Monday, November 1, 2010

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Cell-Phone Safety: What the FCC Didn't Test
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1. Cell-Phone Safety: What the FCC Didn't Test

By Michael Scherer / Washington

FCC guidelines on the safety of cell phones assumed that there would be a buffer between the device and your body. Gulp

2. The All-TIME Top 100 Gadgets

TIME technology editor Peter Ha picks the greatest and most influential gadgets of our era, from 1923 — the year of TIME's founding — to the present

3. How to Restore the American Dream

By Fareed Zakaria

Technology and globalization are shattering the middle class. With the midterms around the corner, the good news is that a bipartisan policy agenda can return the U.S. to prosperity. But no one says it will be easy

4. Pelosi, Among Others, Could Exit if Dems Lose House

By Jay Newton-Small / Washington

If Democrats lose control of the House of Representatives next week, as most political observers expect, there is a good chance House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will opt to spend time with her grandchildren rather than toil in the minority

5. Can Obama Change the Game Again?

By John Heilemann and Mark Halperin

To win a second term, Barack Obama will need a new strategy. A new paperback afterword from John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the authors of 'Game Change,' discusses the President's re-election campaign

6. What the Bible Has to Say About Sex

By Alexandra Silver

In 'God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says,' Michael Coogan discusses everything from marriage to abortion to prostitution. You may find yourself surprised by what the ancient texts have to say

7. Keith Richards' Life: Somehow He Still Has One

By Richard Corliss

In his honest reflections on one of rock's most debauched careers, Keith Richards leaves no stone unturned

8. Unsung Creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle Dies

By Richard Corliss

Animation has had plenty of unknown geniuses but few were more obscure, or more important, than Alexander Anderson, who died Friday at 90 in Carmel, Calif.

9. Poll: GOP Ahead in Four Key Senate Races

By Alex Altman

Democrats may not lose their Senate majority, but they appear in danger of losing their Senate majority leader

10. Top 10 Alternative Places to Film The Hobbit

Continuing disputes have threatened the filming of The Hobbit in New Zealand. With no disrespect to our readers who want the production to stay in New Zealand, TIME offers 10 other locales that would suit scenes from J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved book

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