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From Fidel Castro to airport security, what popped over the last 12 months
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From Fidel Castro to airport security, what popped over the last 12 months
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The men and women—and one dog—who stepped up to make things a little better this year
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The malicious, entitled troublemakers who made things a little—or a lot—worse
TheAtlantic.com's cartoonist on the absurdities of 2010
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Atlantic editors and writers share 22 favorite titles from a year in reading
A look at some of 2010's most remarkable thinking
What Atlantic writers and editors have on their wishlists
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Will Murdoch's iPad-only newspaper work? Will WikiLeaks get shut down? Some questions we have going into the new year.
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China has succeeded with a variation on an East Asian growth model that's now close to exhausting its potential
From "Glee" knock-offs to a very royal wedding, a look at what's to come in the year ahead
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2010 was a big year in politics, but 2011 could be bigger
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We hated them, too. But we also loved them.
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Making predictions is hard, especially about the future. But here we go anyway -- the 10 stories that will (probably) define 2011
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From the NBA/NFL lockout to the Phillies' pitching squad, a look at what's ahead in the new year
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From the tenth anniversary of 9/11 to the retirement of the space shuttle program, a look at some of the national news headlines we can expect in the year ahead
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From J.D. Salinger to Elizabeth Edwards, a look at the larger-than-life figures who passed away this year
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Some of our favorite writers on international affairs recommend their favorite books from 2010 to the world
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From the WikiLeaks dump to the BP disaster, stories that dominated the news
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How we search tells us a lot about who we are and the times we live in. We look at the top search queries of the year.
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From "Freedom" to "Inception" to the Conan-Leno saga, a look at what happened this year in books, television, music, and movies
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From LeBron James to UConn women's basketball, a look at what happened in the world of athletics
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From the GOP takeover to the "Ground Zero Mosque," 2010 was a year of major legislation and partisan fervor
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From bedbugs to teen bullying epidemics to a massive oil spill, a look at some of the top stories that dominated headlines on the national front this year
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Events and trends that shook up the food policy, sustainability, and restaurant worlds in the past year, from food safety to food trucks to the arrival of "Frankenfish"
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European debt, WikiLeaks, soccer in South Africa, Chinese currency - a look at what happened around the world in the last 12 months
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Years from now, 2010 will be considered a turning point for the economy and the country. But for many Americans, 2010 was historic for all the wrong reasons.
