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Bob Edme / AP

People leave Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport through a special door for family and friends, awaiting news on Air France Flight 447, which went missing over the Atlantic on June 1, 2009

1. A Past Flight May Offer Clues to Air France 447

By Mark Thompson / Washington

An Airbus 330's flight-computer snafu over Australia last fall could offer hints at what might have brought Air France Flight 447 down

2. This Porn's for You: Budweiser's Racy Web Ad

By Belinda Luscombe

The beermaker pokes fun at guys who buy porn along with their beer. But you can't see it on TV

3. How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live

By Steven Johnson

Once just a fad, Twitter is developing into a powerful form of communication. What its growth says about us — and the future of American innovation

4. Microsoft Whacks the Wii: A First Look

By Lev Grossman

The Nintendo Wii set fire to sales charts with its motion-sensitive controls. Now Microsoft wants a piece of the action

5. When a 'Chosen' Tibetan Lama Says No Thanks

By David Van Biema

The abdication of a 'reincarnated' Tibetan lama highlights the less than magical side of Buddhist succession

6. How to Come Out on Facebook

By Caryn Brooks

Online social networking has turned one of the most fraught rituals of gay and lesbian life into a breeze. Well, almost.

7. Why Nice Guys Should Finish First — but Don't

By Frances Romero

Historian Barbara Taylor and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips examine the evolution of attitudes toward kindness to find out why no one's a good Samaritan anymore

8. Still Digging Up Exxon Valdez Oil, 20 Years Later

By Bryan Walsh / Prince William Sound

Two decades after the Exxon Valdez spill, Prince William Sound appears to be thriving again. But scientists are still finding toxic oil hiding underground

9. 25 Years of Tetris: From Russia With Fun!

By Scott Olstad

10. Photos of Nude Partygoers Add to Berlusconi's Woes

By Jeff Israely

The Italian Prime Minister (literally) comes under more scrutiny as a Spanish newspaper prints some revealing photographs

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A man dressed as Darth Vader arrives for the launch of an exhibition in Melbourne that showcases an array of costumes and props from the Star Wars movies.

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