. -- captions by vitac -- -- captions by vitac -- -- captions by vitac -- -- captions by vitac -- -- captions by vitac -- -- captions by vitac -- >>> a congressman in a tiger suit. a wife allegedly flushing a bribe down the toilet. scandals, sex and the super committee. cnn's joe johns counts down the top political stories of 2011 starting with number ten. >> reporter: number ten, the hermanator. we ought to devote a whole segment to one candidate for president because he meant so much to so many. what would this election season have been without the pizza man himself, herman cain, whether it was his request for secret service protection even before his wife found out about the alleged 13-year affair with a woman that cain denied ever having, or was it his now infamous brain freeze when talking about libya? >> i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reasons. no, that's a different one. >> reporter: herman cain was the candidate to beat for off-beat levity on the campaign trail. suffice it to say when he finally rolled up his campaign banners and walked off into th

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. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm zain verjee at cnn in london. here are the top stories. as arab league observering prepare to fan out across syria, more disturbing images of violence are being posted on youtube. this video purportedly is from the flash point city at the center of the brutal crackdown by security forces. a member of arab league advance team says damascus has promised complete access to the country. >>> as north korea prepares for the fun ralg of kim jong-il, the country's new leaders consolidate in power as kim jong-un pubically mourned his father, state media referred to him as head of the ruling party. sunday a group of visiting south korean visitors met with the assembly. >>> two swedish journalists have been sentenced to 11 years in prison in ooet yoethiopia. they were found guilty of supporting terrorism. >>> britain's prince philip will leave hospital today. a buckingham palace says the 90-year-old will rejoin the queen and members of the royal family. prince philip spent christmas in hospital following a successful surgery

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. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the military police company are back on american soil and in the arms of loved ones. >> it was overwhelming. i can't believe everybody was here. >> oh, the perfect christmas gift. we couldn't have asked for anything else. >> at san jose international airport, the patriot guard paved the way for the 22 soldiers returning to the south bay. the group is made up of volunteers who make sure every soldier gets a hero's welcome. >> it's important to me personally because this didn't happen a few generations ago, and it's important that soldiers know that a country cares for them. >> this is very, very emotional and meaningful. >> the company of 160 deployed to afghanistan last december and were responsible for conducting security forces operations in three provinces. >> we did an excellent job. we had a lot of people. it was a great mission. >> but it was also one that did not come to an end without a major loss. 21-year-old specialist shawn walsh was killed last month by enemy fire. >> shawn walsh was part of our team. he was a good person. he mad

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> a u.s. plane shot down overseas. who is claiming responsibility? >> honoring maryland appear guardsmen. >> live, local, late breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6. >> the big story tonight, an iranian military says they shut down a u.s. you, since aircraft. military sources said the unmanned u.s. plane was shot down in eastern iran and seized by their forces. they say it violated iranian airspace. they are in dispute over their nuclear program. u.s. officials have not confirmed the report. the attack comes dr. 25 arrived back home after being kicked out of britain. officials there expelled the diplomat after students in tehran attacked british compounds. the german foreign ministers says the iranian foreign minister has expressed regret about the storming of the british embassy. at home, a celebration for local service members. maryland and the national guard were honored. do sheldon dutes is live in the studio on today's recognition ceremony. >> this is celebrating the guard accomplishments this year. this is also

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com been a pleasure. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, i'm christine palmer. welcome to cnn saturday morning. grab your juice and coffee. we're going to get you caught up on what's making headlines this morning. first of all, showing you some pictures out of russia right now. protests are happening right there. this is a look at the demonstrations. people have been gathering there all week, as you know, to protest last week's elections. there have been widespread allegations of voting fraud against putin's united russia party. we're going to take you live there in just a few moments. >>> also, as though you can take anymore of this. new allegations this morning that the head of the amateur athletic union may have sexually abused two boys decades ago. two men tell espn that robert bobby dodd molested them back in the 19 0s when they were playing on his aau baseball team. there's been no comment from dodd. he's battling colon cancer right now. >>> there was a candlelight vigil last night on the virginia tech campus. they were remem

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