2010 Darwin shopping centre bombing, Bombing
The incident occurred at approximately 11:00am local time, when a dissatisfied customer of the local branch of Territory Insurance Office (TIO) pushed a shopping trolley loaded with petrol cans, and large fireworks into the building, where it then detonated, wounding many inside in the branch. The wounded were taken by ambulance to nearby Royal Darwin Hospital. The streets around the area, as well as the shopping mall which also contained a Woolworths outlet, were closed down while emergency services attended the scene. Soon after the incident a local man handed himself to Police.


2010 Darwin shopping centre bombing, Bombing
Despite the obvious shock and horror of the incident, many nearby civilians and passers-by rushed to the scene to help those who had been wounded in the blast. Northern Territory Police Commander Rob Kendrick praised those who ignored their own safety to aid those in need saying:


2010 Darwin shopping centre bombing, Bombing
"I have heard that persons shopping in the vicinity did provide assistance. Those persons are to be congratulated and I certainly applaud their actions."


2010 Darwin shopping centre bombing, Aftermath
Paul Wayne Clarke, 44, who had formally changed his name to Bird, handed himself into police soon after the bombing and has been charged with at least nine counts of attempted murder, setting fire to a building, intending serious harm by causing explosion, as well as recklessly endangering life. He was refused bail and appeared at Darwin Magistrates Court on 5 February. On 30 April, he reappeared in court via video link from Berrimah Prison. Bird hung himself while on remand at Darwin Correctional Centre and died around 1.20pm on 20 January 2011 at Royal Darwin Hospital, at the age of 46.


2010 Darwin shopping centre bombing, Aftermath
TIO, then owned by the Northern Territory Government at the time of the incident, was eventually sold to Allianz (insurance assets) and People's Choice Credit Union (banking assets) in November 2014, with all of its physical branches closed in 2016.


2010 Darwin shopping centre bombing, Aftermath, Group Bravery Citation
A Group Bravery Citation was awarded to a group of four men and a police officer who were in first attendance to the scene and helped contain a fire and assisted victims to find their way through smoke and debris immediately following an explosion at the Territory Insurance Office on Cavenagh Street on the morning on 3 February 2010.


2010 Darwin shopping centre bombing, Aftermath, Group Bravery Citation
For their actions, the recipients were recognised by the award of the Group Bravery Citation:


2010 Daventry District Council election
The 2010 Daventry District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Daventry District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.


2010 Davidson Wildcats football team
The 2010 Davidson Wildcats football team represented Davidson College in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by sixth-year head coach Tripp Merritt and played their home games at Richardson Stadium. They are a member of the Pioneer Football League. They finished the season 3–8, 3–5 in PFL play to finish in sixth place.


2010 Davis Cup
The 2010 Davis Cup (also known as the 2010 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 99th edition of the most important annual tournament among national teams in men's tennis worldwide. In the dramatic final, Serbia defeated France 3–2 to win its first Davis Cup title.


2010 Davis Cup
The draw for the World Group, Zonal Groups I and Zonal Groups II took place in Geneva on 23 September 2009. The competition started with the first round on 5–7 March.


2010 Davis Cup
On 6–8 March 2010 Novak Djokovic  played the key role in bringing Serbia to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time in its independent history, winning both singles matches in the home tie against the United States (against Sam Querrey and John Isner). Later, Serbia progressed to the Davis Cup final, following the victories over Croatia (4–1) and Czech Republic (3–2). Serbia came from 1–2 down to defeat France in the final tie 3–2 in Belgrade to win the nation's first Davis Cup championship. In the final, Djokovic scored two singles points for Serbia, defeating Gilles Simon and Gaël Monfils, while the last match was won by Viktor Troicki, who beat Michaël Llodra.


2010 Davis Cup
Serbia became the 13th nation in history to win the Cup, which was passed to them from the previous year's winner Spain. France missed the opportunity to win its 10th title and surpass Great Britain in total number of titles won. The Serbian team celebrated the trophy by fulfilling their bet to shave their hair off in case of victory.


2010 Davis Cup, World Group, Draw
The draw for the 2010 World Group was held in Geneva on 23 September 2009.


2010 Davis Cup, World Group Play-offs
The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties, and eight winners of the Group I second round ties competed in the World Group Play-offs.


2010 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III
The Europe/Africa Zone  was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010. It was divided into three tiers ("Groups"), and Group III was divided into a European zone and an African zone. Teams in Group III Africa competed for promotion to Group II for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III
The Group III Africa tournament was held in the Week commencing May 5, 2010 in Marrakech, Morocco, on outdoor clay courts.


2010 Davis Cup Africa Zone Group III, Format
The fourteen teams played in four groups, in round-robin format. Each tie consisted of two singles and one doubles match, each best-of-three sets. The winners of Groups A and B and the winners of Groups C and D then played off for promotion to the Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
The Americas Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
In the Americas Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010. It was divided into four groups. Teams in Group III competed for promotion to Group II for 2011, and to avoid demotion to Group IV.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
The Group III tournament was held in the Week commencing July 7, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on outdoor hard courts.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Format
The eight teams were split into two groups and played in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the promotion pool, where the two top teams were promoted to the Americas Zone Group II in 2011. The last two placed teams of each group from the preliminary round were relegated into the relegation pool, where the two bottom teams were relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Promotion pool
The top two teams from each of Group A and B advanced to the Promotion pool. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Promotion pool, Results of Individual Ties
Puerto Rico and Haiti promoted to Group II for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III, Relegation pool
The bottom team from Group A and the bottom two from Group B were placed in the relegation group. Results and points from games against the opponent from the preliminary round were carried forward.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
The Americas Zone  was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010. It was divided into four groups. Teams in Group IV competed for promotion to Group III for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV
The Group IV tournament was held in the Week commencing June 29th, 2010 in Panama City, Panama, on outdoor clay courts.


2010 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group IV, Format
The five teams played in a round-robin format, with each tie consisting of two singles and one doubles match, each best-of-three sets. The top two teams were promoted to the Americas Zone Group III for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
The Asia/Oceania Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
In the Asia/Oceania Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
The Asian and Oceanian Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
In the Asian and Oceanian Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III, Format
There will be a Round Robin with eight teams. The eight nations will be divided into two pools of four. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Final Pool of four teams from which the two highest-placed nations are promoted to Asia and Oceania Group II in 2010. The bottom two teams of each pool of the Round Robin will compete against each other in the Relegation Pool. The two lowest-placed nations are relegated to Asia and Oceania Group IV in 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
The Asia/Oceania Zone  was one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010. It was divided into four groups. Teams in Group IV competed for promotion to Group III for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
The Group IV tournament was held in the Week commencing April 19th, 2010 in Amman, Jordan, on outdoor hard courts.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV, Format
The nine teams played in two groups, in round-robin format. Each tie consisted of two singles and one doubles match, each best-of-three sets. The winners of each group played off against the second-placed teams from the other group for promotion to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV, Promotion Playoffs
United Arab Emirates and Myanmar promoted to Group III for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
The 2010 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III was played between May 10 and May 15. The competition was played in the Olympic Tennis Center Marousi, Greece.


2010 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III
The draw for the competition took place in Marousi on May 9 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Europe Zone Group III, Play-offs, Final ranking
Greece and  Luxembourg are promoted to Europe/Africa Zone Group II in 2011.


2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
The European and African Zone is one of the three zones of regional Davis Cup competition in 2010.


2010 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
In the European and African Zone there are four different groups in which teams compete against each other to advance to the next group.


2010 Davis Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 2010. The first round losers went into the Davis Cup World Group Play-offs while the winners progressed to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinalists were guaranteed a World Group spot for 2011.


2010 Davis Cup World Group, Draw
The draw for the 2010 World Group was held in Geneva on 23 September 2009.


2010 Davis Cup World Group, First round, Chile vs. Israel
Competition was delayed one day due to the 27 February 2010 earthquake.


2010 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs were the main play-offs of 2010 Davis Cup. Winners advanced to the World Group, and loser were relegated in the Zonal Regions I.


2010 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, Teams
Bold indicates team has qualified for the 2012 Davis Cup World Group.


2010 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs, Playoff results, Australia vs. Belgium
Rain stopped play on the third day: only 51 minutes of play were held in rubber 4 in which Peter Luczak and Olivier Rochus won 4 games each in the first set. The remainder of Rubber 4 and Rubber 5 continued on 20 September 2010.


2010 Dawu Fire
The 2010 Dawu Fire was a wildgrass fire incident that occurred in Dawu County, Sichuan, People's Republic of China on December 5, 2010. The fire incident killed 22 people including 15 soldiers and two government workers. More than 2,000 people fought to put out the fire. The fire lasted 17 hours and 30 minutes. The incident occurred at an extreme terrain. The situation was dangerous with strong fire, strong wind and smoke at the grassland. The fire rescue equipment could not be reached. Netizens even described this combination of difficult situation and circumstance as "Heaven's natural order in the right place" (天时地利).


2010 Daytona 500
The 2010 Daytona 500 was the first stock car race of the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The 52nd running of the Daytona 500, it was held on February 14, 2010, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, before a crowd of about 175,000 attendees. Earnhardt Ganassi Racing driver Jamie McMurray won the 208-lap race from the 13th position. Dale Earnhardt Jr. of Hendrick Motorsports finished in second, and Roush Fenway Racing's Greg Biffle was third.


2010 Daytona 500
Mark Martin, the oldest pole position winner in event history at 51 years and 27 days, led the opening four laps before Kasey Kahne passed him on lap five. Martin retook the lead two laps later. The lead changed 52 times among a then record-breaking 21 different drivers during the course of the race, with Kevin Harvick leading the most laps (41). It was twice stopped because a large pothole developed between turns one and two, due to moisture, cold weather, and heavy cars scraping the tarmac surface as they ran low to the ground for better aerodynamic efficiency. Harvick led on the 206th lap, until McMurray passed to claim his first Daytona 500 victory, and the fourth of his career.


