Monday, November 29, 2010

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Who Needs Marriage? A Changing Institution
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1. Who Needs Marriage? A Changing Institution

By Belinda Luscombe

The state of marriage is shifting in unexpected ways. A TIME/Pew special report shows how income, age and experience alter our chances of wedded bliss

2. More Proof That Vikings Were First to America

By Lisa Abend

Scientists have found a genetic link that they say could offer further evidence that Vikings were in America 500 years before Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World

3. What Will China's Next Move on North Korea Be?

By Hannah Beech / Beijing

The rest of the world may consider North Korea the ultimate rogue state, but China has a long, close connection with its hermit neighbor. What -- if anything -- will China do to rein it in?

4. Behind the Koreas' Artillery Fire: Kim's Succession

By Bill Powell

The deadly exchange over the frontier islands is linked to Pyongyang's newly revealed nuclear reactor -- and the generals around Kim's heir

5. Thailand: Discovery of Fetuses Sparks Abortion Debate

By Robert Horn / Bangkok

Following the discovery of over 2,000 aborted fetuses at a temple crematorium in Bangkok last week, Thai police have promised a crackdown on clinics performing illegal abortions

6. Hammered: What Punishment Will Tom DeLay Get?

By Hilary Hylton / Austin

The former House Majority Leader was stunned at his guilty verdict for money laundering but he is unlikely to get the maximum penalty

7. TSA Scrambles to Combat the Outcry Over Body Scanning

By Alex Altman / Washington

With the holiday-travel crunch looming and outrage over his agency's stringent new airport-screening procedures nearing a boil, TSA chief John Pistole is doing his best to defend the program

8. In the Gym: Clean Energy From Muscle Power

By Tim Newcomb

The trend of using exercise equipment to generate electricity is starting to catch on in U.S. gyms

9. Move Over, Milk Banks: Facebook and Milk Sharing

By Jennifer Block

Eats on Feets, a play on Meals on Wheels, uses Facebook to connect moms who need breast milk with women who have extra milk to give

10. Newly Elected GOP Governors: Ready to Unleash Some Pain

By Mark Halperin

Republican governors are going to have a big hand in writing the next chapter of American history

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Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week

The Winner
Indonesia's Hendra Setiawan celebrates his and Markis Kido's win over South Korea's Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae in their men's doubles semi-final badminton match at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

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