Monday, December 6, 2010

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Tells TIME: Hillary Clinton 'Should Resign'
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Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks

1. WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Tells TIME: Hillary Clinton 'Should Resign'

By Howard Chua-Eoan

In a Skype interview with TIME managing editor Richard Stengel, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks about more revelations and the role his organization is playing

2. The Men Who Stole the World

Four young programmers nearly brought down the entire entertainment industry. Then they disappeared

3. 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

4. Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin

By John Cloud

You've heard it for years: to lose weight, hit the gym. But while physical activity is crucial for good health, it doesn't always melt pounds -- in fact, it can add them. Here's why

5. WikiLeaks' War on Secrecy: Truth's Consequences

By Massimo Calabresi

Rogue activist Julian Assange wants to curb government secrecy, but his massive leak of classified U.S. diplomatic cables is undermining the Obama Administration's efforts to do just that

6. TIME's Julian Assange Interview: Full Transcript/Audio

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange talks to TIME about the recent focus on the numerous documents released through his controversial organization

7. What the World Cup Choices Tell Us About the World

By Ishaan Tharoor and Tony Karon

Five trends divined from FIFA's decision to disappoint England and the U.S. by picking Russia and Qatar as World Cup hosts

8. Bringing Dogs to Heal: Care for Veterans with PTSD

By MARK THOMPSON

It has taken nearly a decade of war--and the lack of a cure for posttraumatic stress disorder--to get officials to study the benefits of giving service animals to mentally ailing soldiers and veterans

9. 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

10. Who Will Be TIME's 2010 Person of the Year?

Take a look at this year's candidates (listed in alphabetical order) and give them your rating — though TIME's editors who choose the actual Person of the Year reserve the right to disagree

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