Monday, September 6, 2010

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

How the Stimulus Is Changing America
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New juice Obama, right, tours a huge solar array in Nevada. Catching rays is easy; storing and shipping solar energy is harder.

1. How the Stimulus Is Changing America

By Michael Grunwald

Voters hate it. Hardly anyone wants credit for it. But the $787 billion stimulus is quietly altering the way Americans work, move, innovate and plug in

2. The Government Can Use GPS to Track Your Moves

By Adam Cohen

A controversial ruling could turn America into the sort of totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell

3. The 50 Best Websites of 2010

From the helpful to the distracting, the big-hitters to the unknowns, this is TIME's road map to the best the Web has to offer

4. How to Bully-Proof Young Girls

By Andrea Sachs

Bullying and nasty cliques start as early as elementary school, says Michelle Anthony, a developmental psychologist and the co-author (with Reyna Lindert) of 'Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-Proof Girls in the Early Grades'

5. Primary-Care Doctors: Saying No to $191,000 a Year

By Ruchika Tulshyan

The shortage of primary-care doctors will soon be acute as debt-laden medical students continue to favor specialization over lower-paying family practice

6. The Caribbean Drug Kingpin Turned Porn Star

By Ezra Fieser / Santo Domingo

The capture of Caribbean drug kingpin Jose Figueroa-Agosto marks the fall of one of the region's most flamboyant narcotraffickers. The pornography is extra

7. The First Victims of Health Care Reform

By Kate Pickert

Insurance agents and brokers are among those who may be squeezed out of their jobs when the new health care reforms kick in

8. Will the White House Fight to End the Cuba Travel Ban?

By Tim Padgett / Miami

As reports surface that the Obama Administration plans to expand legal travel opportunities to Cuba, observers are wondering if the action will spur the end of the entire travel ban

9. Arizona's Accidental Governor: The Reinvention of Jan Brewer

By Adam Klawonn / Phoenix

Republican Jan Brewer never set out to lead Arizona, but she is now riding one of the most controversial issues of the day

10. Secrets and Lies: Kim Jong Il's Shadowy Visit to China

By Bill Powell

The international man of mystery boarded the midnight train from Pyongyang, headed (for reasons known only to him and his unforthcoming hosts) to China

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