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Opinion: The Top Stories of 2010 -- What Comes Next?

Oh, 2010, you were such a disappointment. If you were my kid, your mother and I would be having this discussion in the living room and letting you know just how much you let us down. You had such potential! And you squandered it. This was the year when we were supposed to get good jobs for the jobless, the planet was going...

Paul the Psychic Octopus Mourned Far and Wide Across Twitter

(Oct. 26) -- Forget the "fail whale." Today on Twitter, the untimely death of a different sea creature is causing all the buzz. Paul the Octopus, the psychic sea creature who captivated the world with his flawless streak of 2010 World Cup predictions, died Monday night. Paul made a name for himself during the World Cup...

Paul the Psychic Octopus Attacked by Ahmadinejad

(July 27) -- Perhaps the Iranian president picked Germany to win the World Cup? Last week, at a national youth conference held in Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took aim at Paul the "Psychic" Octopus, the seemingly clairvoyant, German-based cephalopod who accurately predicted the outcome of eight matches of the 2010 FIFA...

Spain Wins 2010 World Cup

(July 11) -- In the end, it's Spain hoisting the 2010 FIFA World Cup trophy. It's the first World Cup championship for Spain, the pre-tournament favorite, which defeated Netherlands 1-0 in the World Cup final. Spain is the eighth country to win the World Cup, and the first first-time winner since France won in 1998.

Opinion: The Internet and Soccer -- A Double-Edged Sword?

(July 9) -- Matthew Bernstein has seen firsthand the promise of the Internet in attracting new American fans to soccer. The 43-year-old founder of the 500-member Hapoel Soccer Club in Maryland explains: "In the 1970s, when I watched the World Cup final on TV, I missed at least one goal due to commercial breaks. Four years...