2010 Daytona 500
Because this was the first race of the season, McMurray led the Drivers' Championship with 195 points, followed by Earnhardt in second place who had 175 points and Biffle in third with 170 points. Clint Bowyer and Harvick were fourth and fifth with 165 and 155 points, respectively. In the Manufacturers' Championship, Chevrolet led with nine points, ahead of Ford in second place with six points. Toyota was in third with four points, and Dodge completed the top four with three points with thirty-five races left in the season.


2010 Daytona 500, Background
The 2010 Daytona 500 was the 1st of the 36 stock car races in the 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and the 52nd edition of the event. It was held on February 14, 2010, in Daytona Beach, Florida, at Daytona International Speedway, The layout used for the Daytona 500 is a four-turn, 2.5-mile (4.0 km) superspeedway. Daytona's turns are banked at 31 degrees, and the front stretch—the location of the finish line—is banked at 18 degrees.


2010 Daytona 500, Background
NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. conceived the Daytona 500, which was first held in 1959; it is the successor to shorter races held on beaches in Daytona Beach. The race has been the opening round of the NASCAR season since 1982, and from 1988, it is one of four events that require cars to run restrictor plates. The Daytona 500 offers the most prize money of any American auto race. Winning the race is considered equal to winning either the World Series, the Super Bowl or The Masters.


2010 Daytona 500, Background
For the 2010 race, NASCAR announced that it would stop policing bump drafting after it responded to a growing resentment from its fan-base and drivers about the lack of on-track aggression and emotion. It came as the organization gradually controlled, and eventually banned, the practice of bump drafting outright at the 2009 AMP Energy 500. Also, NASCAR elected to retain the yellow-marked out-of-bounds line at the bottom of race tracks because drivers voiced their opposition to its removal.


2010 Daytona 500, Background
Furthermore, the size of the restrictor plates' four openings were increased to its largest size since the 1989 Daytona 500 of 63/64-inches for more horsepower. NASCAR's vice-president of competition Robin Pemberton said that the changes would give control back to the drivers, "'Boys, have at it' and have a good time." NASCAR later altered the green–white–checker finish rule so that a maximum of not one but three attempts to finish the race could be done if the race would otherwise end under caution.


2010 Daytona 500, Background
In response to a collision that sent Roush Fenway Racing's Carl Edwards into the catchfence at the 2009 Aaron's 499, and following analysis of the circuit's safety barriers by engineers, track workers raised the height of the Daytona International Speedway catchfences from 14 ft (4.3 m) to 22 ft (6.7 m). The cost of doing so was not disclosed; the work was completed in mid-January 2010.


2010 Daytona 500, Background
An spokesperson for the track's owner and operator International Speedway Corporation said, "Whenever we have an incident that impacts any of our systems, we take that opportunity to more closely scrutinize it and look at it across the company. Whatever we learn in these analyses, we’ll look and see where it can be applied to other tracks. The challenge is each track is different in terms of banking and speed, so our primary focus right now was on Talladega and Daytona."


2010 Daytona 500, Practice and qualifier
There were six practice sessions scheduled to take place before the February 14 race. The first two, on February 5, were due to last for 80 and 90 minutes, respectively. The next two, on February 10, ran for 90 and 50 minutes. The 60-minute fifth session, scheduled for February 12, was cancelled because of a steady day-long rain shower. The final session on February 13 lasted 85 minutes.


2010 Daytona 500, Practice and qualifier
In the first practice session on Friday, February 5, which was shortened to an hour because of a thunderstorm from Central Florida, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was fastest with a lap of 47.770 seconds, ahead of Hendrick Motorsports teammates Mark Martin and Jeff Gordon in second and third. Bill Elliott, Robby Gordon, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch, David Reutimann, Kyle Busch, and Clint Bowyer made up positions four through ten. Eight drivers did not set a lap time on Friday, so NASCAR moved the second practice session to Saturday morning to provide them with some on-track running. With a time of 48.072 seconds, David Gilliland led the session, ahead of Jeff Fuller, Terry Cook, and Derrike Cope.


2010 Daytona 500, Practice and qualifier
A total of 54 cars entered the qualifier on February 6 to attempt to qualify for one of the 43 starting slots in the Daytona 500 itself. Each driver ran two laps, and unlike most races during the season, the qualifying session determined the first two positions. The rest of the field would qualify later, through the 2010 Gatorade Duels. Qualifying was held a day earlier than in previous years to avoid a direct clash with Super Bowl XLIV after the National Football League moved that event forward one week. The rain-out on Friday gave drivers little on-track preparation.


2010 Daytona 500, Practice and qualifier
Martin took his first Daytona 500 pole position, his second in Daytona, and the 49th of his career, with a lap of 47.074 seconds. At 51 years and 27 days, he was oldest pole position winner in race history. Martin was joined on the grid's front row by Earnhardt. After qualifying, Martin said it was "really special" to begin the year on pole position, and felt Earnhardt would be a challenger for the win.


2010 Daytona 500, Practice and qualifier
Matt Kenseth led the third practice session on February 10 with a 46.331-second lap, followed by Kyle Busch, Brian Vickers, Jeff Burton, Edwards, Bowyer, Kasey Kahne, Reutimann, Kevin Harvick, and Joey Logano. Bowyer's right-rear tire blew leaving turn two, and he slid sideways into an outside barrier. Reutimann was close by, and hit the rear of Bowyer's car. Reutimann's rear, in turn, was struck by Cope's slowing car at its rear. Marcos Ambrose led the fourth practice session later that day with a 46.535-second lap, with Kyle Busch second again.


2010 Daytona 500, Practice and qualifier
Reed Sorenson, Logano, Kahne, Kenseth, Paul Menard, Greg Biffle, Elliott Sadler, and Edwards followed in the top ten. Early in the session, Hamlin bumped Earnhardt at 190 mph (310 km/h); the latter controlled his car through a slide and continued. One of Vickers' tires failed exiting turn two three minutes later, and he spun through grass on the backstretch with minimal structural damage. Just after green flag running resumed, Mike Bliss oversteered on the left exiting the fourth turn, and rammed into Logano. As the rest of the field steered away, Johnson hit the back of Hamlin's car. Johnson stopped on pit road with an orange traffic cone lodged underneath his splitter. Michael Waltrip was hit by another car and went through grass. Due to the various crashes, Bowyer, Reutimann, Cope, Bliss, Johnson, and Logano would switch into their back-up cars for the Gatorade Duels.


2010 Daytona 500, Practice and qualifier
Johnson and Kahne were the winners of the Gatorade Duels on February 11. The qualifying grid was finalized with Johnson in third and Kahne starting fourth. Harvick qualified in fifth, ahead of Tony Stewart in sixth. Kyle Busch, Juan Pablo Montoya, Bowyer, and Kurt Busch completed the top ten. The 11 drivers that failed to qualify were Casey Mears, Todd Bodine, Gilliland, Cook, Cope, Aric Almirola, Dave Blaney, Sorenson, Mike Wallace, Norm Benning, and Fuller. Jeff Gordon switched to a back-up car for the race after he was involved in a three-car accident.


