A year when reality TV became part of our reality

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Americans feed their longtime fascination with PIRATES when a real-life pirate saga unfolds in the seas off Somalia. A Washington magazine puts a shirtless PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA on its cover _ a long-lens paparazzi shot from a Hawaii vacation _ and people ask if the presidential pecs, however buff, are appropriate fodder for a magazine cover. But the real star of the month is SUSAN BOYLE, a plain-looking woman of 48 from Scotland who stuns the world with her rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" on "Britain's Got Talent." She's an instant icon for anyone who has ever, well, dreamed a dream. More on her later ...