What was the biggest news story of 2009?

by Christi Paul

In a Facebook poll of 349 respondents, 25.5% chose “Economy struggles, job woes”. How we count

Economy struggles, job woes
25.5%
Michael Jackson dies
20.1%
Health care reform
15.2%
Obama sworn in, confronts challenges
13.2%
H1N1 pandemic and vaccine
10.9%
GM, Chrysler bankruptcy
5.2%
Maddoff's Ponzi scheme exposed
4.3%
Afghanistan war, troop surge
4%
Iran election protests
1.7%
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