Three shows feature special roundtable discussions of the year's ups and downs.

Obamas stay close to home on Christmas.

Officials in the Missouri city where a tornado killed 161 people in May are trying to figure out what to do with a house covered in messages from people who came to help.

In light of the development this weekend that Mitt Romney and Ron Paul were the only two presidential candidates who had enough valid signatures to appear on the Virginia Republican primary ballot on March 6,  the American Spectator's John Fund appeared on Sunday's Fox and Friends on FNC and suggested that Newt Gingrich may yet find a way to secure a spot on the Virginia ballot. (Video below)  .

He also says Rick Santorum could surprise in Iowa.

The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has published a report accusing Twitter, the popular social media service, of failing to explain its “indirect support for online jihad” by providing communication services to international terror groups, in apparent violation of U.S. law.

Miracles and wonders.

She also wants a do-over on immigration reform.

The president takes photos and offers greetings to Marines and their families.

During a roundtable discussion on CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, after asserting that in past years divided government had "produced some really remarkable pieces of legislation," correspondent Nancy Cordes blamed the presence of Tea Party Republicans for less congressional success in enacting legislation this year. (Video below) Anchor Bob Schieffer raised the difficulty Congress has had in 2011 in making accomplishments, prompting Cordes to observe: I think what we learned this year is that divided government, which in the past has produced some really remarkable pieces of legislation, doesn't produce the same kind of results when you have two parties that are so far apart the way that these two are right now.

Saudi Arabia's aviation authority said it will allow foreign and local investors to operate domestic and international flights in the kingdom to meet growing demand.

The Chinese and Japanese governments unveiled a package of financial agreements designed to tighten ties between their economies.

A new survey shows him with 39 percent of the state's likely Republican voters.

The American Spectator does a nice job of deconstructing this ridiculous piece from a progressive blogger over at the Progressive Christian Alliance. The gist of the piece is this: Jesus was an illegal immigrant baby, thus if you are against illegal immigration, you are against Jesus and the entire story of the nativity is one [..].

The man believed to have killed six relatives and then himself on Christmas Day was dressed as Santa Claus, police said Monday.

Obama administration reviewing request to let leader Ali Abdullah Saleh enter U.S. for medical treatmentYemenis Rally Against Government, Denounce Killing of Protesters.

Newt Gingrich claims that it was his first wife, not Gingrich himself, who wanted their divorce in 1980, but court documents obtained by CNN appear to show otherwise.

Feeling the love.