-faced names of 2011.

While the county has been going through an extended period of economic decline and uncertainty, a solid majority of Americans still think that they are ahead of where their parents were financially.

During the Cincinnati Bengals’ game against the Arizona Cardinals Saturday, Bengals receiver Jerome Simpson jumped high in the air and then somersaulted over Arizona linebacker Daryl Washington. It was a spectacular move that ended with Simpson landing in the endzone on his feet.

Some of the presents you receive won’t be anything you particularly want or need. Do you try to make these unwanted gifts useful by giving them to somebody else?

Earlier this week, the Pentagon declared the end of the Iraq War, an almost nine-year conflict which claimed 4,487 American lives and removed Saddam Hussein from power. Now, Americans are are conflicted over whether the entire endeavor was worth it.

It is often said that Washington DC is Hollywood for ugly people. However, quite a few of the not-so-glamorous folks who run our nation have the type of daughters, like Abby Hunstman, who would look right at home on the red carpet.

It wouldn’t be Christmas time without Christmas movies, and even though the same half-dozen or so holiday classics tend to be played again and again during December two Christmas films folks are still not sick of are ‘A Christmas Story’ and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’

In what can be described as a seasonal “crime of fashion,” five female students at Monmouth College in Illinois were arrested after stealing statues of Mary, Joseph, the Baby Jesus and several stable animals from a nativity scene in their town’s square and dumping them on the lawn of their college’s president. It’s a Christmas miracle — that they didn’t get expelled.

From “warlocks” to Rebecca Black to Nyan Cat, it’s been quite a year for Internet sensations. Of all the memes and viral videos of this year, a handful were able to break out and become mainstream phenomenons. Here are our favorite Internet sensations of 2011. Check them all out below and then vote for which one you think is best. (For more on each sensation, click on the titles in blue.) Read Mor

In an interview with ABC News, Charlie Sheen denies that he has any pschological problems and declares ‘I’m not bipolar — I’m bi-winning.’ Is the manic Sheen really on top of his game? Check out the insane interview below and decide for yourself.

In the unlikely event you find yourself in a soiree full of Hollywood celebs this New Year’s Eve, which A-lister would you start sidling up to around 11:58 in hopes of stealing a kiss when 2011 becomes 2012? Turns out that–wait for it–a lot of women want to lay a tipsy smooch on the lips of George Clooney while men want to “make friends” under the mistletoe with Jennifer Aniston.

Guys, what’s the main problem with the bathroom? Could it be the lack of video games? A British gaming company solved this problem when it began testing a line of urinal mounted, urine-controlled video games that allow fellows to use their “joysticks” to control the action.