The debate over gun control in America has long been a topic of heated discussion among the politically inclined, with several high profile lobby groups applying political pressure from both sides. Recently, Robert Ricker, one of the gun industry's most powerful lobbyists throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s, severed ties with his past and now provides insider testimony for groups seeking lawsuits against various gun makers.

In 1988, an agent of the Libyan government planted a bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. The bombing was just one in a string of terrorist attacks conducted or aided by Libya that killed many Westerners. Among these attacks was a 1989 bombing of a French airliner and the 1986 bombing of a Berlin disco.

On Aug. 14, 50 million people found themselves living in modern-day cities but trapped in a pre-electric era more than 200 years in the past. For three days, the Northeast was left without power, and several weeks later, it's time to point fingers at the culprits of what has been called the greatest power failure in North American history.