Thanks to our readers, the Blotter has marked its second year by breaking dozens of stories and logging millions more page views.

Since our first anniversary, the Blotter has logged more than 46 million page views, up 10 million from its inaugural year...and that's because of you, our readers. Since it first appeared on ABCNews.com, it has logged more than 82 million page views.

You were incensed to read about female contractors in Iraq who said they were gang-raped or sexually assaulted by their coworkers or soldiers. Our coverage led to two congressional hearings on rape and sexual assault in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as a Senate measure that would require military contractors to report sex crimes committed by or against their employees and provide employee victims with assistance and protection.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's relationship with the fiery preacher, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, tipped off a heated debate among our readers, many of whom commented on the story. The Blotter was the first to post the videos of Wright's controversial sermons, and numerous media outlets picked them up from here. The Blotter was also the first to post video of Sen. Hillary Clinton's days on the board of Wal-Mart.

When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer fell from grace, you, our readers, helped to make the Blotter the No. 1 go-to source for developments in the investigation into his downfall, giving us more than nine million page views in March.

This past October, the Blotter also picked up another award in addition to the four it garnered in its first year, which included the Peabody Award, the Walter Cronkite Award from the USC Annenberg School of Journalism, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Online Reporting Award and the National Headliner Online Journalism Award. This year, the Online News Association recognized the Blotter for excellence in investigative journalism among large sites for our coverage of the Mark Foley Investigation.

In what was described as a "watershed" event for investigative reporting on the Web, the Blotter broke the story in September 2006 on then-Representative Foley's sexually explicit instant messages to underage former congressional pages. We broke the story after receiving online tips from our readers. Former pages read the first story and responded online, providing us with the messages that would lead to Foley's resignation and an investigation of the entire House Republican leadership.

Just as we did with that investigation, we continue to value your input and encourage you to continue to send us your investigative tips.

We are grateful to see a growing number of people around the world checking in to see what's on the Blotter –- and we look forward to continuing to deliver the best in investigative news.