What do you all think were the top news stories of the year, were? Here are my picks, in no order...

- The death of Michael Jackson and many many other celebrities
- President Barack Obama taking office
- The fallout of the economic downturn, namely, unemployment
- Bank bailouts
- Automotive Industry bailouts
- Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and North Korea
- Susan Boyle's rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream"
- Balloon Boy
- Tiger Woods' fall from grace
- Jon & Kate's divorce

 

obama winning the NPP for doing nothing but being the first black US president and making us poorer....