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  • Top 10 U.S. Open Golf Duels: At last year's U.S. Open in Torrey Pines, Calif., Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate faced each other in an unforgettable playoff. Can a match at Bethpage Black live up to Tiger-Rocco? Throughout its 113-year history, the U.S. Open, which will be played June 18-21 in Bethpage, N.Y., has staged some of the most dramatic, and colorful, duels in golf. Here are TIME's 10 best.

    Top 10 U.S. Open Golf Duels

  • Who's Who in the Battle Against the Taliban: President Obama's announcement that the U.S. will send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan in 2010 has re-focused attention on the fight against the Taliban, and on what other countries are doing to help

    Who's Who in the Battle Against the Taliban

  • Top 10 James Cameron Moments: James Cameron's Avatar , which hits theaters across the U.S. Dec. 18, is the notoriously difficult director's first film in more than 10 years. In honor of its release, TIME takes a look back at Cameron's oeuvre to pick out the best scenes in his epic films

    Top 10 James Cameron Moments

  • Top 10 Political Defections: Republican apostate Arlen Specter's move to join the Democrats has shaken Congress, but he's not alone. Over the years, scores of politicians have danced from one side of the aisle to the other. TIME rounds up the top 10 political defections in U.S. history.

    Top 10 Political Defections

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    Obama's One-Year Anniversary

  • Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Hawaii: As Hawaii celebrates its 50th anniversary of statehood, TIME explores little-known tidbits about the 50th state

    Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Hawaii

  • Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Money: As the U.S. Mint releases a new $1 coin on Nov. 19 — this one commemorates former President Zachary Taylor — TIME traces the history of banknotes from ancient China to modern cocaine dens. Here are 10 tidbits about money that may surprise you

    Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About Money

  • Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Penny: Aug. 2, 2009, marks the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln penny, the longest-running U.S. coin still in circulation. TIME takes a look at the copper coin and some facts you might not know about it.

    Top 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Penny

  • 50 Authentic American Experiences 2009: We scoured the country to find places, things and activities that speak to the real America. Some of them are fairly obscure; some of them are not. But they're all fun and diverse, and reveal the genuine U.S.

    50 Authentic American Experiences 2009

  • The Legacy of F.D.R.: Franklin D. Roosevelt led the U.S. through a depression and a world war. By the time he died, the nation was profoundly changed — and we owe much of the change to him and his bold presidency

    The Legacy of F.D.R.

  • Supreme Court Nomination Battles: The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on July 13. TIME takes a look at some of fiercest Supreme Court nomination battles in history

    Supreme Court Nomination Battles

  • Britain's Expenses Scandal: Top 10 Most Outrageous Claims: The U.K. is in the midst of a political scandal surrounding expenses, which were leaked by a British newspaper. From the alleged clearing of a moat (yes, a moat) to dog food, TIME tracks the most outlandish claims made by MPs and covered by taxpayers.

    Britain's Expenses Scandal: Top 10 Most Outrageous Claims

  • The Best of the Obama Inaugural Merchandise: Tuesday's presidential swearing in may be a historic, solemn occasion. But this is the U.S., which means that a lot of people are trying to make a buck off the big day. With that in mind, here's a buyer's guide to some of the notable Obama items for sale.

    The Best of the Obama Inaugural Merchandise

  • The Bailout from A to F: The U.S. government has committed trillions of dollars to its many bailout efforts. Some actions deserve an A, but there's a D and an F on this report card too

    The Bailout from A to F

  • Remembering the Great Depression: With the outlook gloomy for the U.S. economy, TIME takes a look back at what it was like during some of the nation's darkest days — through the eyes of those who were there

    Remembering the Great Depression

  • Top 10 Bankruptcies: With an estimated $89 million in assets before it filed for Chapter 11, General Motors has become the U.S.'s fourth largest bankruptcy, joining the ranks of fallen corporate behemoths like WorldCom and Enron

    Top 10 Bankruptcies

  • Top 10 Dow Jones Drops: In the wake of the U.S. House of Representatives' 228-205 rejection of the Bush administration's $700 billion bailout bill, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 778 points. It was the largest one-day drop in history, though in terms of market percentage lost, it failed to approach the calamitous crashes of 1987, 1929, and 1914. —Alex Altman & Frances Romero

    Top 10 Dow Jones Drops

  • Worst Embassy Attacks: On Sept. 17, militants launched the worst attack on a U.S. embassy in a decade, killing 17 people with car bombs, machine gun fire and grenades. It's not the first time an embassy has been used to send a message to (or blackmail) a representative country and sadly, it probably won't be the last. Kate Pickert

    Worst Embassy Attacks

  • 10 Things That Never Happened in a Campaign Before: A black nominee. A presidential spouse on the trail. This campaign created more firsts than any other in U.S. history.

    10 Things That Never Happened in a Campaign Before

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