With tongue firmly lodged in his smiling cheek, humorist Will Rogers once observed that, "Half of our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." For better or worse, there's probably more than a pound of wisdom in that remark. To see how quickly you've rushed through the time on your plate, Fisher Cut Bait is where we take a brief look back at the news of note from one particular year in the not too distant past.

Click the icons to the left for text clues and try to guess the year in which all this took place. When you're ready, guess the year.