Hurricane Katrina Overwhelming Choice for 2005's Top Story, Editors and News Directors Say
The onslaught of Gulf Coast hurricanes, notably Katrina and the deadly flooding which devastated New Orleans, was overwhelmingly picked by U.S. editors and news directors as the top story of 2005 in The Associated Press' annual vote.
The hurricanes received 242 first-place votes out of 288 ballots cast. No other story received more than 18 first-place votes. ,P> The death of Pope John Paul II, and the election of Joseph Ratzinger to succeed him as Pope Benedict XVI, was the No. 2 pick, followed by the situation in Iraq, where news of violence and politics vied almost equally for attention throughout the year. [Read more - abcNews.com]
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