The Year In...

By Harriet Barovick, Amanda Bower, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daniel Levy, Ellin Martens, Benjamin Nugent, Michele Orecklin, Josh Tyrangiel

BAD JOURNALISM AND FAMOUS BLONDS

CBS superimposes logo over NBC sign in New Year's Eve show

Sigourney Weaver says she "didn't say an intelligent thing for four months" in blond wig for Galaxy Quest

College dropout Hoku releases pop single, Another Dumb Blonde

Diane Sawyer gets sprayed with Silly String by Elian Gonzalez; Leonardo DiCaprio interviews President Bill Clinton for ABC

The L.A. Times admits reported suspect in murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G. was not a police suspect

Anna Kournikova tells Russian Vogue Elizabeth Hurley is "so ugly"

News stations say Gore wins Florida, then Bush wins Florida, then...

Barbara Walters' show The View reveals promotional deal with Campbell's Soup

DECAPITATIONS AND FAST FOOD

Two Frenchmen convicted of planning to mail a severed head in a box a la Seven

Three Burger King employees charged with putting urine, spit & oven cleaner in Whoppers

Ken Griffey Jr. hit by pitch, refuses to charge the pitcher: "I'd rather try to decapitate him."

Taco Bell drops chihuahua from ads

Burt Reynolds stars in The Crew as an aging gangster/Burger King employee. Hysterical

McDonald's demands Aussies remove Egg McMuffin doppelganger "the damper" from Olympic menu

Urban Legends: Final Cut hits theaters. Nice decapitation scene

Ol' Dirty Bastard apprehended in a Philly McDonald's

Dept. of Agriculture plans to release hundreds of thousands of flies to decapitate fire ants

Woman claims fried chicken head was in her McDonald's order

TESTICULAR CANCER AND SONG

Marlins' Mike Lowell says radiation treatments for testicular cancer made him a stronger player

Boy George injured by a falling disco ball

Phil Collins' You'll Be in My Heart beats Blame Canada at the Oscars

After recovering from testicular cancer, Green Bay's Josh Bidwell returns to punting

'N Sync performs at bat mitzvah of AOL executive's daughter

MTV's Tom Green sings a song about his testicular cancer

Lance Armstrong wins his second consecutive Tour de France

The Rock sings on Wyclef Jean's song It Doesn't Matter

Sean on Felicity gets testicular cancer; has trouble performing

Gay bully on The Street tells his boss he has testicular cancer after she organizes a song-and-dance routing mocking his genitalia

CHADS AND VOTING

Hillary Swank wins Oscar vote; thanks everyone but husband Chad Lowe

Chad's ex-dictator indicted on torture charges

Primary runoff for S.C. state rep between former couple Shirley Hinson & Jimmy Hinson, whose relationship involved jail time and a restraining order

Chad Lowe stars in CBS's Take Me Home: The John Denver Story

Cub fan punches Dodger catcher Chad Kreuter, steals his cap, igniting player vs. fan brawl

Escaped Aussie con Chad Richards hijacks van of South Korean Olympic officials

Missouri Senator John Ashcroft loses to Mel Carnahan, who is dead

Dimpled, pregnant and hanging: chad rules postelection mayhem

Russian parliament votes to bring back Soviet national anthem