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Today's Top Stories

Farewell to 2008: The Top 10 Everything of 2008

From a groundbreaking American President to a historic economic collapse—with everything from the Olympics to Puppycam in between—here's TIME's comprehensive look at the year that was

Is the Euro the New Dollar?

By LEO CENDROWICZ / BRUSSELS

As it turns 10, Europe's common currency is proving its worth

Coney Island's Human Polar Bear

By M.J. STEPHEY

Baseball Takes a Swing at Its Own Network

By SEAN GREGORY

The MLB Network will debut in over 50 million homes, making it the largest pay TV launch in history

Facebook's War on Nipples

By ADA CALHOUN

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TIME Blogs

Swampland

By Joe Klein

The longer this offensive continues, the more it begins to seem that Israel is aiming for a "decisive blow" against Hamas — an impossibility, a fantasy promulgated by decisive blowhards

Special Package

Person of the Year 2008

For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the President-elect is TIME's Person of the Year.

Quotes of the Day

"You need to know that both Levi and Bristol are working their butts off to parent and going to school and working at the same time."

Governor SARAH PALIN,
leaving a phone message at PEOPLE magazine countering what she considers inaccurate descriptions about her daughter and future son-in-law

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Bangkok

Bangkok Gets Into the Christmas Spirit

By Hannah Beech

Thais immerse themselves in the spirit of Christmas without the foggiest idea who Jesus was

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