Monday, October 11, 2010

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Encountering Anguish and Anxiety Across America
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1. Encountering Anguish and Anxiety Across America

By Joe Klein

On a road trip across the U.S., Joe Klein encounters frustrated voters and a unanimous sense that Washington is broken beyond repair

2. The Secret World of Extreme Militias

By Barton Gellman

On the Web and in militia groups, antigovernment extremism is on the rebound. A special investigation

3. iPhone vs. Android: The Smart-Phone Wars Rage On

By Harry McCracken

The fierce competition between Apple and makers of Google-powered handsets is great news for consumers

4. Found: An Earthlike Planet, at Last

By Michael D. Lemonick

A team of astronomers announced that it has found two more planets circling the star Gliese 581, bringing the total to six. One of them, Gliese 581g, may be of truly historic significance

5. The Real Challenge from China: Its People, Not Its Currency

By Fareed Zakaria

Forget that currency row over how China undervalues the renminbi. The real story is that China is now investing in its people

6. California's Prop 19: Leading the Way to Pot Legalization

By Adam Cohen

Legalizing marijuana may sound like a radical move, but Californians may do just that when they vote on Proposition 19 next month

7. Top 10 Worst National-Anthem Renditions

There will be 2,430 chances this baseball season for aspiring singers to butcher "The Star-Spangled Banner." Here are 10 of history's worst national-anthem performances.

8. The Bullying of Seth Walsh: Requiem for a Small-Town Boy

By Bryan Alexander / Tehachapi

Friends knew the eighth-grader was gay. His family accepted him for it. But others used it as a reason to taunt and tease him. On Sept. 19, he could take it no more

9. Why Did World War I Just End?

By Claire Suddath

Germany made its final reparations-related payment for the Great War on Oct. 3, nearly 92 years after the country's defeat by the Allies. What took Germany so long to pay for the war?

10. How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your Life

By Annie Murphy Paul

Cancer. Heart disease. Obesity. Depression. The new science of fetal origins traces adult health to our experience in the womb

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Pictures of the Week

Crash and Burn
A local resident stands on a street median as he watches fuel tankers burn along the GT road in Nowshera, Pakistan. Gunmen in Pakistan set fire to up to 40 NATO supply trucks headed for Afghanistan.

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