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The Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2008

This year, a historic U.S. election, a catastrophic financial crisis, and China’s Olympic dreams dominated headlines, but some of the biggest stories never made the front page. From the Afghanistan “surge” that’s already begun, to the global warming solution that could be making the problem worse, here are 10 big stories that never became big news.

The 10 Worst Predictions for 2008

Prognostication is by far the riskiest form of punditry. The 10 commentators and leaders on this list learned that the hard way when their confident predictions about politics, war, the economy, and even the end of humanity itself completely missed the mark.