2010 Daytona 500, Practice and qualifier
In the final practice session, held in cold and cloudy weather on February 13, Burton led with a 46.108-second lap, ahead of Harvick, Ambrose, Reutimann, and Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Sam Hornish Jr., Regan Smith, Montoya, and Hamlin. 15 minutes in, Bobby Labonte was hit by Scott Speed and sent towards a left-hand wall at 180 mph (290 km/h), but narrowly avoided hitting it. A. J. Allmendinger's engine compartment had smoke billowing from it, and his team changed engines after the session.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Live television coverage of the race began in the United States at midday Eastern Standard Time (EST) (UTC−05:00) on Fox. Commentary was provided by lap-by-lap analyst Mike Joy, with analysis from three-time Cup Series champion Darrell Waltrip, and former crew chief Larry McReynolds. Around the start of the race, the weather was clear with the air temperature 52 °F (11 °C); conditions were expected to remain consistent. David Uth, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Orlando, began pre-race ceremonies with an inovcation.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Singer and Grammy Award winner Harry Connick Jr. performed the national anthem, and Junior Johnson, former Daytona 500 champion and NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, commanded the drivers to start their engines. During the pace laps, Gordon, Burton, and Waltrip moved to the rear of the field because they switched into a back-up car, and Allmendinger, and Edwards did the same for changing their engines.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
The race began at 1:20 p.m EST, and was scheduled to last 200 laps. Johnson physically pushed Johnson to allow his teammate to retain the lead into turn one. Harvick advanced to the third position, as the inside line was faster early on. The first 21 cars were two abreast by the third lap, with a second distinct pack of vehicles in a single line. On lap four, Kahne and those behind him caught Martin, but were unable to pass the latter, who kept the lead at the start-finish line.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Stewart gave Kahne drafting aid to allow him to pass Martin for the lead on the next lap. On lap six, Martin retook first place on the outside line, and steered left to retain it. The first caution was given for a multi-car accident on lap seven; Brad Keselowski's right-rear tire failed, and he struck the turn-two wall, collecting Smith, Hornish, Bliss, Max Papis, and Boris Said, and littering debris on the track. Keselowski and Hornish entered their garages for repairs, and Smith retired. Most of the field made pit stops for tires and chassis adjustments. Martin led at the lap-12 restart, followed by his teammate Earnhardt, and Montoya. On the next lap, Montoya was pushed by Harvick, and passed Martin on the right for the lead.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Montoya held the lead for only one lap, however, as Earnhardt passed him on lap 14. Earnhardt then weaved to block drivers from overtaking him. On lap 17, Harvick unsuccessfully sought to claim the lead from Earnhardt into turn three. Harvick nonetheless took the lead on the left on the next lap; he received pushing assistance from Kahne and Sadler to keep it until they passed him for first and second on lap 22. On the next lap, Harvick returned to the lead as Kahne lost the draft and lost positions.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
By lap 26, Kurt Busch had moved to second place. Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Sadler led the field by 1.4 seconds by the 30th lap. Kurt Busch turned left but he failed to pass Harvick for the lead. Sadler overtook Kurt Busch for second on lap 34. Two laps later, Kurt Busch passed Sadler and Harvick to move into the lead. After starting at the rear of the grid, Allmendinger had advanced to second by the 38th lap. Green flag pit stops began on the next lap. On lap 45, Kurt Busch lost the lead as Allmendinger overtook him on the backstretch, but retook it from Allmendinger on the inside three laps later.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Kurt Busch and Allmendinger entered pit road on lap 50, handing the lead to Logano. He held it until his own stop on the next lap, and Robby Gordon led the 51st lap. After the pit stops, Kurt Busch returned to the lead with Allmendinger second and Johnson third. They pulled away from the rest of the field. On the 58th lap, Kyle Busch overtook Kahne for fifth place. Harvick was stranded on the left lane, and fell to sixth as Kyle Busch and Kahne passed him on the backstretch during lap 59.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
On lap 65 Joe Nemechek spun into the turn-four wall; Hornish avoided hitting him, but the second caution was called. The leaders made pit stops for tires and car adjustments. Kenseth stayed on the track to lead one lap until his own pit stop. Kurt Busch led at the lap-70 restart. On the next lap, Harvick helped Allmendinger retake the lead from Kurt Busch. Allmendinger turned left on lap 72, and Harvick overtook him to reclaim the lead. However, Allemdinger returned to the lead on lap 73 when cars on the left were faster than those on the right. Four laps later, Bliss spun on the backstretch, damaging his car's rear left, and triggering the third caution.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
During the caution, the leaders made pit stops for fuel, tires and car adjustments. Allmendinger lost the lead since one of his crew members dropped a lug nut. Hamlin staggered his pit stop, allowing him to lead one lap. Kurt Busch reclaimed the lead, and led at the restart on lap 81, followed by Biffle and Kyle Busch. On lap 82, Biffle received drafting assistance from Kyle Busch to overtake Kurt Busch for first place to the inside. Kurt Busch responded by challenging Biffle between laps 83 and 84 but was unable to reclaim the lead.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
After starting towards the rear of the field, Gordon moved to third by the 86th lap. On lap 95, Kyle Busch passed Biffle on the outside for first place Soon after, Gordon passed Biffle for second. Gordon later turned onto the outside line to overtake Kyle Busch at the conclusion of lap 98. Two laps later, Bowyer steered right on the backstretch to pass Gordon for the lead.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Kyle Busch attempted to overtake Bowyer in turn two on lap 102 but could not successfully complete the pass. Gordon did the same four laps later; again, he was unable to take first position and dropped back. On the 107th lap, Biffle overtook Bowyer to claim the lead, but Bowyer retook it on the next lap. Biffle achieved a fast run on the left and retook the lead from Bowyer on lap 110. He held it for one lap as Bowyer overtook him to lead the 111th lap.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
After David Ragan found a draft on the right to move into second, he overtook Bowyer at the end of lap 113. Two laps later, Ragan lost the lead to Bowyer. John Andretti's tire cut, and he crashed into the turn-two wall on the 117th lap to bring out the fourth caution. Most of the leaders made pit stops for fuel, tires and car adjustments. Travis Kvapil and Boris Said each staggered their pit stops on laps 119 and 120, leading one lap each, before Bowyer returned to first place on the 121st lap.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
On lap 122, a red flag was shown to stop the race for one hour, 40 minutes and 45 seconds because a 15 in (380 mm) long, 9 in (230 mm) wide and 2 in (51 mm) deep pothole emerged on the seam near the yellow line between turns one and two. All cars were ordered to park on pit road to allow track engineers to observe the damage. They patched the pothole with two compounds that, due to moisture and cold weather, did not hold; a third attempted allowed the race to continue.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Drivers were recalled to their cars at 4:52 EST, and engines were restarted eight minutes later. Racing resumed under caution, and the pit road was reopened to drivers. Bowyer led from Ragan and Kahne on the inside lane at the lap-125 restart. Two laps later, Sadler pushed Kahne past Bowyer (who turned right) for the lead. Kahne then repelled Bowyer by turning right on lap 129, allowing Sadler to draw alongside him. Bowyer gained the lead on the next lap but Sadler overtook him before the start-finish line. On lap 131, Sadler lost the lead to Bowyer, but got beside him to retake the lead on the next lap.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Harvick made it three abreast on the backstretch during the 136th lap, putting Sadler in the middle of the track, and Bowyer returned to the lead. Two laps later, Harvick overtook his teammate Bowyer just before crossing the start-finish line. Gordon tried to overtake Bowyer for third on lap 141, but Kahne aided the latter in blocking the pass. On lap 142, fifth-placed Allmendinger lost control of his car in the fourth turn, narrowly avoided collecting Gordon, and spun into the backstretch.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
He avoided hitting a wall, and was stranded in the grass where his car caught fire, prompting the fifth caution. During the caution, most of the field made pit stops for tires and adjustments. Sadler had two tires installed on his car, and led at the 146 restart, followed by Martin Truex Jr. and Harvick. Two laps later, Truex received help from Harvick to pass Sadler to claim the lead. On lap 150, Sadler went to the outside and fell to tenth place after an unsuccessful challenge for the first position. Harvick got the lead back by overtaking Truex on the left on the next lap. On the 154th lap, Montoya took the lead for the second time until Harvick passed him to reclaim the lead.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
A competition caution for teams to check their cars was necessitated on lap 159 because the pothole between turns one and two had re-emerged, larger than before. On lap 161, the race was stopped for a second time, and cars were again ordered to park on pit road for 44 minutes and 35 seconds. Workers collected polyester resin products from multiple teams, which was mixed with a hardener. They then heated the compound with blow torches and jet dryers to make the track safe to drive on.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Drivers got back into their cars at 6:22 p.m. EST, and restarted their engines eight minutes later. The race restarted under caution conditions, as the leaders made pit stops for tires and car adjustments. Speed took the lead for the lap 168 restart. On the next lap, Biffle received drafting assistance from his teammates Ragan and Edwards on the outside lane to pass Speed for first place. On the 176th lap, Speed regained the lead from Biffle on the inside lane. He battled Biffle for the next seven laps until Biffle pulled clear on lap 184. On lap 188, Kurt Busch overtook Edwards for third place. The seventh caution came six laps later, when Sadler lost control of his car on the backstretch and struck the barrier, collecting Kvapil and Newman. On lap 198, Bowyer led Biffle and Truex at the restart.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
Biffle passed Bowyer for the lead on the backstretch before an eighth caution was waved for an accident on lap 199: Elliott and Logano made contact in the third turn, collecting Said. The race restarted with Biffle leading on lap 202 for a first attempt at a green–white–checker finish extending the race by two laps. On the next lap, just as Harvick took the lead from Biffle in turn two, the ninth caution was prompted as Kahne was hit by Gordon on the backstretch and slid up the track, collecting Robert Richardson Jr. and Labonte.


2010 Daytona 500, Race
The race restarted for a second green–white–checker finish on the 206th lap (taking the event to 208 laps), with Harvick leading Jamie McMurray. Edwards delayed Harvick, allowing McMurray to take the lead with help from Biffle on the right at turn three on lap 207. Earnhardt moved from tenth to second within 1½ laps, but could not challenge McMurray, who took his first Daytona 500 win, his second at the track, and the fourth of his career. Earnhardt finished second, Biffle third, Bowyer fourth and Reutimann fifth. Truex, Harvick, Kenseth, Edwards and Montoya completed the top ten. There were 52 lead changes among a then-race record of 21 drivers during the race. Harvick's 41 laps led was the most of any competitor. McMurray led once for a total of two laps.


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
Earnhardt Ganassi Racing team owner Chip Ganassi talking about his success in the Daytona 500.


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
McMurray appeared in Victory Lane after celebrating in the infield to commemorate his fourth career win in front of an estimated crowd of 175,000 people; the win earned him $1,508,449. He was emotional about his victory, saying, "I can’t really put it into words the way it feels. I’m trying to be genuine and as sincere as I can and not sound cliché: as a kid growing up, this is what you dream of, of being able to win the Daytona 500."


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
Earnhardt stated his second-place finish validated the changes his team undertook, and was confident about his prospects over the coming races. He said of the on-track action, "I went wherever they weren’t, I don’t enjoy being that aggressive. If there was room for the radiator, you hold the gas down and go. They did a lot to put the racing back in the driver’s hands. There was a ton of bumping out there and I never felt like anyone was looking over my shoulder."


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
Third-placed Biffle said he felt he made his move too soon on the first green–white–checker finish, "The restarts, I couldn’t get anybody to push me, I kept getting a run. I wish I waited until the backstretch to make my big run. I did it on the frontstretch. I gave Junior and all the guys too much of an opportunity to catch us.”


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
The race was the first since the 2004 Advance Auto Parts 500 at Martinsville Speedway to be affected by a deteriorating track. The pothole's reemergence was attributed to the cars' weight of 3,000 lb (1,400 kg) uprooting the surface patch, and enlarging the pothole to twice its original size. Daytona International Speedway president Robin Braig accepted responsibility for the track surface and apologized for it. He stated that no issues were discovered during a pre-race inspection, and that he believed cars running too low to the ground for better aerodynamic efficiency had caused the pothole.


