The Top 10 Everything of 2010

In 50 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad, of the past 12 months

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  1. TIME Exclusive: President Obama's 1979 Prom Photos
  2. Google Faces Fresh U.S. Scrutiny Over Market Power
  3. Tornadoes Were Just the Beginning. This Hurricane Season Is Going to be Stormy
  4. London Terror Attack: Names, Family Tragedy and Deepening Mystery
  5. Solved! The Mystery of the Maddening Itch
  6. Writing Wrongs: 10 Movie Titles with Bad Grammar
  7. Obama: The College Years
  8. Before and After the Tornado: Satellite Shots of Moore
  9. The Key to a High IQ? Not Getting Distracted
  10. I-5 Bridge Collapse Survivor: 'You Hold On'
  1. TIME Exclusive: President Obama's 1979 Prom Photos
  2. Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
  3. Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation
  4. The 46,000-Pound X-Wing: How LEGO Built The World's Biggest Star Wars Toy
  5. The Key to a High IQ? Not Getting Distracted
  6. Writing Wrongs: 10 Movie Titles with Bad Grammar
  7. Solved! The Mystery of the Maddening Itch
  8. Before Midnight: Very True Romance
  9. Tornadoes Were Just the Beginning. This Hurricane Season Is Going to be Stormy
  10. Why Argentine Steaks Are Getting Harder to Find