Monday, December 14, 2009

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

The Top 10 Everything of 2009

1. The Top 10 Everything of 2009

From movies to scandals, viral videos to scientific discoveries, TIME charts the highs and lows of the past year in 50 — count 'em — wide-ranging lists

2. Jenny Sanford: The Savviest Spurned Woman in History

By Belinda Luscombe

Done wrong by one of the more bizarre infidelities in recent history, the First Lady of South Carolina has made losing a husband a shrewd career move

3. America's Most Wanted Teen-Aged Bandit

By Tim McGirk / Camano Island

A teenage bandit accused of stealing planes and speedboats has become a legend in the Pacific Northwest. The chase is on for the artful dodger

4. Facebook's Secret Code

By Dan Fletcher

Probably not a big shocker that the minds behind Facebook are a little dweeby. Proof postive? They've incorporated an old video game cheat code into the site

5. The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting

By Nancy Gibbs

Overparenting got way out of control in the past generation. But now a band of rebels is trying to restore some balance and sanity to family life and help bring all those anxious helicopter parents down for a soft landing

6. Israel vs. Hizballah: Drumbeats of War

By Andrew Lee Butters / Beirut

Analysis: Both sides have an interest in avoiding a reprise of their 2006 war, but Israel-Iran conflict raises cross-border tension. But recent military actions have hurt rather than helped Israel's political position

7. Five Things the U.S. Can Learn from China

By bill powell / shanghai

While the U.S. remains mired in an economic funk, the Asian giant drives ceaselessly forward. On the eve of Obama's first visit there, a look at what the world's rising power can teach the U.S. now

8. Has 'Climategate' Been Overblown?

By Bryan Walsh

The controversy over hacked e-mails from the world's leading climate scientists continues to roil. Here's what the e-mails say about the reality of global warming

9. Tiger Gets Mulligan from the TV Networks

By Sean Gregory

Golf's broadcasters, who are partners with the PGA Tour, and Tiger Woods, are dancing around the scandal. Will the awkwardness impair viewership?

10. Why Does Google Search Love Examiner.com?

By Belinda Luscombe

Searches on Google for popular news topics often turn up stories from a little-known website ahead of stories from major media sites. Is this another case of David whipping Goliath, or is it just the weird science of search-engine optimization?

Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week

Ghosts of the Past
Library assistants pose with Scotland's oldest surviving book, a pocket-size Book of Psalms, at the University of Edinburgh. Dated to the 11th century, the book was most likely produced at the monastery of Iona, and probably commissioned for a figure of some importance such as St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland.

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