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
It was later determined that several factors combined to cause the pothole's formation: a week of heavy rain that flooded the track in May 2009, the pre-race downpour, below-average ground temperatures, and cars bottoming out and scraping the tarmac surface. Between 18 and February 20, engineers and asphalt specialists repaired the damaged area with a section of concrete measuring 6 ft (1.8 m) wide and 18 ft (5.5 m). The track was later repaved from July 5 to December 10, the first time it had been repaved since 1978.


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
Earnhardt said he was not satisfied with the revised green–white–checker finish rules because he was uncertain about the actions of drivers, but did not believe it was overdone, "I feel like the fans deserve probably more of a show, so that's what they got. The green-white-checkered was put into play to give us an opportunity to finish the race under green. Finishing under yellow is quite a melodramatic moment." Gordon reiterated an earlier view of his that only one attempt should be made, "I believe in doing things for the fans but I also think they have their limits.


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
It wasn't going to give us a winning day by not having multiple green-white-checkers but it would have saved us a race car." Pemberton said the rule change confirmed that NASCAR had increased the amount of on-track action, and stressed that three attempts were made to finish the race, "I've seen great [Daytona 500s] that were a half-dozen cars duking it out, And this race right here, with the potential of the top 15 or 20 guys up there, in the last 25 miles, was incredible. A great race in my opinion though I've only watched 33 of 'em."


2010 Daytona 500, Race, Post-race comments
Because this was the first race of the season, McMurray led the Drivers' Championship with 195 points, followed by Earnhardt with 15 points less in second, and Biffle third. Bowyer stood in fourth and Harvick was fifth. Reutimann, Truex, Kenseth, Montoya, Edwards, Martin, and Burton rounded out the top twelve drivers. Chevrolet led the Manufacturers' Championship with nine points, three ahead of Ford in second. Toyota was third with four points, and Dodge in fourth had three points. The race attracted 13.294 million television viewers; excluding the two stoppages, it took three hours, 47 minutes and 16 seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 0.119 seconds.


2010 DePuy Hip Recall
The 2010 DePuy Hip Replacement Recall was instituted when DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a division of Johnson and Johnson, recalled its ASR XL Acetabular metal-on-metal hip replacement system on August 24, 2010.


2010 DePuy Hip Recall, Background
The recall came after data from a study indicated that the five year failure rate of this product is approximately 13%, or 1 in 8 patients. Even if the defective device is replaced, it can leave behind dangerous, possibly deadly fragments that may not be discovered for years. DePuy identified reasons for the failure of the hip replacement system as component loosening, component malalignment, infection, fracture of the bone, dislocation, metal sensitivity and pain. Additional complications from the hip replacement system may include increased metal ion levels in the blood, bone staining, necrosis, swelling, nerve damage, tissue damage and/or muscle damage.


2010 DePuy Hip Recall, Background
At the beginning of 2011, DePuy Orthopaedics said they were phasing out the ASR Hip Implant because of declining sales, but never mentioned the high failure rate data from an Australian implant registry. In March 2011, The New York Times reported that DePuy issued its first warning to doctors and patients about the high early failure rate. However, at this point, they still had not issued a recall of the product. In fact, they claimed any statements referencing a recall were false.


2010 DePuy Hip Recall, Background, Lawsuits
About 93,000 persons worldwide received an ASR implant. The first lawsuit in the United States against DePuy Orthopaedics was filed on June 15, 2010. Shine Lawyers commenced an Australian class action in the Federal Court of Australia on September 27, 2011, against DePuy International Pty Ltd and Johnson and Johnson Medical Pty Ltd. Both lawsuits claimed that the DePuy ASR hip replacement was defectively designed, that DePuy knew that there were problems with the implant early on but did not do anything to let patients or their surgeons know about the possible problems.


2010 DePuy Hip Recall, Background, Lawsuits
The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation filed a ruling on December 7, 2010 that determined the fate of the thousands of lawsuits regarding DePuy Hip Recalls in the United States. Its ruling stated that all cases filed across the country, "are transferred to the Northern District of Ohio and, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable David A. Katz for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings."


2010 DePuy Hip Recall, Background, Lawsuits
On January 26, 2011, Judge Katz entered an order in the multidistrict litigation naming the leadership counsel for both the plaintiffs and the defendants. Ben Gordon, Eric Kennedy, Ellen Relkin, Mark Robinson,  Christopher Seeger, and Steven Skikos were named on the plaintiffs' Executive Committee. Robert Tucker and Susan Sharko were named as defendants' Co-Lead Counsel. Discovery of documents from Johnson & Johnson and DePuy Orthopaedics has commenced.


2010 DePuy Hip Recall, Background, Lawsuits
In 2014, Johnson & Johnson announced it would not withdraw a $2.5 billion global settlement. Settlements began at a base of $250,000. Johnson & Johnson continued to deny culpability.


2010 DePuy Hip Recall, Background, Lawsuits
On March 17, 2016, United States District Judge Ed Kinkeade, after receiving the juries verdict, signed final judgment for Case# MDL Docket No. 3:11-MD-2244-K. The  jury awarded five plaintiffs (3:13-cv-1071, 3:14-cv-1994,3:12-cv-1672,3:11-cv-2800, & 3:11-cv-1941) a combined award of $120 million against DePuy Orthorpaedics Inc, and a combined award $240 million against Johnson & Johnson.


2010 DePuy Hip Recall, India
Of the total number of people receiving the implants, about 4,700 were in India. As of 2018, J&J committed to working with the Indian government to support all Indian ASR patients. In late 2018, an Indian government report, the accuracy of which has been disputed by J&J, proposed that each patient who had a faulty implant should receive a lump sum payment of ₹2 million (US$27,812). J&J had previously provided US$2.25 million to cover diagnostic and surgical costs to patients with defective implants, but the Indian government was concerned that these monies included no compensatory funds.


2010 Deganga riots
The 2010 Deganga riots occurred at Deganga, North 24 Parganas in West Bengal, India on 6 September 2010 when Muslim mobs resorted to arson and violence against the local and Hindu community. The violence began late in the evening of that Monday and continued throughout the night and for several subsequent days. The district police, Rapid Action Force, paramilitary were all unable to quell the problems and the Indian Army was eventually deployed.


2010 Deganga riots
The army staged a series of flag marches on the Taki Road but the violence continued in the interior villages lying off that road until Thursday, despite the army presence and the promulgation of prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Military Commanders on approval by the state Government imposed AFSPA.


2010 Deganga riots, Background
Deganga is a Community Development Block (CDB) in North 24 Parganas district, India. According to The Pioneer newspaper at the time of the riots, over 69 per cent of the CDB population were Muslim. It forms a part of the Basirhat parliamentary constituency that for over 30 years up until the Indian general elections of 2009 had been held by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). In those elections, the seat was won by Haji Nurul Islam of the Trinamul Congress.


2010 Deganga riots, Background
The CDB had remained calm during what journalist Partha Dasgupta described as "the two most trying times in recent history", being the Babri Masjid incident of 1992 and the Gujarat riots of 2002 in this situation CPI(M) did the best work to control the violence.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
The flashpoint for the riots related to a dispute on land at Chattal Pally village that was formerly owned by Rani Rashmoni. On this was a Muslim cemetery and also a place of Hindu worship that had been used for annual Durga Puja celebrations for many years. The two areas, near to which was situated a police station, were separated by a narrow pathway and news reports variously claimed that members of the Muslim community had begun to excavate that pathway on the morning of 6 September 2010, or had been constructing a wall there.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
There were claims that the action was an attempt to stop the Durga Puja from taking place and that the Hindu community had been constructing a "makeshift structure" (a pandal adjacent to their temple) by the boundary of the cemetery.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
Underlying the immediate cause was resentment relating to use of a loudspeaker by a local mosque: the Kolkata High Court was at that time in the process of adjudicating on the issue and had prevented its use while doing so, and there was a belief that Haji Nurul Islam had gained votes in the 2009 elections by promising to support those who favoured its use.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
Members of the Hindu community objected to the works being carried out on 6 September. Some news reports indicated that the objectors were attacked for doing so, while others stated that the attacks began when the police intervened. The police tactics involved use of a lathicharge and resulted in the arrest of three or four Muslims. The Muslim community retaliated first by establishing a road-block and then, in the evening, by marching as a mob to protest at the police station and to possibly to free those who were in custody.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
Shops and other property belonging to Hindus were looted, burned, torched and destroyed, as were various vehicles on the road, including some belonging to the police and also buses. Claims were made that this mob of around 500 people was led by Haji Nurul Islam, although other "local thugs" and anti socials were also named among the leaders. The troubles spread to the nearby areas of Kadambagachi and Beliaghata, and two Hindu temples were also desecrated.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
The disruption continued overnight and into Tuesday morning. The police, who were outnumbered by the mob, had been augmented by the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and then by paramilitary reinforcements from Kolkata as the number of reported injured people rose to at least 24. A curfew was also put in place, using powers available under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code. With the RAF, paramilitary also finding themselves to be outnumbered and unable fully to control matters, the central government sent in the Army. The force, which was variously reported to comprise 200 and 400 personnel, conducted route marches in the area.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
The violence was worsened by the death of a youth who had been shot by one of the rioters. Although the Trinamool Party had refused to take part in meetings intended to resolve the riots, Haji Nurul Islam refuted claims that members of his party were protecting the rioters and explained that they were instead trying to pacify those involved. The violence continued on Wednesday morning, 8 September, with one incident involving a mob from Ramnathpur and Khejurdanga attacking houses in the Salimpukur and Hospital area, off the Taki Road that runs through the district.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
They ransacked 23 houses, causing their victims to take shelter in nearby Kartikpur. The Armed Forces Special Powers Act was imposed. Small Arms and tear gas was used. Nonetheless, state officials claimed that the situation was gradually coming under control and they announced a compensation scheme for those who had lost property.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
A later news report, published on Friday 10 September, noted that at least 250 shops had been looted during the several days of rioting, while 50 houses had been burned and 5 temples desecrated. The mob had also hoisted a loudspeaker at the mosque near Deganga market, violating the High Court order.


