Monday, August 17, 2009

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
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Whether because exercise makes us hungry or because we want to reward ourselves, many people eat more — and eat more junk food, like doughnuts — after going to the gym.

1. Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin

By John Cloud

You've heard it for years: to lose weight, hit the gym. But while physical activity is crucial for good health, it doesn't always melt pounds -- in fact, it can add them. Here's why

2. Moms Who Drink: No Joking After the Schuler Tragedy

By Ada Calhoun

Irreverent bloggers and books have celebrated the "three-martini playdate." A horrifying car crash has ended all that

3. Google and Microsoft: The Battle Over College E-Mail

By Jeremy Caplan

Georgetown, Cornell and thousands of other colleges are handing their badly strained e-mail systems over to the tech giants badly strained email systems over to the tech giants.

4. Less Vegas: The Casino Town Bets on a Comeback

By Joel Stein

The casino town bet big on the real estate boom — and lost. But the rapid reset of home, hotel-room and casino prices has encouraged some in America's most optimistic city to go right back to the table

5. California's Prison Crisis: Be Very Afraid

By Alison Stateman / Los Angeles

The Chino prison riots are only a symptom of the system's very deep problems, exacerbated by overcrowding, a budget crisis and a failure to set priorities

6. Ezekiel Emanuel, Obama's 'Deadly Doctor,' Strikes Back

By Michael Scherer / Washington

In a country where trust is in short supply, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel has become a proxy for all the worst fears of government efforts to rein in health-care costs by denying care

8. Why MRIs Don't Lead to Better Cancer-Survival Rates

By Alice Park

MRI technology may be better than mammography at picking up breast tumors, but studies show using it doesn't mean better survival rates or less tumor recurrence for breast-cancer patients

9. A New Look Inside Babies' Minds

By Randy James

In her book 'The Philosophical Baby,' psychologist Alison Gopnik says babies are learning and developing much faster than most people realize

10. Pay Raises Are the Worst in 33 Years

By Barbara Kiviat

Feel like your company has been particularly stingy on the raises this year? You're not imagining it

Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week

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Protestors attempt to blend in with commuters at Australia's Canberra airport during a demonstration calling on the 'dinosaurs'in power to stop blocking the urgent action needed to address climate change.

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