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Year in Review | The AJC's most-read stories on social media

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Traffic moving on Friday morning. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
By Adam Carlson
Dec 29, 2014

Here are the 10 AJC.com stories readers clicked on the most in 2014 -- through social media. (Think of this as a complement to last week's list of our most-read stories, period.)

This includes two paralyzing winter storms, a Justin Bieber hoax and several stories about children -- some heartbreaking, some heartwarming. Facebook itself even makes an appearance.

The AJC has been at the center of this coverage as the city's most comprehensive news organization. And on social media, readers were as hungry as ever for news and information.

Take a look:

  1. Photos: Snow slams metro Atlanta
  2. The Regular Guys' Justin Bieber protest hoax goes viral worldwide
  3. Boy missing for 4 years found in Clayton County, reunited with mom
  4. Facebook tests 'satire' tag to protect users from The Onion
  5. Nail polish created to help prevent date rapes
  6. No charges for officers in botched drug raid that disfigured toddler
  7. Apollo Nida, Phaedra Parks' husband, charged with fraud, identity theft
  8. Braiding daughter's hair a labor of love
  9. Big-rig with 44,000 pounds of Miller High Life beer stolen from truck stop
  10. Pentagon takes first step on financial audit

ExploreCheck out our complete year-end coverage of 2014's best and worst here.

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