Monday, October 18, 2010

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Why Obama Is Losing the Political War
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1. Why Obama Is Losing the Political War

By Mark Halperin

Obama is being politically crushed: From above, by elite opinion about his competence. From below, by mass anger over unemployment. And it's too late for him to do anything about it until after the midterms

2. Has Walmart's Price Chopping Come to an End?

By Sean Gregory

A new report says the retail giant's food prices are at nearly two-year highs. Why Walmart is shifting its U.S. strategy

3. Alzheimer's Unlocked

By Alice Park

After years of disappointing vaccine and drug trials, researchers are finding new ways to interrupt the memory-robbing disease, just in time for an anticipated explosion in cases

4. Do I Look Fat? Don't Ask. A Campaign to Ban 'Fat Talk'

By Bonnie Rochman

Fat Talk Free Week, a national campaign to eliminate language that is damaging to young adults' body image, spreads across college campuses

5. Should Tennessee Firemen Have Let the House Burn?

By Adam Cohen

Some conservatives are praising a bunch of rural Tennessee firemen for letting a house burn down. But what does it say about our country?

6. 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

7. Italy Braces for a New Mafia War

By Stephan Faris / Rome

Intimidation tactics blamed on Italy's 'Ndrangheta criminal organization are raising fears of open conflict with law enforcement

8. Afghan Women and the Return of the Taliban

By Aryn Baker

As the U.S. searches for a way out of Afghanistan, some policymakers suggest negotiating with the Taliban. But that would spell disaster for half the country's population: Afghan women

9. Breakthrough: What's Next for the Chilean Miners

By Tim Padgett

On Saturday morning, champagne was uncorked and church bells began peeling as rescuers at Chile's San Jose mine finally drilled through to the trapped miners

10. Why Obama Is Challenging the Courts' Pro-Gay Rulings

By Michael A. Lindenberger

The Obama Administration has never allowed a pro-gay lower-court judgment stand unchallenged. Will the President try to preserve judicial legitimacy by appealing the "Don't ask, don't tell" ruling?

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Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week

Reunited
Osman Araya embraces his wife, as he becomes the sixth miner to exit the rescue capsule, from the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile. All 33 trapped miners made it back to the surface after 69 days underground.

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