>From bedbugs to teen bullying epidemics to a massive oil spill, here's a look at some of the top stories that dominated headlines on the national front this year.
(Also see our roundups of top stories in Food, Business, and International news—and coming soon: top stories in Politics, Technology, and Entertainment, in The Atlantic.com's special 2010 year-end report.)
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Sage Stossel is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and draws the cartoon feature Sage, Ink. She is author and illustrator of the children's books On the Loose in Boston, On the Loose in Washington, DC, and On the Loose in Philadelphia. Her graphic novel Starling is serialized on GoComics.com.