2010 Deganga riots, Riots
Sporadic incidents continued as late as Thursday but had calmed by Friday. The army and various law enforcement bodies remained in place while the Muslim festival of Eid was celebrated on Saturday 11 September, by which time the Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) had announced their plans for a peace meeting on 13 September that would involve various religious leaders. The two parties claimed that the troublemakers had come into the area from other villages. AFSPA was not renewed and lapsed along with Section 144 whileThe army returned to their barracks on Saturday.


2010 Deganga riots, Aftermath
On 9 September, a delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders visited the areas and on the following day the BJP demanded the arrest of Haji Nurul Islam for instigating the mob into a communal frenzy. A First Information Report had been filed against him. Subsequently, a Hindu advocacy group Hindu Samhati (HS), led by a former member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Tapan Ghosh, pressed claims that there had been attacks on Hindu women, torture and other atrocities.


2010 Deganga riots, Aftermath
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), an international organisation of Hindus, also took up the issue with local authorities, based on calligraphy and other evidence, that the riots were masterminded by the CPI(M) with the intent of garnering votes in an area where the Muslim community had in recent years grown to a majority status and were moving towards right-wing hardliner Islamic parties and away from the left parties.


2010 Deganga riots, Aftermath
As with other politicians, Haji Nurul Islam could offer no explanation for the death of the Hindu youth, who had ventured into the area from his home village of Falti and whose family were being generally shunned in the aftermath of the events. He challenged the claims laid against him, saying


2010 Deganga riots, Aftermath
The episode is designed to malign my secular credentials. I have information that CPM goons Yakub and Netai led the loot and arson ... I am not a newcomer. I rose through the panchayat ranks. I have been involved in most of the pujas here over the years. Many Hindu victims celebrated Eid at my house. Thank God no one lost their lives. Property can be compensated, but not life.


2010 Deganga riots, Aftermath
In October 2010, the National Human Rights Commission of India, which is an autonomous statutory body, requested the Government of West Bengal to supply information regarding the riots, allegedly in response to a complaint filed by the All India Legal Aid Forum, who were concerned about the police response to the incident.


2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They played their home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware. They were co–champions of the Colonial Athletic Association and advanced to the National Championship game before falling to Eastern Washington by blowing a 19-point lead with 16:30 left in the game. They finished with a record of 12–3, 6–2 in CAA play. Delaware received one vote in the AP Poll following their wins against Towson and UMass.


2010 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Schedule
Delaware was forced to revise their 2010 schedule after two Colonial Athletic Association opponents, the Northeastern Huskies and the Hofstra Pride, decided to discontinue their football programs after the 2009 season.


2010 Delaware House of Representatives election
An election was held on November 2, 2010 to elect all 41 members to Delaware's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and state senate. The primary election was held on September 14, 2010.


2010 Delaware House of Representatives election
Democrats consolidated their control of the House with a net gain of two seats, winning 26 seats compared to 15 seats for the Republicans.


2010 Delaware House of Representatives election, Results, District
Results of the 2010 Delaware House of Representatives election by district:


2010 Delaware elections
Elections were held in Delaware on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on September 14, 2010.


2010 Delaware elections, Federal, Senate
The 2010 election for the United States Senate was an open seat special election to finish the term ending in January 2015. Joe Biden, the 36-year Senator from the seat, was reelected to his Senate seat in 2008 and was simultaneously elected Vice President of the United States. He resigned on January 16, 2009 in order to take his seat as Vice President (he was sworn in five days later, on January 20, Inauguration Day).


2010 Delaware elections, Federal, Senate
Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner announced her intention to appoint Biden's longtime aide and chief of staff Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman on November 24, 2008, and made the appointment the same day Biden resigned. Kaufman was sworn in as a Senator the next day. He made clear that he would not be a candidate for election in 2010.


2010 Delaware elections, Federal, Senate
Biden's son Beau Biden, the state Attorney General, considered entering the race but decided not to. Democrat Chris Coons, the county executive of New Castle County, entered the race instead and won the Democratic nomination unopposed. In a widely publicized Republican primary, Michael Castle, the former governor and nine-term U.S. Representative for Delaware's sole congressional seat who was initially heavily favored to win the primary and then the general election, was defeated in an upset by Tea Party movement-aligned marketing consultant Christine O'Donnell. Coons went on to defeat O'Donnell, as well as minor-party candidates Glenn A. Miller (Independent Party of Delaware) and James W. Rash (Libertarian), by a wide margin.


2010 Delaware elections, Federal, House of Representatives
John Carney was elected to Delaware's sole seat in the House of Representatives, replacing Republican Mike Castle, who vacated his seat to unsuccessfully run for the Senate. This was one of just three House seats to be picked up by the Democrats; the others were Cedric Richmond in Louisiana's 2nd congressional district and Colleen Hanabusa in Hawaii's 1st congressional district.


2010 Delaware elections, State, Constitutional officers, Attorney General
Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III, son of Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr., cruised to reelection as Delaware Attorney General with no major-party opposition and a commanding 58-point margin of victory. Beau Biden had considered running in the special Senate election held simultaneously with the general election to serve the balance of his father's unexpired Senate term. (His father resigned to become vice president). However, Beau chose to run for reelection as attorney general instead.


2010 Delaware elections, State, Constitutional officers, Treasurer
In this race, Democrat Chipman "Chip" Flowers Jr., a 35-year-old attorney from Middletown, narrowly edging out Republican Colin R. J. Bonini of Magnolia, a 45-year-old state Senator representing District 16. Flowers will replace Velda Jones-Potter, the incumbent Treasurer appointed by Governor Jack Markell to finish out his term as treasurer when he was elected to the governorship in the 2008 election. Jones-Potter ran for the Democratic nomination, but was defeated by Flowers in the primary. Flowers will become Delaware's first African American elected to statewide office. Bonini remains a state Senator until 2010.


2010 Delaware elections, State, Constitutional officers, Auditor of Accounts
In this race, longtime State Auditor R. Thomas "Tom" Wagner Jr. of Dover, the Republican nominee and 21-year incumbent, won a sixth term in office by just 2,563 votes (0.8 percent) over Democratic nominee Richard Korn of Wilmington, the president and CEO of Franklin Strategies, a political consulting firm. This was the closest statewide race in Delaware in the 2010 general elections.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
Half of the seats of the Delaware Senate are up for election in 2010.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
In District 1, longtime incumbent Senator Harris B. McDowell III of North Wilmington, son of former Congressman Harris B. McDowell, Jr., won unopposed. McDowell, first elected in 1976, is the longest-serving senator.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
In District 5, incumbent Senator Catherine (Cathy) Cloutier of Heatherbrooke, a Republican who also had the Working Families ballot line, won reelection to the Brandywine Hundred Senate seat she has held since 2000, defeating Democratic nominee Christopher (Chris) Counihan, a first-time candidate and university professor.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
In District 7, incumbent Democrat Patricia M. Blevins, who has served in the Senate since 1990, defeated Republican businessman Fredrick R. Cullis, 61-39 percent.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
In District 8, Democrat David P. (Dave) Sokola, who had been in the Senate since 1990, defeated Republican first-time candidate A. Louis Saindon, 60.6-39.4 percent.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
In District 14, incumbent Democratic Senator Bruce C. Ennis of Smyrna, a legislator since 1982, first in the House and since 2006 in the Senate, easily defeated Republican challenger John A. Moritz.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
In District 15, longtime Democratic Senator Nancy W. Cook, 74, first elected in 1974 after the death of her husband Allen J. Cook, who had held the seat for 16 years, lost to Republican first-time candidate David G. Lawson of Marydel, 63, a former state trooper and gun-shop owner. Cook was the only General Assembly incumbent running for reelection to be defeated and the only Democrat-to-Republican flip (Democrats picked up two state House seats). The race was especially significant because Cook was the longtime co-chair of the budget-drafting Joint Finance Committee. District 15 covers a sprawling area including almost all of western Kent County, from Smyrna to the outskirts of Harrington.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
District 19 was uncontested in the general election. Incumbent Republican Joseph W. (Joe) Booth of Georgetown won his first full term in office. Booth, a dry cleaning-store owner and former Georgetown mayor, Indian River school board member, and seven-year state House Representative, won a special election to replace longtime Senator Thurman Adams, a conservative Democrat, who died in office. Booth beat back a Republican primary challenge from Tea Party and 9-12 activist Eric R. Bodenweiser.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, Senate
District 20 was uncontested. Democrat George H. Bunting Jr. of Bethany Beach won another term.


2010 Delaware elections, State, General Assembly, House of Representatives
All of the seats in the Delaware House of Representatives are up for election in 2010.


2010 Delaware elections, Local, Sheriffs
The countywide position of sheriff was up for election in all of Delaware's three counties.


2010 Delaware elections, Local, Sheriffs
In heavily Democratic New Castle County, Democratic nominee Trinidad Navarro, 40, a senior corporal and chief media spokesman with the New Castle County Police, won with a very wide margin, defeating Republican William Hart, a commercial construction project manager and Independence Party of Delaware candidate Joseph O'Leary. In the Democratic primaries, Navarro routed 30-year incumbent Sheriff Mike Walsh, 72, with 63.3 percent of the vote. In the Republican primary, Hart defeated O'Leary, 14,377 to 11,105, but O'Leary chose to run as an Independence Party candidate.


