Top 10 sports storylines of the year 8. Bruins resurgence 5. Sox fall in ALCS 4. Manny traded 3. Brady injured 2. Celtics win title 1. Patriots lose perfection

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The Year in Arts and Movies Pop culture helped pull us together Fey drilled Palin, Couric got cred, and papers saw red Take the pop culture quiz Morris: The year's best shook our complacency Burr: Year's best films were full of unlikely heroes Russo: The best DVD releases

The most captivating celebrity stories Britney Spears hospitalized Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson dating? Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie have twins