This Week's Top News Stories on YouTube--Occupy protests, a deadly storm rips through the US south, and Italians cheer at Berlusconi's demise

Everyday on the CitizenTube Channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Every week we'll post a weekly recap of the top news stories of the week:

• We watched police officers in cities across the United States forcibly remove Occupy protesters from their camps and later clash with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators who continued to speak out.
• We saw a huge storm system that produced several possible tornadoes and killed at least six people sweep across the southern US states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina.
• We observed thousands of Italians rejoice in song and cheers at the resignation of their controversial prime minister Silvio Berlusconi after many wanted new leadership in dealing with the country's economic woes.
• We witnessed protesters in Kuwait storm parliament calling for the resignation of their prime minister over allegations of corruption.
• We followed Herman Cain's brain freeze over Libya, Mitt Romney's Google+ hangout, and Newt Gingrich's rise to the top of the GOP polls on the US campaign trail.
• We monitored the Penn State Jerry Sandusky scandal as it continued to grow after the charged sex offender spoke out.
• We observed an estimated 50,000 people take to the streets in Greece on the anniversary of the Nov. 17 students' uprising to protest the country's latest austerity measures.
• We noted the continued deadly violence in Syria despite a suggestion from Jordan that President Assad should step down and the suspension of the country from the Arab League bloc.
• We looked on as security forces in Brazil moved into Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro in an intense crack down on drug gangs.
• And finally, we were entertained by the unusual venue of an aircraft carrier for a NCAA basketball game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Michigan State Spartans.

This Week's Top News Stories on YouTube--A huge Penn State scandal, a busy US campaign trail, and the Eurozone economic crisis claims more victims.

Everyday on the CitizenTube Channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Every week we'll post a weekly recap of the top news stories of the week:

• We witnessed Penn State's college football program become front-page news after former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexually abusing eight boys, legendary head football coach Joe Paterno was fired, and students protested Paterno's ouster.
• We watched the Eurozone economic crisis claim its next victims with the resignation of Greece's PM George Papandreou and the announced resignation of Italy's PM Silvio Burlusconi.
• We saw Alaska get pounded by an "epic" Beric Sea "superstorm" that left residents inundated with heavy snowfall, strong winds, and powerful coastal waves.
• We monitored the aftermath of a deadly 5.6 earthquake in Turkey that followed the October 23 devastating 7.2 tremor in which over 600 people were killed.
• We followed a busy week on the US campaign trail with one year to go until the 2012 elections as Rick Perry's major debate "oops" and Herman Cain's sexual harassment charges took center stage.
• We observed roads turning into rivers in Genoa, Italy as deadly floodwater wreaked havoc on local citizens.
• We were stunned by a massive landslide in the northwestern Colombian city Manizales that killed 48 people and buried 14 homes.
• We noted the deferral of the Obama administration's decision to move forward with the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada that was preceded by large protests at the White House.
• We examined major Middle East events including further violent crackdowns on Syrian protesters in defiance of an Arab League agreement, the annual Hajj in Saudi Arabia marking the festival Eid al-Adha, and another aid flotilla to Gaza stopped by the Israeli navy.
• And finally, we were saddened by the passing of two giants of their professions: CBS newsman Andy Rooney and former heavyweight boxing world champion Joe Frazier.

This Week's Top News Stories on YouTube--An economic and political Greek roller coaster, Occupy protests heat up, and an incredible emergency airliner

Everyday on the CitizenTube Channel (and @CitizenTube on Twitter), along with our curation partners @storyful, we look at how the top news stories are covered on YouTube. Every week we'll post a weekly recap of the top news stories of the week:

• We tracked a roller coaster week for Greece as the country went back and forth on whether to hold a referendum on an EU bailout for the country that stole headlines at the G20 meetup in Cannes, France.
• We watched intense Occupy protests in Denver and once again in Oakland as police in both cities used non-lethal weapons to reign in demonstrators.
• We witnessed an amazing emergency landing of a Boeing 767 airliner with no landing gear and 231 passengers on board that touched down in Warsaw, Poland after taking off from Newark, New Jersey.
• We noted the loss of thirteen American military personnel and three Australian soldiers in separate attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
• We followed Herman Cain on the US campaign trail as he defended himself against accusations of sexual harassment while he was president of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
• We observed roads turning into rivers in Bangkok, Thailand as floodwater in the city and surrounding areas steadily inundated neighborhoods in the country's worst flooding in decades.
• We were amazed by the powerful, early season snowstorm in the US Northeast that was blamed for at least 29 deaths and enormous power outages.
• We monitored the quick breakdown of a supposed Arab League deal with Syria for the country's security forces to stop the violent suppression of anti-government demonstrations which lead to over a dozen people killed.
• And finally, we celebrated Halloween along with YouTubers around the world and saw US politicians get into the spirit too!