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2010 News Photo Quiz -- Which Story Was This?

Dec 25th 2010 – 6:15PM
Eric Gay, AP

Eric Gay, AP

Do you remember the biggest news of 2010? See if you can guess these top stories by looking at a tiny part of a photo from each one. Then click to see if you are right. Hint: They're chronological....

Photos of the Year

By Steve PendleburyDec 26th 2009 – 3:13PM
AP

AP

The news comes to us every day, all day long, in a torrent of words. Countless words on computer screens. More words on printed pages. Words heard on radio and TV. So many words that they all start to run together in the course of a year and news stories end up muddled in our memories. Yet a single photograph has the...

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PHOTOS: Years Of Unseen Harry Potter Photos Revealed!

By Jessie Heyman Jun 30th 2011 - 10:14AM

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'The Ultimate Metallica' Photo Book Captures 25 Years Worth of Images

By Amy Sciarretto Oct 21st 2010 - 06:00PM

If you are looking for something to adorn your coffee table with, then rock photographer Ross Halfin -- who has been snapping shots of Metallica for 25 years -- will make your day.

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  • 11/18/10 PHOTOS: Cher Through the Years Source: ABC News Singing duo Sonny & Cher burst onto the pop scene with their 1965 hit song "I Got You Babe." As solo artists and as a couple, they had five songs -- including "I Got You Babe" -- in the top 50 at the same time, a claim to fame shared only by the Beatles and Elvis Presley.
  • 11/03/10 PHOTOS: 25 Years of Sexy Source: ABC News Decades before late night TV hosts dubbed him the Craziest Man Alive, Mel Gibson put sexy on the map as People magazine's inaugural cover hunk in 1985.
  • 10/20/10 PHOTOS: Elton John Through the Years Source: ABC News Sir Elton John told "Good Morning America" that legendary '70s rocker Leon Russell was one of his primary inspirations.

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