The Top Twelve SunBreak News Stories of 2010

"Sweet" Lou Piniella visited Safeco to argue the intricacies of public infrastructure funding.

Okay, the top news stories of 2010, as voted on by you, the reader (in that we're just counting page views). This list goes to 12 primarily so that we can fit in Seth's completely unprovoked attack on Harvard. Ready? Here we go:

The Zoo's new meerkats were excited by the Zac Efron rumor.

1. Deep-Bore Tunnel Funding Still a Hot Topic (Where's our award for truth in headline writing? 30,000 page views!)
2. Rebuilding Seahawks Lay Their Foundation Today (Fans keep clicking out of desperation, I think.)
3. McDonald's Adds Insult to Injury with Local Billboard Campaign (Local outrage, national appeal!)
4. Griffey and Ichiro Bring the Funny in New Mariners Commercials (Sadly, that was pretty much all Griffey did this season.)
5. Opinion: An Atheist's Defense of "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" (No one was hurt in the creation of this op-ed.)
6. Facebook Meltdown: Sonics Fans Question Starbucks' Love of Seattle (Write us a story, Facebook!)
7. Belltown's McGuire Apartments Killed by Flawed Construction / Who Killed Belltown's McGuire? The Cast of Characters (If you add these two posts' traffic, they come in about #3.)
8. NBC's Olympics Coverage: Terrific, If You Can Endure All the Ads (Remember the Olympics?!)
9. Flash! A Mob Takes Qwest Field at Half-Time (Write us another story, Facebook!)
10. Now, the Answer to the "12,000 Added Jobs But Same Unemployment Rate?" Question (In which we call up the unemployment office.)
11. Coming Soon: That Kurt Cobain Biopic. Starring Zac Efron? (See you on TMZ, Clint.)
12. A Formal Apology to Harvard University. But, Also, GET OVER YOURSELVES! (Seth just barely fails in his attempt to burned in effigy in Harvard Yard.)