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 TIME: Most Popular StoriesArticles most frequently read by TIME.com readers |
| Gainesville Rejects Koran-Burning Pastor Terry Jones The Florida town of Gainesville wants nothing to do with the Koran burning of Terry Jones, an ugly stunt aimed at reviving the fortunes of a failing church |
| Whatever Happened to Obama's Army?
Obama's political machine is MIA after two years of neglect |
| Why a Ruling on Leaving Water in a Desert Is Troubling Do humanitarian motives outweigh laws against littering? A court of appeals leaves the question open |
| Afghan Cleric Uses Koran Burning for Political Gain Whether or not the Koran burning happens in Gainesville on Saturday, a religious conservative in Kabul is already using the event to propel his political ambitions |
| Genetic Scars of the Holocaust: Children Suffer Too A study finds that severe trauma can cause genetic changes that are passed along to children |
| China's Great (Quantum) Leap Forward While China has been showing off its new hardware, a potentially more important military advancement has gone largely unnoticed — a major breakthrough in quantum teleportation |
| Heavy Drinkers Outlive Nondrinkers, Study Finds One of the most contentious issues in the vast literature about alcohol consumption has been the consistent finding that those who don't drink tend to die sooner than those who do |
| Koran Burning: Cues from Osama bin Laden Media Strategy? While he's planning violence against books, not people, the would-be Koran-burning Florida preacher Terry Jones is following a self-promotion strategy similar to that of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden |
| North Korea Succession: Reports of Power-Handover Talks The first congress in 30 years of the Workers' Party of Korea may be imminent, suggesting that a succession is being prepared to hand power from Kim Jong Il to his son Kim Jong Un |
| Study: Money Buys Happiness When Income Is $75,000 A new study by Princeton University researchers puts a figure on happiness: $75,000 a year |
| Author Joni Eareckson Tada on Why God Allows Suffering In her new book, 'A Place of Healing', disability activist and Christian author Joni Eareckson Tada takes on a question that has vexed the faithful for centuries: If God can heal people, why doesn't he always do so? |
| What Common Standards for Schools Can and Can't Do Excitement about states agreeing to adopt common standards is creating some confusion — and exaggeration — about what these standards can be expected to accomplish |
| Why Israelis Don't Care About Peace with Palestinians Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise? |
| Halperin's Take: Obama Losing Patience It's not that Republicans are saying Obama's tax incentive proposals are bad, they just don't want to help him |
| Poll: Republican Rand Paul Close in Kentucky Senate Race A new poll shows Rand Paul running neck and neck in Kentucky, with Boxer and Rubio slightly ahead in their races |
| A Fashion Week Model's Secret: Sensible Shoes On the eve of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, the hottest event on New York City's couture calendar, TIME takes a look inside the grueling audition process for hundreds of high-fashion hopefuls |
| Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit? Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next? |
| Net Neutrality: Debate Builds Ahead of Midterm Elections Already, the sides are gathering their arguments -- some sharper than others -- as the FCC goes on a listening tour of what Americans want from the Web |
| Chicago and the Legacy of the Daley Dynasty Both father and son remade the city physically and politically. But the younger Daley may not pass on the old political clout to his successor |
| A Revolutionary Idea About Cattle Ranching To save the withering grasslands of America's West some ranchers are implementing an unusual strategy -- have more cattle grazing, not fewer |
| Third Mexican Mayor Killed in a Month Hooded gunmen killed the mayor of a small town in the northern Mexico state of San Luis Potosi on Wednesday, and prosecutors announced the arrest of seven suspects in the massacre of 72 migrants in August |
| China: Journalist Attacks Hurt Investigative Reporting China has long been an unfriendly place for journalists, but two attacks on journalists in Beijing this summer serve as a reminder that the threats to the press can extend beyond censorship to outright violence |
| Can the Tea Party Cross the Delaware? Angry rebels have upended Establishment Republicans in Kentucky, Nevada, Alaska and Utah this year. Is Mike Castle next? |
| Election Road Trip: Beyond the Sound Bites My diagonal cross-country drive begins, in search of the news beyond the sound bites |
| Afghan Women Fear Their Fate Amid Taliban Negotiations 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 |