Tuesday, February 17, 2009

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

25 People to Blame
Photo-illustration by Lon Tweeten for TIME

1. 25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis

By NANCY GIBBS

The good intentions, bad managers and greed behind the meltdown

2. Top 10 Disastrous Letterman Interviews

Joaquin Phoenix appears on Late Show with David Letterman under the guise of his new bearded hip-hop persona, puzzling everyone. Here are a few more crazy Letterman interviews

3. Competence: Is Your Boss Faking It?

By Jeffrey Kluger

Sometimes you don't have to know what you're doing — as long as you act like you do

4. Salma Hayek, Breast-Feeding and One Very Public Service

By Ada Calhoun

On a goodwill trip to Africa, a celebrity breast-feeds another woman's child, raising one taboo while trying to dispel another

5. Did France's Secrecy Cause a Nuclear Sub Collision?

By Eben Harrell / London

A collision between a British nuclear-powered submarine carrying multiple nuclear warheads and a French nuclear submarine armed with a similar payload may have been the result of lack of communication between France and NATO nations

6. 25 Things I Didn't Want to Know About You

By Claire Suddath

A list of 25 things I wish people hadn't shared with me on Facebook

7. California's Big Race to Succeed Schwarzenegger

By Michael A. Lindenberger

The superstar governor is prohibited from running again by term limits. So a slew of potential candidates (from Jerry Brown to Meg Whitman) is gearing up

8. Why Facebook Is for Old Fogies

By Lev Grossman

It was designed for college kids. But it took legions of people their parents' age to fulfill its ultimate destiny

9. Why the 2010 Census Stirs Up Partisan Politics

By Amy Sullivan

Senator Gregg's mention of disagreements over the census sparked a skirmish that will gain in intensity as the White House plans its headcount

10. Christians and Atheists Battle in London Bus Wars

By William Lee Adams / London

Believers and nonbelievers take their advertising campaigns to British public transport in a bid to woo public

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