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What to Look Forward to in 2010

It's official: 2009 is over and 2010 is upon us. You've no doubt consumed your fair share of best-and-worst-of lists for the past year (and decade), but what about the horizon? Here are some major events to look forward to for the next 365 days:
 
Senate Elections
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Obama: A Different Kind of Change

When Barack Obama swept into the presidential office, it was because the public believed in his bold idea of Big Change. A year later, he's having a harder time garnering support for his small change results.
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Why America Loves to Hate Infidelity

It's hard to believe it's been more than a decade since Bill Clinton faced impeachment for cheating on his wife. Now there's Tiger Woods, confronted with professional impeachment for cheating on his wife. It seems then, as now, America's favorite cause for brandishing the pitchfork is infidelity.
 
Of course, cheating is worthy of condemnation. But what makes us focus on sexual indiscretions before other, more sweeping ones?
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Climategate, MSM, and Partisan Pundits

Unless you're a rock dweller, you've no doubt heard about so-called "Climategate": The hacked e-mails from University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) that prove scientists have manipulated statistics to hide the fact that global warming is a hoax.
 
Or, a series of catty e-mails among colleagues, with no bearing whatsoever on the scientific reality of catastrophic climate change.
 
Like many things, it depends on who you ask—which makes it an interesting case study in news coverage.
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