2010 Delaware elections, Local, Sheriffs
In Sussex County, Republican Jeffrey Scott Christopher, 46, of Greenwood, a former Sussex County sheriff's chief deputy, won with 53.8 percent of the vote, defeating incumbent Democrat Eric D. Swanson, 56, of Lewes, who had been sheriff since 2007 and prior to that a Delaware State Policeman.


2010 Delaware elections, Local, Sheriffs
In Kent County, Democrat Norman Wood of Camden, a Smyrna Police Department lieutenant, defeated Republican incumbent Sheriff James A. Higdon Jr. of Dover. Higdon pleaded guilty in July 2010 to driving under the influence on May 29, 2010. First elected in 1994, he won reelection three more times, in 1998, 2002, and 2006, and only in 1998 had an opponent.


2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships
The 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, from February 22 through February 28, 2010. Unseeded Ernests Gulbis won the singles title.


2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Philipp Marx /  Igor Zelenay, 6–3, 7–6(7–3).


2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Doubles
The 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The 18th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, it was part of the International Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, from February 22 through February 28, 2010. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan were the defending champions and they won in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–3), against Philipp Marx and Igor Zelenay.


2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Singles
The 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2010 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Delray Beach Tennis Center in Delray Beach, Florida, United States, from February 22 through February 28, 2010. Mardy Fish was the defending champion, but he lost 2–6, 3–6 to Ivo Karlović in the semifinals.


2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Singles
Ernests Gulbis won in the final 6–2, 6–3 against Ivo Karlović.


2010 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election
The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 19 December 2010 for the 30-member 9th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairman and two vice-chairman posts. The incumbent Chairman Albert Ho, Vice-Chairmen Emily Lau and Sin Chung-kai were all re-elected uncontestedly.


2010 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Eligibility
The Central Committee was elected by the party congress. All public office holders, including the members of the Legislative Council and District Councils, are eligible to vote in the party congress. Every 30 members can also elect a delegate who holds one vote in the congress.


2010 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Overview
The Democratic Party leadership election was held after the party's decision on supporting the controversial electoral reform package in June 2010. The party made an historic breakthrough of reaching agreement with the representatives of the Central People's Government since the Tiananmen massacre in 1989. The revised proposal suggested by the Democratic Party was accepted by Beijing and subsequently passed in the Legislative Council with Democratic Party's votes. The party's decision further split the divided pan-democracy camp and the relatively "radical" democratic party League of Social Democrats accused the Democratic Party for selling out Hong Kong people.


2010 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Overview
In the following 2010 July 1 march, the party leaders received verbal attacks and mocked by some other protestors. Just before the party congress, 30 members announced to leave the party, including 7 founding members and 7 District Councillors in the New Territories East. Most of the leaving members were the backbones of the lately-formed Neo Democrats such as the former Vice-Chairman Chan King-ming. They said their leave was largely because they did not agree with the party's stance on the 2010 electoral reform package. They also requested the party to apologise for its "mistake".


2010 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Overview
Chairman Albert Ho admitted it caused certain damage to the party, but political parties' development is a natural phenomena. Emily Lau and Nelson Wong Sing-chi, the New Territories East legislators would take remedial actions, such as open more district offices in the region.


2010 Democratic Party (HK) leadership election, Results
Incumbent Chairman Albert Ho, who played a big role in the 2010 electoral reform negotiation, was re-elected with 94% of the vote unchallenged. Vice-Chairmen Emily Lau and Sin Chung-kai also retained their seats. The elected members of the 9th Central Committee are listed as following:


2010 Denmark Open darts
2010 Denmark Open is a darts tournament, which took place in Denmark in 2010.


2010 Denmark Super Series
The 2010 Denmark Open Super Series was a top level badminton competition which was held from October 26, 2010 to October 31, 2010 in Odense, Denmark. It was the ninth BWF Super Series competition on the 2010 BWF Super Series schedule. The total purse for the event was $200,000.


2010 Denver Broncos season
The 2010 Denver Broncos season was the franchise's 41st season in the National Football League, the 51st overall and the 10th playing their home games at INVESCO Field at Mile High. The off-season was marked by the draft selections of Georgia Tech wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and All-American Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, as well as season-ending injuries to All-Pro linebacker Elvis Dumervil and free agent running back LenDale White.


2010 Denver Broncos season
The team failed to improve on its 8–8 record from 2009, and set a new franchise record for losses in a single season, with a 4–12 record, which was their worst record in the post-merger era, and worst in a 16-game schedule. In addition, this was the Broncos' fifth-consecutive non-playoff season, which is tied with 2016–2020 for the second-longest such streak in franchise history, behind 1960–1976. The regular season was marked by a videotaping scandal and the firing of head coach Josh McDaniels.


