Person of the Year 2009
The story of the year was a weak economy that could have been much, much weaker. How the mild-mannered man who runs the Federal Reserve prevented an economic catastrophe
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- Rio Climate Summit: Top 10 Priorities for a Planet in Peril
- Heroes of the Environment 2009
- Top 10 Deadliest Earthquakes
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Education
- Top 10 Bad Teachers
- The 20 Best- and Worst-Paid College Majors
- School of Thought: 11 Education Activists for 2011
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Health & Medicine
- Top 10 Iconic Junk Foods
- What You Need to Know About Bullying
- Back to School: Best Lunchboxes for Kids (and Their Parents!)
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Internet
- 50 Websites That Make the Web Great
- Top 10 Twitter Controversies
- The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011
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Lifestyle
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Politics
Religion
- Top 10 Failed Predictions
- Top 10 Pat Robertson Gaffes
- Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Ramadan
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Science
Sports
- Top 10 Worst First Pitches
- Top 10 NYC-vs.-Boston Showdowns
- Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About the New England Patriots
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Tech
- The Apple Revolution: 10 Key Moments
- Top iPhone Applications
- 15 Fantastic Gadgets for Father's Day
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Travel
United States
- Top 10 Controversial Supreme Court Cases
- The American Dream: A Biography
- The Amazing Adventures of Ben Franklin
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War & Terrorism
- Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience
- Return to Baghdad
- Seven Years in Iraq: An Iraq War Timeline
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