The Gulf oil spill, health care overhaul, the midterm elections and the Tea Party movement were a few of the top stories that filled web browsers and the airwaves this year. There was tragedy, with the Haitian earthquake in January that killed at least 230,000 and left millions more homeless. The recession officially ended, but unemployment remains above 9 percent and the housing market remains soft. Wikileaks kept the blogosphere going with arguments about whether Julian Assange, the website’s founder, is a hero or a villain for publishing classified documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention secret and embarrassing diplomatic cables. And then there was the miraculous, feel-good story of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, who spent 69 days underground last August but were finally rescued one-by-one in front of an entranced global audience. What, to you, were the most important stories of the year? How did they impact you? And what stories didn’t get the attention they deserved?
Top stories of 2010
A protestor holds up her hand that is covered with simulated oil during a demonstration outside of a building that is being constructed on the U.C. Berkeley campus and funded by British Petroleum.
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Top stories of 2010
The Gulf oil spill, health care overhaul, the midterm elections and the Tea Party movement were a few of the top stories that filled web browsers and the airwaves this year. There was tragedy, with the Haitian earthquake in January that killed at least 230,000 and left millions more homeless. The recession officially ended, but unemployment remains above 9 percent and the housing market remains soft. Wikileaks kept the blogosphere going with arguments about whether Julian Assange, the website’s founder, is a hero or a villain for publishing classified documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, not to mention secret and embarrassing diplomatic cables. And then there was the miraculous, feel-good story of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, who spent 69 days underground last August but were finally rescued one-by-one in front of an entranced global audience. What, to you, were the most important stories of the year? How did they impact you? And what stories didn’t get the attention they deserved?