2010 Denver Broncos season
The Broncos had the league's worst defense in 2010, allowing a league-worst 471 points (29.4 per game) and 6,253 yards.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Coaching changes, Firing of Josh McDaniels
On December 6, head coach Josh McDaniels was fired, one day after the team's 10–6 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 13. In addition to the team's sluggish performance (they had gone 5–17 since a 6–0 start to the 2009 season), the videotaping scandal was a factor in his ouster. According to The Denver Post, while Broncos' owner Pat Bowlen did not consider the incident something that merited firing McDaniels for cause, he and others in the Broncos' front office still felt his failure to report the incident was "unforgivable." Running backs coach Eric Studesville was named interim coach that same day.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars
The Broncos began their 2010 season at EverBank Field against the Jacksonville Jaguars. After a scoreless first quarter, the Broncos trailed late in the second quarter, as Jaguars' quarterback David Garrard completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to tight end Marcedes Lewis. The Broncos answered prior to halftime, as quarterback Kyle Orton found wide receiver Jabar Gaffney on an 8-yard touchdown pass. The Jaguars reclaimed the lead in the third quarter, as Garrard hooked up with Lewis again on a 10-yard touchdown pass. The Broncos responded with a 1-yard touchdown run from running back Knowshon Moreno.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars
However, the Jaguars grabbed the lead again, with a 45-yard field goal by placekicker Josh Scobee. The Broncos caught up in the fourth quarter with a 54-yard field goal by placekicker Matt Prater. However, the Jaguars got the last laugh, as Garrard completed a 24-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Kassim Osgood.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks
Hoping to rebound from their season-opening loss to the Jaguars, the Broncos played on home ground for an interconference duel with the Seattle Seahawks. In the first quarter, the Broncos took the early lead, as quarterback Kyle Orton completed a 13-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Eddie Royal, followed in the second quarter by a 1-yard touchdown run from running back Correll Buckhalter and a 20-yard field goal by placekicker Matt Prater.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks got on the board in the third quarter, when quarterback Matt Hasselbeck completed an 11-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Ben Obomanu, but the Broncos replied with a 1-yard touchdown run from running back Knowshon Moreno. The Broncos increased their lead in the fourth quarter, when Orton threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas. The Seahawks replied, with Hasselbeck scrambling 20 yards for a touchdown, but the Broncos' lead was too much for Seattle to overcome.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Coming off their win over the Seahawks, the Broncos remained on home ground for an AFC duel with the Indianapolis Colts. In the first quarter, the Broncos trailed early when Colts' placekicker Adam Vinatieri nailed field goals from 38 and 33 yards. This was followed in the second quarter by quarterback Peyton Manning throwing a 5-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Austin Collie. The Broncos got on the board, with placekicker Matt Prater nailing a 25-yard field goal.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts
In the third quarter, the Broncos cut the lead, when quarterback Kyle Orton completed a 48-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, but the Colts replied, with Manning throwing a 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Blair White. The Broncos responded, with Prater hitting a 34-yard field goal, but they trailed further in the fourth quarter, when Manning found Collie on a 23-yard touchdown pass, sealing the win for Indianapolis.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Prior to the game, a moment of silence was held for wide receiver Kenny McKinley, who died on September 20, with the team paying tribute to him by placing a No. 11 decal on their helmets in his honor.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Tennessee Titans
Hoping to rebound from their loss to the Colts, the Broncos traveled to Nashville to face the Tennessee Titans at LP Field. After a scoreless first quarter, the Broncos took the lead in the second quarter, as quarterback Kyle Orton threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Eddie Royal. The Titans responded, with quarterback Vince Young throwing an 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Kenny Britt. The Broncos retook the lead with a 36-yard field goal by placekicker Matt Prater, but The Titans replied, when placekicker Rob Bironas nailed an incredible 55-yard field goal just before halftime.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Tennessee Titans
In the third quarter, the Broncos took the lead again, with another 36-yard field goal by Prater, but Titans' wide receiver Marc Mariani returned the ensuing kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, putting Tennessee ahead 17–13. Tennessee's lead was narrowed, with a 35-yard field goal by Prater, but was increased again with a 46-yard field goal by Bironas. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos pulled ahead, when Orton completed a 6-yard touchdown pass to running back Correll Buckhalter. After the Titans fumbled the ensuing kickoff, the Broncos increased their lead with 28 seconds remaining, with a 36-yard field goal by Prater. The Broncos' defense thwarted the Titans' final desperation drive of the game.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Baltimore Ravens
Coming off their win at Tennessee, the Broncos traveled to M&T Bank Stadium for an AFC duel with the Baltimore Ravens. In the first quarter, the Broncos trailed early, with Ravens' quarterback Joe Flacco scrambling for a 1-yard touchdown, followed in the second quarter by a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Ray Rice, and a 37-yard field goal by placekicker Billy Cundiff. The Broncos got on the board, when quarterback Kyle Orton threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: at Baltimore Ravens
After a scoreless third quarter, the Broncos fell further behind in the fourth quarter, with another 1-yard touchdown run by Rice. The Broncos replied, with a 38-yard field goal by placekicker Matt Prater, but a 30-yard touchdown run by running back Willis McGahee put the Ravens' up 31–10. The Broncos responded, with Orton finding Lloyd again on a 44-yard touchdown pass, but Baltimore's lead was too much to overcome.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. New York Jets
Hoping to rebound from their loss at Baltimore, the Broncos donned their alternate orange jerseys and returned home for an AFC duel with the New York Jets. After a scoreless first quarter, the Jets grabbed the lead in the second quarter, as quarterback Mark Sanchez threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Braylon Edwards. The Broncos responded, with quarterback Tim Tebow scrambling for a 5-yard touchdown run. The Broncos grabbed the lead just before halftime, with a 59-yard field goal by placekicker Matt Prater.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 6: vs. New York Jets
In the third quarter, the Jets responded, with a 56-yard field goal by placekicker Nick Folk. The Broncos took the lead, when quarterback Kyle Orton threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Demaryius Thomas. The Jets responded midway through the fourth quarter, after running back LaDainian Tomlinson ran for a 20-yard touchdown. The Broncos grabbed the lead again, with a 48-yard field goal by Prater. However, following a pass-interference penalty on Broncos' cornerback Renaldo Hill near the goal line, the Jets pulled ahead, with a Tomlinson 2-yard touchdown run. The Jets' defense thwarted the Broncos' last drive of the game.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Oakland Raiders
Hoping to rebound from their heartbreaking loss to the Jets, the Broncos remained on home ground for an AFC West rivalry match against the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, the Broncos trailed early, as Raiders' quarterback Jason Campbell completed a 43-yard touchdown pass to tight end Zach Miller. The Raiders scored again, after cornerback Chris Johnson returned an interception by quarterback Kyle Orton 30 yards for a touchdown. This was followed by a 4-yard touchdown run by running back Darren McFadden and a 31-yard field goal by placekicker Sebastian Janikowski.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Oakland Raiders
Things got much worse for the Broncos in the second quarter, as Campbell threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to McFadden, followed by a McFadden 4-yard touchdown run that gave Oakland a 38–0 lead midway through the second quarter. The Broncos finally got on the board with Orton finding running back Knowshon Moreno on a 7-yard touchdown pass, followed in the third quarter by a 27-yard touchdown pass from Orton to Moreno. However, the Raiders struck back, with a 1-yard touchdown run by fullback Marcel Reece, followed by a 57-yard touchdown run by McFadden and a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Michael Bush. Both teams were held scoreless in the fourth quarter.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: vs. Oakland Raiders
This was the Broncos' worst defeat since a 55–10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIV. The loss also tied the highest point total that the Broncos have allowed in a single game, since a 59–7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in 1963.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers
Following their disastrous home loss to the Raiders, the Broncos flew to London, England, for an International Series contest with the San Francisco 49ers at Wembley Stadium. In the first quarter, the Broncos trailed early, with a 34-yard field goal by 49ers' placekicker Joe Nedney. After a scoreless second quarter, the Broncos grabbed the lead in the third quarter, when quarterback Tim Tebow scrambled for a 1-yard touchdown run, followed in the fourth quarter by a 32-yard field goal by placekicker Matt Prater.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers
However, the Broncos suddenly fell behind, with 49ers' quarterback Troy Smith scrambling for a 1-yard touchdown run, followed by his 28-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Michael Crabtree, and a 3-yard touchdown run by running back Frank Gore. The Broncos tried to rally when quarterback Kyle Orton threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd (with a blocked extra-point attempt), but San Francisco's defense stood their ground.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: at San Francisco 49ers
Less than a month later, the Broncos were subjected to a videotaping scandal involving the team's director of video operations that occurred during a 49ers' walkthrough practice, one day before the game.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Coming off their overseas trip to London and subsequent bye week, the Broncos donned their alternate orange jerseys and returned home for an AFC West duel against the Kansas City Chiefs, hoping to snap a 4-game losing streak. In the first quarter, quarterback Kyle Orton, playing on his 28th birthday, threw three touchdown passes: a 17-yarder to running back Knowshon Moreno, a 6-yarder to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd and a 40-yarder to wide receiver Jabar Gaffney.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
In the second quarter, quarterback Tim Tebow ran for a 1-yard touchdown, followed by linebacker Jason Hunter returning a fumble 75 yards for a touchdown, giving the Broncos a commanding 35–0 lead before the two-minute warning. The Chiefs got on the board, with a 5-yard touchdown run from running back Jamaal Charles, followed by a 40-yard field goal by placekicker Ryan Succop just before halftime. In the third quarter, Tim Tebow threw his first touchdown pass—a 3-yarder to fullback Spencer Larsen, but the Chiefs responded, with quarterback Matt Cassel throwing a 15-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Dwayne Bowe.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 10: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
In the fourth quarter, Orton threw his fourth touchdown pass of the game—a 15-yarder to Lloyd. The Chiefs responded, with Cassel throwing a pair of touchdown passes—an 11-yarder to wide receiver Chris Chambers, followed by a 22-yarder to Bowe (both with failed two-point conversion attempts), but the outcome had already been decided in the Broncos' favor.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Diego Chargers
Coming off their dominating win over the Chiefs, the Broncos traveled to Qualcomm Stadium for an AFC West duel with the San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football. The Broncos delivered the opening strike in the first quarter, with a 4-yard touchdown run from running back Knowshon Moreno. However, the Chargers answered, with quarterback Philip Rivers completing a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Malcom Floyd. The Chargers took the lead in the second quarter, as fullback Mike Tolbert ran for a 1-yard touchdown, followed by Rivers completing a 40-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Patrick Crayton.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: at San Diego Chargers
The Chargers added to their lead in the third quarter, as Rivers completed a 57-yard touchdown pass to running back Darren Sproles. In the fourth quarter, the Chargers continued their dominating night, with Rivers completing a 3-yard touchdown pass to fullback Jacob Hester. The Broncos tried to rally, as quarterback Kyle Orton found wide receiver Brandon Lloyd on a 13-yard touchdown pass, but San Diego's lead was too much to overcome.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. St. Louis Rams
Following their Monday Night debacle in San Diego and subsequent videotaping scandal, the Broncos returned home for an interconference match against the St. Louis Rams. In the first quarter, the Broncos jumped out to a 10–0 lead, with a 4-yard touchdown run from running back Knowshon Moreno, followed by a 49-yard field goal by placekicker Matt Prater. The Rams responded, with quarterback Sam Bradford throwing a 36-yard touchdown pass to tight end Michael Hoomanawanui. In the second quarter, The Broncos took a 13–7 lead, with a 40-yard field goal by Prater.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. St. Louis Rams
However, the Rams reeled off 26 points, starting off with a pair of touchdown passes from Bradford to tight end Billy Bajema—2 and 26 yards—the latter with a missed extra point, followed by a pair of field goals from placekicker Josh Brown—28 and 37 yards—before halftime. In the third quarter, the Rams continued their offensive onslaught, with a 1-yard touchdown run from running back Kenneth Darby, giving St. Louis a 33–13 lead.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. St. Louis Rams
In the fourth quarter, the Broncos snapped the Rams' streak of 26 unanswered points, with quarterback Kyle Orton throwing a 41-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, but the Rams responded with a 26-yard field goal from Brown. Trailing 36–20 with four minutes remaining, the Broncos tried to rally, with Orton throwing two touchdown passes—a 16-yarder to wide receiver Eddie Royal (with a failed two-point conversion attempt), followed by a 5-yarder to Lloyd, but the Broncos' rally attempt was cut short by the Rams' defense.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 12: vs. St. Louis Rams
With the loss, the Broncos matched their loss total from the previous two seasons.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Kansas City Chiefs
Hoping to break a two-game losing streak, the Broncos traveled to Arrowhead Stadium for an AFC West rivalry rematch against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Broncos trailed in the first quarter, as Chiefs' quarterback Matt Cassel threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to tight end Leonard Pope, the game's only touchdown. The Broncos responded in the second quarter, with placekicker Matt Prater nailing a 25-yard field goal, but the Chiefs countered, with a 47-yard field goal by placekicker Ryan Succop just before halftime. After a scoreless third quarter, the Broncos cut into the lead with a 41-yard field goal by Prater, but Kansas City's defense prevented anything else from happening.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: at Kansas City Chiefs
With the loss, not only were the Broncos officially eliminated from postseason contention, but they also exceeded their loss total from their previous two seasons.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Arizona Cardinals
Hoping to snap a three-game losing streak, the Broncos traveled to the University of Phoenix Stadium for an interconference duel with the Arizona Cardinals, whom the Broncos had never lost to in the teams' previous eight meetings. The Broncos took the early lead in the first quarter, with a 32-yard field goal by placekicker Steven Hauschka.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Arizona Cardinals
However, the Cardinals responded, as placekicker Jay Feely accounted for 22 unanswered points—a 36-yard field goal in the first quarter, a 48-yard field goal, 5-yard touchdown run off a fake field goal and a 55-yard field goal in the second quarter, a 23-yard field goal in the third quarter, and a 49-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. A 30-yard field goal by Hauschka cut the lead to 22–6, but the Cardinals answered with an 8-yard touchdown run by running back Tim Hightower. The Broncos responded with a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Knowshon Moreno, but the Cardinals pulled away, with Hightower running for a 35-yard touchdown, followed by linebacker Daryl Washington returning an interception 40 yards (and defensive end Darnell Dockett recovering a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown).


