Monday, November 15, 2010

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

The 50 Best Inventions of 2010
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1. The 50 Best Inventions of 2010

Flying cars! Jet packs! Lasers that zap malaria-carrying mosquitoes! Here are the year's biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts

2. A Careless Man: What the Bush Memoir Reveals

By Joe Klein

George W. Bush's new memoir, 'Decision Points,' is telling and well written, but his overmatched presidency was a mess

3. DNA Testing Casts Doubt on Texas Man's Execution

By Nathan Thornburgh

Ten years after Claude Jones was put to death for murder, the supposedly damning physical evidence that tied him to the crime has been scientifically disproven

4. What Killed the Whales on Ireland's Rutland Island?

By Claire Mc Cormack

After 33 dead whales were discovered washed up on the coast of Rutland Island on Saturday, environmentalists and experts have been searching for clues on what killed them. But many already think they know the culprit: The Royal Navy

5. Samsung's Galaxy Tab: The Anti-iPad

By Harry McCracken

Apple's first real competition in the tablet market comes from a contender with its own intriguing, if unpolished, personality

6. The White House Grapples with a New Reality

By Michael Scherer

With the boss away, Obama's aides try to make sense of the elections

7. Elizabeth Smart's Testimony: Life in Captivity

By Jeanette Moses / Salt Lake City

The victim of one of the U.S.'s most infamous kidnappings, Elizabeth Smart recounts in court how she survived nine months as the "wife" of a man who believed he was a prophet

8. Boxing: Is Manny Pacquiao Ready for the Tijuana Tornado?

By Gary Andrew Poole

The most storied boxer since Muhammad Ali has a lot of things on his mind: fame, charity, his congressional seat, an ulcer. Does he still have what it takes to win?

9. The Case for Nancy Pelosi's Staying Put

By Mark Halperin

Republicans are celebrating and many Democrats bemoaning Nancy Pelosi's effort to remain in her party's leadership after the crushing midterms. But she may end up having the last laugh, yet again

10. 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

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