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History

2010

Generations

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Lynn Thomas Lowe 71
Peggy LaNae Peterson (Lowe) 67

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Peggy Lynette Lowe (Phillips) 44
Sandra LaNae Lowe (Johnson) 43
Ronald Evan Johnson 52
Debra Eileen Lowe 37
Michelle Ann Lowe 35
Lori Ellen Lowe (Hatfield) 33
Geoffrey Georg Hatfield 30

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Jennifer Lyn Atwood (Dean) 23
David Dean
Jeremy Scott Atwood 19
Michael Evan Johnson 9
Alena Ann Hatfield 4
Vivienne Marie Hatfield 1

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Athena Lyn Dean 1

World

General:

Population: 6.85 Billion

Politics: Wikileaks publishes government secret documents (mostly American) and founder Julian Assange accused of sex crimes shortly afterwards
Travel: Carnival Splendor stranded for three days after fire left it dead
Deaths: Lena Horne, Elizabeth Edwards, Leslie Neilsen

Africa

Americas

Canada: Luge athlete dies in training at Vancouver Olympics
Chile: Major earthquakes – 8.8 catastrophe
33 miners trapped below ground 69 days, rescued alive
Colombia: Major flooding and landslides
Haiti: Earthquake kills 233,000
American missionaries helping earthquake charged with kidnapping children – charges dropped
Cholera outbreak follows quake
Mexico: Murders increase in Ciudad Juarez
Landslides in Oaxaca
Investigator of shooting deaths found decapitated
7.2 Quake in Mexicali triggers quakes in U.S.

Asia

China: 100 survive mine flood, Google reroutes Internet paths to avoid filters
Indian Ocean: US Navy battles pirates in Indian Ocean and capture "mother ship"
Indonesia: Merapi volcano erupts (Java) killing over 300
Japan: Earthquake in Bonin Islands measures 7.4
Kampuchea: Khmer Rouge prison chief convicted of genocide
Stampede at festival kills 180
North Korea: Rounds shot onto populated South Korean Island produces return fire
Papua New Guinea: Cholera outbreak
South Korea: Military exercises planned in reponse to hostile actions taken by North Korea

Europe

Great Britain: UK gunman kills 12
Britain gains conservative Prime Minister
Longest Wimbleton match over after 3 days: John Isner tops Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in 5th set
British arrest five over alleged threat against Pope Benedict XVI
Hairdresser Jenny Mitchell dies when peroxide fumes are ignited from cigarette
ELO musician Mike Edwards killed by hay bale
Segway company owner Jimi Heselden accidentally drives off cliff on a Segway
Finland: World Sauna Championships cancelled after Russian competetor dies from burns
Tuition hike demonstrators attack car containing Prince Charles and wife Camilla
France: Pension reform triggers strikes
Greece: Economy collapses
Hungary: Toxic slurry flood kills nine and pollutes 40 square kilometers
Iceland: European airspace closes due to eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano
Ireland: Large bailout from EU as debt escalates
End of Republic if Ireland...
Italy: Pompeii walls collapse due to neglect and heavy rains
Parcel bombs explode at Swiss and Chilean embassies
Poland: Polish president and many members of government killed in plane crash in Russia
Russia: 25 killed in Moscow subway explosion – later linked to Islamic terrorists
Switzerland: Hadron super collider works briefly
Vatican City: Vatican bank investigated for money laundering

Middle East

Afghanistan: Suicide bombings and war continue
Iran: Nuclear powerplant started, Sanctions to prevent nuclear armament
Iraq: U.S. combat troops leave Iraq
52 desd after Muslim militants attack Christian church
Israel: Troops stop flotilla boats from entering Gaza and several killed in conflict
Pakistan: Extensive flooding
Yemen: Woman sends explosive packages to US and is arrested

Pacific

New Zealand: 7.2 quake – no deaths
Mine explosion kills 29

U.S. History

President:

Barack H. Obama

General

Communication: FCC votes to regulate the Internet allowing companies to charge based on bandwidth use
Crime: 14 Gambino crime family members arrested
Finance: Financial overhaul legislation
Stock Market bounces around 10,000 level most of year, then closes above 11,000 before midterm elections
Unemployment continues to rise
House passes $1.2 trillion spending bill
US Federal Government starts buying own bonds
Food: Safety bill passes
Government: Security and Exchange Commission denies Freedom of Information requests, Legislation begins for Puerto Rican statehood
Health: Health Care bill signed into law
Military: "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy declared finished by Federal judge - debated, Scientist and wife accused of giving nuclear secrets to Venezuela, Wikileaks website publishes over 90,000 military documents regarding Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal relieved of command after controversial statements
Air Force orbital test vehicle launched
Nuclear reduction treaty passes senate
Media: Lady Gaga becomes dominant force in music
Politics: USDA fires Shirley Sherrod over comments taken out of context
Democratic Congress Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters charged with ethics violations
Corruption allegations against Obama presidency as Clinton supposedly asks Joe Sestak about dropping Senate bid
US arrests 10 for spying for Russia
Republicans win US House
Population: Census reports lists population at 308,745,538
Science: End of space shuttle program
Sports: UConn women's basketball wins 89th straight game setting record
Deaths: Author J.D. Salinger, Baseball owner George Steinbrenner

East

General: "Snowmageddon II" blankets coast between Christmas and New Years
Connecticut: Workplace shooting
Maine: Skilift stopts abruptly throwing people to ground
Maryland: Hostage situation at Discovery Channel
New York: mosque building near Ground Zero continues

Midwest

Illinois: Rod Blagojevich guilty of lying to investigators
Iowa: Lake Delhi dam fails
Missouri: Bonne Terre shooting
Wisconsin: 24 hostages taken at high school by armed student - released

South

Alabama: Female school shooting at U of Alabama
Arkansas: Three killed by tornado on New Year's Eve
Florida: Lawsuit filed against Federal Government's healthcare plan, Gainesville pastor threatens to burn Koran for Sept 11 anniversary
Gunman fires at school board meeting killing at least one
Kentucky: Gunman kills 5 and self
Louisiana: Oil well explodes in Gulf of Mexico coast killing 11 and causing widespread destruction, Federal ban on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Second oil spill in gulf
North Carolina: Delvone Tisdale the ROTC student died after hiding in wheel well of commercial airliner - fell as landing gear lowers
South Carolina: Robert Gary Jones killed when jogging along beach and small plane lands
Tennessee: Floods also in MS - 33+ die,
Texas: move toward more conservative textbooks, Fort Bliss Army base on lockdown after shooting, Shootouts increase along Mexican border
Virginia: Shots fired at National Museum of Marine Corps
West Virginia: 25 die in mine blast

West and Pacific

Alaska: Former Alaskan senator and others die in plane crash
Arizona: Federal government sues Arizona over immigration
California: Federal judge overrules Prop 8 allowing gay marriage, Gas explosion and fire killing at least four
Jacquelyn Kotarac asphyxiates while trying to break into boyfriend's house through chimney
Flooding
New Mexico: Workplace shooting
Oregon: December tornado
Feds arrest Somali-born teen for car-bomb plot
Utah: Salt Lake oil spill in Red Butte Gardens
Death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner executed by firing squad
Herriman "Machine Gun Fire" destroys four homes in Salt Lake County
Preacher Brian David Mitchell guilty of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart in 2002
Washington: Robert Boardmen gored to death by mountain goat