Monday, December 15, 2008

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Actor Cuts Throat on Stage in Knife Mix-Up
Europics
Actor, Daniel Hoevels, almost dies on stage as he stabs himself with what turns out to be a real knife. (Taken from a scan at the Austrian daily, Oesterreich.)

1. Actor Cuts Throat on Stage in Knife Mix-Up

By ADAM SMITH

Daniel Hoevels narrowly escaped death after slashing his throat on stage with a real knife, instead of a blunt stage-prop blade

2. The Top 10 Everything of 2008

From a groundbreaking American President to a historic economic collapse — with everything from the Olympics to Puppycam in between — here's TIME's comprehensive look at the year that was

3. Does Obama Want to Ground NASA's Next Moon Mission?

By Jeffrey Kluger

The choice of who will head NASA could be a signal of where the President-elect stands on space

4. Fauxbamas: The Search for a Good Obama Mimic

By M.J. Stephey

After the Clinton and Bush years, impressionists face a tougher task in the Obama era

5. The Other Senate Vacancy: Who Will Replace Hillary?

By Kate Pickert

Caroline Kennedy is grabbing the headlines. But New York Governor David Paterson needs more than another famous name

6. Bondage Babe Bettie Page Dies at 85

By Richard Corliss

The movies of Bettie Page, the actress-model who has died in Los Angeles after a heart attack, were sold under the counter, mailed in plain brown wrappers. Yet decades later she was elevated to the status of pulp goddess

7. Can Obama Escape the Taint of Blagojevich?

By Massimo Calabresi / Washington

A tawdry tale of alleged Chicago corruption threatens the President-elect's reformist image

8. Teens' Latest Self-Injury Fad: Self-Embedding

By Tiffany Sharples

A group of Chicago radiologists have discovered that teens may be increasingly participating in self-embedding

9. The Aimless War: Why Are We in Afghanistan?

By Joe Klein

A trip to the front lines in Afghanistan shows why a surge of U.S. troops won't be enough to end the conflict

10. Can Amphetamines Help Cure Cocaine Addiction?

By Maia Szalavitz

Taking a cue from the success of methadone maintenance treatment for heroin, researchers are testing whether substitute stimulants can help cocaine and methamphetamine addicts.

Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week

December 5-11

Sunday, December 7, 2008
Solemnity
Muslim pilgrims pray at Jabal Al Rahma, the Mountain of Mercy, at the culmination of the Hajj. The site is believed to be the place where Mohammed delivered his last sermon 14 centuries ago, at Mount Arafat outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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