FINAL LOOK: 2010 was the hottest year on record

Brett Michael Dykes

Here is our roster of stories that managed to evade the full-on blog treatment:

• 2010 was officially the hottest year since weather watchers have had the ability to record temperatures. (USA Today)

• Cops stopped Jared Loughner on the morning of the Tucson shootings when he ran a red light, but didn't have a reason to search his car. (New York Times)

• Gabrielle Giffords has shown even more signs of improvement. (LA Times)

• "Golden-voiced" homeless man Ted Williams is headed to rehab. (Fox News)

• A border patrol agent in California was arrested for harboring illegal aliens inside his home. (NBC)

• Thousands were already lined up this afternoon for Obama's appearance tonight in Tucson to commemorate the shootings there last weekend. (AZ Central)