What was the top news story of 2007?

[Texana]

Nationally, Virginia Tech shootings. Fires in California tied or a close second.

Internationally, Bhutto's killing and the subsequent chaos.

 

[Share-in]

In the Bay Area, I think it was the literal meltdown of a major freeway caused by a tanker truck accident, followed second by a recent major oil spill. We had the same poll on a local news website. Here were the choices for the Bay Area:
Foreclosure fiasco
MacArthur Maze meltdown
San Francisco Bay oil spill
Barry Bonds indictment
Diablo Valley College grade scandal
Wayward whales in the Delta
Chauncey Bailey assassination
Warriors make the playoffs
Castro Valley s Jane Doe identified
Beavers in Martinez

Of course, now before the year is out, it's the tiger of the San Francisco Zoo killing.

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Great coverage, Linas K. I have another one to add to your list:

On Oct. 20, there was the start of more than a dozen Southern California wildfires responsible for seven deaths, nearly 2,200 homes destroyed and 515,267 acres burned.

 

[believe09]

Good Point about the toy recalls...that story probably hit most of the public nationwide the hardest...