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 14: at Arizona Cardinals
This was the Broncos' first-ever loss to the Cardinals in franchise history. The loss also guaranteed the Broncos a fourth-place in the AFC West at the end of the season.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders
Hoping to snap a four-game losing streak, the Broncos traveled to the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, for an AFC West divisional rematch with the Oakland Raiders. In the first quarter, the Raiders grabbed the early lead, with a 71-yard touchdown run by wide receiver Jacoby Ford. The Broncos responded, when quarterback Tim Tebow, starting in place of an injured Kyle Orton, scrambled for a 40-yard touchdown run. The Broncos grabbed the lead, when Tebow threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd, but the Raiders responded, with a 1-yard touchdown run by running back Michael Bush.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders
In the second quarter, the Broncos lead again, with a 46-yard field goal by placekicker Steven Hauschka, but the Raiders tied the game with a 49-yard field goal by placekicker Sebastian Janikowski just before halftime. In the third quarter, the Raiders grabbed the lead, with a 35-yard field goal by Janikowski. The Broncos responded, with a 35-yard field goal by Hauschka. Oakland lead again, with a 47-yard field goal by Janikowski. In the fourth quarter, the Raiders widened their lead, when quarterback Jason Campbell threw a 73-yard touchdown pass to fullback Marcel Reece. The Broncos narrowed the lead, with a 45-yard field goal by Hauschka, but the Raiders pulled away, when linebacker Quentin Groves tackled running back Correll Buckhalter in the end zone for a safety, followed by a 1-yard touchdown by Bush.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Oakland Raiders
With the loss, the Broncos tied their franchise record for losses in a single season. This also was the Broncos last road loss to a division opponent until Week 6 of the 2016 season.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Houston Texans
Hoping to snap a five-game losing streak, the Broncos returned home for a game against the Houston Texans. In the first quarter, the Broncos trailed early, after a 3-yard touchdown run by Texans' running back Arian Foster, followed in the second quarter by a 3-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matt Schaub to tight end Owen Daniels, and a 34-yard field goal by placekicker Neil Rackers, giving Houston a 17–0 halftime lead.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Houston Texans
The Broncos got on the board in the third quarter, with a 6-yard touchdown run by running back Correll Buckhalter, but the Texans responded, with a 54-yard field goal by Rackers. The Broncos cut into the Texans' lead, with a 27-yard field goal by placekicker Steven Hauschka, but a 57-yard field goal by Rackers gave Houston a 23–10 lead. In the fourth quarter, the Broncos staged a rally, with a 23-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tim Tebow to Buckhalter, followed by Tebow scrambling for a 6-yard touchdown run, giving the Broncos a 24–23 lead with three minutes remaining. The Broncos' defense thwarted Houston's final drive.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. San Diego Chargers
The Broncos' final game of the 2010 season was an AFC West divisional rematch with the San Diego Chargers. The Broncos took the lead in the first quarter, with a 14-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tim Tebow to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd. However, the Chargers responded in the second quarter, with a 27-yard touchdown run by running back Ryan Mathews, followed by field goals from 42, 45 and 47 yards by placekicker Nate Kaeding. The Chargers added to their lead in the third quarter, with a 12-yard touchdown run by Mathews, followed by a 37-yard field goal by Kaeding.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. San Diego Chargers
The Broncos narrowed San Diego's lead, with a 6-yard touchdown pass from Tebow to wide receiver Eric Decker, but was increased in the fourth quarter, with a 31-yard touchdown run by Mathews. Trailing 33–14 with 7:55 remaining in the game, the Broncos immediately responded, when kick returner Cassius Vaughn returned the ensuing kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown, followed by a 6-yard touchdown scramble by Tebow with 26 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Following Tebow's touchdown run, the Broncos recovered the onside kick, but two desperation hail mary passes by Tebow were unsuccessful, sealing the win for San Diego.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: vs. San Diego Chargers
With the loss, the Broncos set a new franchise record for losses in a single season.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Other news and notes, Videotaping scandal
On November 27, one day before the team's 36–33 loss to the St. Louis Rams, media reports stated that the Broncos had come under investigation from the NFL, following a videotaping incident. The Denver Post reported that Steve Scarnecchia, the team's director of video operations hired by then-head coach Josh McDaniels in 2009, videotaped a San Francisco 49ers' walkthrough practice, prior to the teams' Week 8 International Series game at Wembley Stadium in London, England.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Other news and notes, Videotaping scandal
Scarnecchia, the son of New England Patriots' former offensive line coach Dante Scarnecchia, worked in the Patriots' (2001–2004) and the New York Jets' (2006–2007) video departments prior to joining the Broncos in 2009. The Denver Post reported he was placed on a leave of absence by the team after the allegation came to light.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Other news and notes, Videotaping scandal
The same day, the NFL fined the Broncos and McDaniels $50,000 each, and Scarnecchia was fired as a result of the incident. Scarnecchia told NFL investigators he acted alone and "knew it was wrong" to tape the walkthrough practice, after the rest of the Broncos' staff had left the stadium. Scarnecchia later presented McDaniels with the six-minute video, but McDaniels declined to view it, and it was not shown to any other Broncos staff member, and therefore the NFL determined the Broncos had not gained a competitive advantage from it.


2010 Denver Broncos season, Other news and notes, Videotaping scandal
However, the NFL fined McDaniels due to the fact that he did not immediately report the incident to the league office, as required by policy. Team executives learned of the incident on November 8, and informed the NFL on November 16. NFL Security then began its investigation, which included a forensic analysis of the computer from which the recording was later deleted by Scarnecchia. The recording was retained by the league; in the case of the Patriots' prior incident, the league had destroyed all tapes received from the Patriots. The NFL also fined the Broncos, as "clubs are ultimately accountable for the conduct of their employees."


2010 Denver Broncos season, Other news and notes, Videotaping scandal
Scarnecchia had previously been cited for his role in the Patriots' videotaping scandal in 2007. The NFL determined that as a repeat offender of the NFL's "integrity of the game" policy, he was subject to a hearing on whether he should be banned from ever working in the NFL again. "A significant number" of Broncos' employees also certified in writing to the league that they were aware of no further incidents, but NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stated that if any more accusations came to light, he would re-open the investigation.


2010 Dera Ismail Khan bombing
On May 18, 2010, a bombing took place in Kachi Paind Khan area of Dera Ismail Khan. The bomb was planted on a motorcycle and killed 13 people while injured 14 on its detonation. Deputy superintendent of Kulachi police, Muhammad Iqbal Khan was also among the deceased and was said to be the target of attack.


2010 Dera Ismail Khan bombing, Background
Dera Ismail Khan had hosted many incidents of bombing prior to this one. Policemen  and security officials are targeted by militants in Pakistan as retaliation to ongoing War in North-West Pakistan. The 2010 Dera Ismail Khan bombing was also carried out against police.


2010 Dera Ismail Khan bombing, Attack
On 18 May, when DSP of Kulachi, Iqbal Khan left his home at Kachi Paind Khan escorted by police mobile, a bomb planted in Motorcycle exploded near the police van. Security official reached the site and cordoned off the area. According to bomb disposal squad, four kilograms of material was used in the bomb. 13 people were killed while 14 got injured. The injured were brought to District Head Quarter hospital where five were said to be in critical condition. The human flesh of the victims was laid scattered on roads and bang of explosion was heard in three kilometer radius.


2010 Dera Ismail Khan bombing, Attack, Victims
According to hospital sources, besides DSP Mohammad Iqbal Khan, his gunman Irshad, driver Mohammad Mushtaq, Bashir Ahmad, Mohammad Irshad, Insaf Bibi, Irum Bibi, Mohammad Younis, Arsalan, Sabir, Abdul Sattar, Shahzeb and an unknown man were among the deceased.


2010 Dera Ismail Khan bombing, Attack, Victims
The injured were identified as Bakhtullah, Mohammad Sharif, Asif Iqbal, Mulazim Hussain, Shah Jehan, Bashir Ahmad, Jamshed, Ghulam Hussain, Mohammad Ramzan, Rehmatullah, and an unidentified child while the son of Iqbal khan was also injured in the attack.


2010 Dera Ismail Khan bombing, Reactions
President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of National Assembly, Fehmida Mirza and Faisal Karim Kundi, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, Emir Jamaat-e-Islami, Munawar Hassan and president of Pakistan Muslim League (N), Nawaz Sharif have condemned attack and offered condolence to families of victims. Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti condemned the attack calling it "cowardly act of terrorism" and said that this type of incidents cannot deter government commitment of war against terrorism.


2010 Derby City Council election
The 2010 Derby City Council election took place on 5 May 2010 to elect members of Derby City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the council remained under No Overall Control.


2010 Derby City Council election, Election result
All comparisons in vote share are to the corresponding 2006 election.


2010 Derry county football team season
The following is a summary of Derry county football team's 2010 season.


2010 Derry county football team season, Dr McKenna Cup
Derry were drawn in Group C of the 2010 Dr McKenna Cup along with Down, Antrim and Queens University Belfast (QUB). Manager Damian Cassidy in his second year in charge, named a 29-man panel for the competition. The panel included many newcomers.


2010 Derry county football team season, National Football League
Derry announced a 32-man panel for the 2010 National League in early February 2010. Seven newcomers to the league were included in the panel; Declan Mullan, Mark Craig, Charlie Kielt, Ciaran Mullan, Martin Dunne, Andrew McCartney and Michael Bateson. Barry Gillis, Sean Leo McGoldrick, Barry McGoldrick, Kevin McGuckin and Enda Lynn return after being rested for the McKenna Cup. Kevin McCloy is being rested ahead of the Championship, while Enda Muldoon and Coilin Devlin will miss the league through injury.


2010 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas
2010 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas was the sixth edition of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars) with Michael Schumacher not defending his title. Races scheduled for 18–19 December at Arena Sapiens Park in Florianópolis-SC. The event was won by Lucas di Grassi after he won Race 1 and retired in Race 2.