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Old 12-29-2010, 06:38 AM
 
Location: Tennessee
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You don't have to like the stories but in your opinion, what were the 10 biggest news stories of 2010?
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Old 12-29-2010, 06:54 AM
 
Location: MichOhioigan
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Chilean Miners.
It was the first on that came to mind and it recieved worldwide attention for an extended period of time.

Close second would be the Gulf oil spill.
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Old 12-29-2010, 09:44 AM
 
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It's hard to say. We'd probably have to divide it first into "US" and "International" categories, since some events that matter a lot in the US don't have much global impact, and vice versa.

Then we might want to divide things between "natural occurrences" (like the Haitian earthquake or the Iceland volcano) and "manmade events" (things like wars, riots, or political processes).

Obviously those things overlap, but they are often quite different in character.
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Old 12-29-2010, 09:50 AM
 
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The BP spill.
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Old 12-29-2010, 06:02 PM
 
Location: Missouri
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The sluggish economic recovery by a landslide.
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Old 12-29-2010, 06:04 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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The Gulf Oil Spill...
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Old 12-29-2010, 06:08 PM
 
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1) Oil Spill
2) Health Care Reform
3) FIFA World Cup
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Old 12-29-2010, 06:16 PM
 
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To add:

Health care overhaul

Haiti earthquake

Tea party movement

Wikileaks

European debt crisis and riots
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Old 12-29-2010, 06:56 PM
 
Location: planet octupulous is nearing earths atmosphere
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1 for human suffering, loss of human life, haiti earth quake!! hands down.... pakistan floods. chile earth quake..

2 gulf oil spill..

3 threat of north korean war.. i think a lot of peps underestimate that nut job.. kim jong il.
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Old 12-29-2010, 07:43 PM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Oh, definitely the Tea Party phenomenon and the conservative resurrection resulting in an historic election for the GOP across the USofA.
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