Monday, December 29, 2008

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Busted! Taking Down Miss Hispanic America
Jose Mendez / Debate de Sinaloa / EPA
Laura Elena Zuniga Huizar, as she won the beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Sinaloa in 2008.

1. Busted! Taking Down Miss Hispanic America

By Ioan Grillo / Mexico City

A belleza is arrested in Guadalajara. What was lovely Laura Zuniga doing with suspected narco capos?

2. The Gaza Air Strikes: Why Israel Attacked

By Aaron J. Klein / Jerusalem

Taking advantage of good weather and a vacuum in Washington, Israel hit Hamas police posts and promises to step up its assault unless rocket attacks end

3. The Shoe-Thrower Becomes an Issue in Iraq Election

By Abigail Hauslohner / Baghdad

Going easy on Bush-bashing journalist Muntader al-Zaidi could help Prime Minister Maliki at the polls. Some of his other election tactics may be less benign

4. 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

5. Person of the Year 2008

For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the President-elect is TIME's Person of the Year.

6. Major Power Outage in Honolulu as Obama Visits

By Vanessa Kaneshiro / Honolulu

A lightning strike just after sunset Friday in Hawaii apparently pulled the plug on most of the island of Oahu, where President-elect Barack Obama and his family are vacationing

7. Going to Church on Christmas: A Vanishing Tradition

By Amy Sullivan

While Christmas eve services are more popular than ever, Americans tend to stay home the next day

8. Obama Tries to Escape in Hawaii

By Peter Boylan / Kailua

The Obamas spend some time in the sun in the state of his birth but the President-elect takes a moment for a poignant memorial for his grandmother

9. Lack of Sleep Linked to Heart Problems

By Alice Park

A new study indicates that coronary calcium, the kind that may cause heart attacks and strokes, increases the fewer hours you sleep

10. Eartha Kitt, 1927-2008: The Original Material Girl

By Richard Corliss

The sultry chanteuse succumbed to colon cancer on a Dec. 25, a day her seasonal ode to seduction, Santa Baby, is played every year around the world

Sign-up for TIME.com's Daily Newsletter

Copyright © 2008 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

TO UNSUBSCRIBE

You have received this e-mail because you are subscribed to TIME Top 10 Weekly from TIME.com. To unsubscribe, please click here.

EMAIL OPT-OUTS

Click here for more information on how to opt-out of marketing communications from us and our partners, or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.time.com/emailprivacy

PRIVACY POLICY

Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and pase this link into your browser: http://www.time.com/privacy

FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

  • TIME Customer Service
  • 3000 University Center Drive
  • Tampa, FL 33612-6408
How To Advertise|Give the Gift of TIME|Update Email

No comments: