Verizon bought Yahoo for $4.8 billion in cash.
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Wikileaks published classified information about the war in Afghanistan.
An asteroid, dubbed 'City Killer,' came closer to Earth than the moon and was almost undetected.
Pratibha Patil was sworn in as India's first female president.
The first baby was born after being conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Metallica released their album 'Kill 'Em All.'
