Year in Review, 2009

News and Analysis

• News of the Nation
  President Obama's First Year • Same-Sex Marriage on Ballots, Minds of Americans • Violence and Tragedy at a U.S. Army Post • Supreme Court Milestone: First Hispanic Justice • An Economy in Turmoil Shows Improvement by Year's End • DNA Test Not a Right, Supreme Court Rules • Health-Care Reform Takes Center Stage in Congress
• News of the World
  Presidential Election Marred by Fraud in Afghanistan • President of Honduras Overthrown in Coup • Opposition Protests Presidential Election in Iran • U.S. Diminishes Its Role in Iraq • Peace Remains Elusive for Israelis and Palestinians • Taliban Gains Strength in Pakistan
• Science News 2009
  Cancer Screening Recommendations Caused Uproar • U.S. and Much of the World Gripped by the Threat of H1N1 • The Large Hadron Collider Broke Records • Fossilized Specimans in Human Evolution Discovered, Refuted • Water Found on the Moon
• News: Month by Month
  Detailed chronology of the news each month, covering national and international events
• Iraq Conflict Timeline 2009
  U.S. Military Relinquished Control of the Green Zone • U.S. Troops Withdrew from Large Cities • Massive Suicide Bombs Continued

Statistics

• 2009 World Statistics
• 2009 U.S. Statistics

People, Pop Culture, and Society

• People in the News 2009
• Deaths in 2009
• 2009 Arts and Entertainment Awards
• Top Ten Lists of 2009
• Quizzes