Monday, September 7, 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. That Viral Thing: People of Walmart

By Claire Suddath

A new website catalogs the worst-dressed customers spotted at the big-box retailer

3. The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Verdana

By Lisa Abend

Swedish furniture giant Ikea has swapped its signature Futura font for the more Web-friendly Verdana, leading fans of design and affordable coffee tables everywhere to take to the Internet in outrage

4. Jay Leno Is the Future of TV. Seriously

By James Poniewozik

His new show may seem like the oldest thing on television. But it's a radical gamble for NBC -- and a turning point for broadcast

5. Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food

By Bryan Walsh

He's raised on grass and hay and lives happily on a pasture by the ocean. His meat is free of antibiotics, but can we afford to eat it? We can't afford not to

6. The Teen Brain: The More Mature, the More Reckless

By John Cloud

It's possible that some teenagers' careless behavior may result from a brain that's developed faster — not slower — than average

7. Comedy in the Obama Age: The Joking Gets Hard

By Richard Zoglin

With a President who isn't a punch line, these are trying times for stand-up comics. But they are trying

8. The Airlines' Customer-Complaint Lines: No Answer

By Richard Zoglin

For unhappy airline passengers, finding a live human being to complain to is getting increasingly hard

9. Behind Florida's Exodus: Rising Taxes, Political Ineptitude

By Tim Padgett / Miami

For the first time in 63 years, Florida's population is declining. It's not hard to see why

10. Neda's Grave: A Shrine to Anger at Iran's Regime

By TIME Staff

A visit to the cemetery where opposition martyr Neda Agha-Soltan is buried reveals that it has become a magnet for mourners

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