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2003 was also a very significant year for huge stories that dominated Internet traffic for weeks at a time.  The two biggest stories we have tracked since we began the Lycos 50 in 1999 were the September 11 terrorist attacks and the 2000 election and recount, but the next three biggest events -- if you count searches over a two- to three-week period -- all occurred in 2003.  They were the <b>War in Iraq</b> (#15), the rape allegation against NBA star <b>Kobe Bryant</