Thursday, April 30, 2009

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Today's Top Stories

The 2009 TIME 100: The World's Most Influential People

In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world

Obama's First 100 Days: Stranger Than Fiction

By MICHAEL SCHERER

For most of the last 100 days, President Obama has fended off criticism that he is trying to do too much at once. He had no choice, he would counter

Why Border Controls Can't Keep Out the Flu Virus

By BRYAN WALSH

As the H1N1 swine flu continues to spread across the world, health officials caution that travel bans will do little to stave off an approaching pandemic

Lostwatch: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK

Before you read this post, make sure you've bought a card and made dinner reservations for Mother's Day. Then watch last night's Lost.

Lebanon Frees Hariri Suspects: Is the Cedar Revolution Over?

By ANDREW LEE BUTTERS / BEIRUT

The effort to end Syria's influence in Beirut is floundering, but U.S.-Syrian rapprochement may help ease the pain

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By Michael Scherer

For most of the last 100 days, President Obama has fended off criticism that he is trying to do too much at once. He had no choice, he would counter

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Quotes of the Day

"There is no safer place than your own home to avoid being infected with the flu virus."
FELIPE CALDERON,
Mexican President, asking citizens to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy, after the WHO said a swine flu pandemic was imminent
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More and More, Rural China Is Going to the Polls

By Simon Elegant / Da'an

China has been experimenting with various forms of direct elections at the village level for decades. In the last ten years, the polls have reached almost every one of China's over 600,000 villages

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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A 100 Days Report Card: Grading the Obama Administration

By MARK HALPERIN

After Obama's first few months in office, TIME's Senior Political Analyst Mark Halperin assesses the early performances of key White House and other Washington players

A Day by Day Look at Obama's First 100 Days

By KATIE ROONEY

As the historic presidency reaches its 100-day milestone, TIME.com offers a look back at Barack Obama's news-packed start, day by day, quote by quote and picture by picture

Photos: Behind the Scenes with Obama

TIME photographer Callie Shell documents the President's historic start on the job

Sizing Up Obama's First 100 Days

By JOE KLEIN

Obama's start has been the most impressive of any President since F.D.R. The biggest tests are ahead of him

The 100-Day Benchmark: It All Started With Napoleon

By CLAIRE SUDDATH

Although it seems like an arbitrary measure — if something happens on the 101st day, is it somehow less important? — Presidents experience a surprising number of events within those first 3-and-some-odd months

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By Karen Tumulty

With Arlen Specter's switch, Barack Obama has an opportunity that his predecessors would greatly have envied. But we are, after all, still talking about the Senate.

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Quotes of the Day

"Some people are saying my boy is to blame for everyone else in the country getting sick. I don't believe that. I don't know what to think."
MARÍA DEL CARMEN HERNÁNDEZ,
after authorities identified her son Édgar as the first person in Mexico to become infected with swine flu
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More and More, Rural China Is Going to the Polls

By Simon Elegant / Da'an

China has been experimenting with various forms of direct elections at the village level for decades. In the last ten years, the polls have reached almost every one of China's over 600,000 villages

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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Officials Say Flu Cannot Be Contained as Global Cases Rise

By BRYAN WALSH

Global health officials have moved the swine flu alert a step closer to a pandemic, but many questions remain about the prognosis of the outbreak

Has Ahmadinejad Softened His Position on Israel?

By SCOTT MACLEOD / CAIRO

Or was his apparent concession only a rhetorical feint? The diplomatic tango between Washington and Tehran becomes even more intriguing — and complex

Can Alabama Spark a Democratic Revival in the South?

By STEVEN GRAY / RAINBOW CITY

With the President as his example, Artur Davis is running to be the first black governor to take office in the Confederacy's first capital

Obama and the Dems: Look Forward or Back?

By JAY NEWTON-SMALL / WASHINGTON

The uproar over torture raises a tricky question that the Administration is still grappling with: Should the Bush administration be held to account?

Pontiac, R.I.P.: A Love Affair Gone Sour

By MARK THOMPSON / WASHINGTON

As GM shuts it down for good, a one-time proud Pontiac buyer reflects on the brand that failed him

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By Amy Sullivan

It's not that Obama works himself into a rant when he talks about science. He's still calm, cool Barack, after all. But for him, it is almost strident

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Six Tips for Traveling with an Autistic Child

Kids with autism require as much routine and structure as possible. But family vacations are still possible with this list of tips for traveling with autistic children

Quotes of the Day

"I'm happy the Pope is coming but he can't take away our suffering."
MARIA PIA FALASCA,
resident of the Italian village of Onna, the epicenter of an earthquake that killed nearly 300 people earlier this month. The Pope expressed condolences for the victims of the quake, but said the village and region could be "reborn"
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More and More, Rural China Is Going to the Polls

By Simon Elegant / Da'an

China has been experimenting with various forms of direct elections at the village level for decades. In the last ten years, the polls have reached almost every one of China's over 600,000 villages

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Monday, April 27, 2009

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

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How Not to Be Hated on Facebook: 10 More Rules

1. How Not to Be Hated on Facebook: 10 More Rules

By Claire Suddath

A list of guidelines for proper Facebook behavior

2. Susan Boyle: Not Quite Out of Nowhere

By Belinda Luscombe

Plucked from obscurity? Britain's singing sensations have tear-jerking stories that are not quite as simple as the reality-TV clips

3. Sizing Up Obama's First 100 Days

By Joe Klein

Obama's start has been the most impressive of any President since F.D.R. The biggest tests are ahead of him

4. Taliban Advance: Is Pakistan Nearing Collapse?

By Aryn Baker/Islamabad

The Taliban's move from the Swat Valley into the Buner district has raised alarms both within the country and abroad

5. Why Google Wants You to Google Yourself

By Tom McNichol

Google profiles are the search giant's fiendishly clever attempt to turn your egosurfing pain into their gain

6. Why New York Is No Place to Try Somali Pirates

By Tony Karon

-- and increase the peril on the high seas

7. 25 More Things I Didn't Want to Know About You

By Claire Suddath

Was TIME too harsh on the Facebook '25 Things' trend? Probably not.

8. Does Pakistan's Taliban Surge Raise a Nuclear Threat?

By Mark Thompson / Washington

U.S. and Pakistani officials say nukes are safe even as doubts grow amid rising internal turmoil

9. Joel Stein Contemplates Circumcision (For His Son)

By Joel Stein

Whoa! Not for me — for my unborn son. My family's debate over the unkindest cut

10. Vacation Blues as Tourists Stay at Home

By WILLIAM LEE ADAMS

As the recession drags on, tourists are staying at home. Luring them back would boost the global economy

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