Between the endless health-care debate, an unstoppable oil slick and the "Jersey Shore," it's a wonder 2010 didn't kill us. Among the year's key players: North Korea's Kim Jong Il, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, "Jersey Shore's" Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, pro golfer Tiger Woods, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
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Reps. Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner argued over, well, everything while the pink slips multiplied across the country.
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Bigger than health care, Toyota recalls and sky-high unemployment combined was the late-night tussle between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien.
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In February, it seemed no one had warned Vancouver that the Winter Olympics required, um, ice and snow.
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What the heck caused May's "Flash Crash?" Who knows. We're still smarting from the financial concussion.
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In June, Gen. Stanley McChrystal got the hook from Obama after some choice comments in Rolling Stone about the Beatles. Oh no, wait, it was something more important than that ...
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In August, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater lived every airplane passenger's dream and cursed his way into America's heart.
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In September, Christina O'Donnell assures the nation she's not a witch. Nation left scratching its head for another explanation.
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Sarah Palin speculated that in 2012, she could defeat President Obama. But did she say in what?
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