Bring That Week Back: Nov. 16
Occupy Wall Street, White House fired on, and more top news.
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White House Shooter Charged With Attempted Assassination - The Secret Service reported gunfire near Constitution Avenue and 16th Street, about one block away from the White House, on Nov. 11. An assault rifle and an abandoned vehicle were left behind, which led authorities to Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, the suspected shooter. Ortega-Hernandez was arrested at a hotel near Indiana, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 16. The following day, prosecutors said Ortega-Hernandez would be charged with attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama. (Photo: AP Photo/U.S. Park Police)
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Occupy Wall Street Cleared From Zuccotti Park - A New York Supreme Court judge overturned a lower court ruling on Nov. 15 that ruled Occupy Wall Street protesters could re-establish their tents in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. The decision was another jolt for the anti-Wall Street protesters, who were kicked out of the park by New York City police around 1 A.M. that morning in a surprise raid. (Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)
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Ex-Penn State Coach Jerry Sandusky Denies Molesting Kids - In a shocking interview aired on NBC’s Rock Center on Nov. 14, Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually molesting eight underage boys, denied he ever acted with sexual intent. “I am innocent of those charges,” Sandusky said. (Photo: AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Andy Colwell)
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Penn State Students Riot After Joe Paterno Firing - The Penn Sate Board of Trustees abruptly fired beloved head football coach Joe Paterno and Penn State president Graham Spanier on Nov. 9, in light of the child sex scandal involving Paterno’s former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The news whipped some students into a frenzy as they spilled into the streets and tipped over a news van. Two days later, thousands of students held a vigil for victims of sexual abuse.(Photo: REUTERS/Pat Little)
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Wins Runoff Vote in Liberia - Liberian president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf secured her second term in office, capturing more than 90 percent of the vote, on Nov. 10. Sirleaf’s feat didn’t come without struggle: her re-election campaign was marred when violence in the nation’s capital of Monrovia on Nov. 4 threatened to deter voters from showing up at the polls.(Photo: REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly)
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NBA Games Canceled Through December - The NBA lockout showed no sign of ending after the league told players on Nov. 15 that games had been canceled through Dec. 15. Faced with an ultimatum from league owners, the players union moved to disband, allowing individual athletes, including Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant, to file class-action antitrust lawsuits against the league.(Photo: AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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U.S. Navy Ship Honors Civil Rights Martyr Medgar Evers - The U.S. Navy named one of its ships after civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who was assassinated in his driveway in 1963. “In a real sense, he set us all free,” Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said of Evers at the christening on Nov. 12. “His life was a mighty blow against the chains of racism that bound us all for too, too long.” (Photo: PRNewsFoto/General Dynamics NASSCO/Melissa Jacobs)
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Gloria Cain Stands By Her Man - In an interview that aired on Fox News’ On the Record on Nov. 14, Gloria Cain, the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, questioned the validity of the sexual harassment allegations targeting her husband. “If a person is so hurt or traumatized because of something you allege happened to you, why would you wait 15 years to say something about it?” she said. (Photo: FOX News)