Monday, January 5, 2009

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

A Spurt of Quake Activity Raises Fears in Yellowstone
Jose Azel / Aurora / Getty
The Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park flows past other geysers, including Old Faithful, part of the Yellowstone Caldera

1. A Spurt of Quake Activity Raises Fears in Yellowstone

By Pat Dawson / Billings

Scientists are carefully measuring the geological activity in the national park because it contains the caldera of an enormous, ancient and still active volcano

2. Facebook's War on Nipples

By Ada Calhoun

The latest battle apparently has nothing to do with the best way to nourish a baby or the boundaries between private and public. It's about the nipples, stupid

3. Nuclear's Comeback: Still No Energy Panacea

By Michael Grunwald

Proponents tout atomic energy as a clean, carbon-free alternative to coal and oil. But sky-high costs and uncertain financing could sink nukes again

4. The Good Times Stop Rolling: Vegas Meets the Recession

By T.R. Witcher / Las Vegas

Sin City once thought it was impervious to decline. Not anymore

5. 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours

What's not totally awesome about a fake New York City skyline with a roller coaster running through it, a block containing every great restaurant in the world and a town that finally caters to my every base desire?

6. The Financial Crisis Blame Game

Who and what got us into this financial mess? Here's my far-from-exhaustive list of the guilty

7. Why We Take Risks — It's the Dopamine

By Alice Park

If risk-taking behavior looks like addiction, there may be a biological reason for that: both behaviors involve the brain's feel-good chemical, dopamine.

8. Can iStanford Take On Facebook Mobile?

By Josh Quittner

Kayvon and Aaron. The two Stanford students who helped develop the iStanford iPhone app may be poised to become the tech world's next Larry and Sergey

9. 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 drug capos?

10. Have Americans Gone Nuts Over Nut Allergies?

By Tiffany Sharples

Is evacuating a school bus full of children because of a lone peanut on the floor a smart precaution, or overkill?

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