AP: Top 10 News Stories of 2006 by BarbinMD

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AP: Top 10 News Stories of 2006
by BarbinMD
Sun Dec 31, 2006 at 08:03:54 AM PST
It's time for the top 10 news stories of 2006, as voted by members of the Associated Press.

And the winners (??) are:

1.) The Iraq War
2.) U.S. Elections
3.) Nuclear Standoffs
4.) Illegal Immigration
5.) Scandals in Congress
6.) Saddam Convicted
7.) Mideast Fighting
7.) Rumsfeld Resigns
9.) Airliner Plot
10.) Disaster in Darfur

And before anyone points out the error, there was a tie for 7th place.

Personally, I'd move up the scandals in Congress and Rumsfeld's resignation and drop Saddam's conviction off the list completely. After all, that was more of a foregone conclusion than a story."

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1. yeah, the Airliner Plot could go, too

Really more of a non-story that was escalated into more headaches while flying. :grr:

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2. How is Darfur only 10th? And why is it called disaster. A disaster is

when my cooking goes terribly wrong.