1. Election 2000:The Supreme Court Steps In
2. 9-11-2001: The Day the World Changed
3. Hurricane Katrina: The American Nightmare
4. The World Economy Tanks: "Sub-Prime" Becomes Vernacular

5. Barack Obama Elected President of US
6. The European Union Takes Off
7. War in Iraq:"Quagmire" Again Becomes Vernacular
8. China and India Make Their Biggest Economic Moves

9. Social Media on the Internet: We're All Just a Click Away
10. Climate Change: "Sustainability" Becomes Common Vernacular
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I had to amend this list...since, to me the decade began in 2000, I had to include the Election of 2000.
Another story of note is...
11. World Class Athletes: Doping, Steroids, Scandal and Violence Tarnish Global Stars



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Plamegate
Dead Eye Dick Cheney
and
FrankenMcCain's monster, better known as Sarah Palin.
i'm lumping the whole "selling of the war" into the iraq war. plamegate is, to me part of that whole mess.
and i guess i'm just in denial about sarah palin...:)