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1. 78 Percent Favor Term Limits On Congress

   UPI

   Risk of corruption and complacency versus value of experience and institutional knowledge. The agony of choice.

   Issue #55: September 7, 2010

2. Playing with Kids Boring for Parents

   Independent

   Blasphemy!

   Issue #54: August 31, 2010

3. Robot to Explore Mysterious Tunnels in Great Pyramid

   Andrew Johnson, The Independent

   "For 4,500 years, no one has known what lies beyond two stone doors deep inside the monument."

   Issue #51: August 10, 2010

4. Man Tries To Blow Up Bank In Lockport; Was Reportedly Facing Foreclosure

   Huffington Post

   As a commenter notes, "When a man loses everything, he can lose it."

   Issue #50: August 3, 2010

5. Argentina Legalises Gay Marriage

   BBC News

   "There were demonstrations for and against the bill outside Congress as senators debated."

   Issue #48: July 20, 2010

6. How Americans Spend Their Time

   Wall Street Journal

   Apparently, sleeping and watching television are popular options.

   Issue #46: July 6, 2010

7. G-20 Countries Agree to Cut Government Spending Deficits

   New York Times

   Some leaders worry that curbing government spending too soon could worsen the recession, and others are more concerned with government financial health.

   Issue #45: June 29, 2010

8. White House Will Challenge New Arizona Immigration Law

   Brian Montopoli, CBS News

   The law would require immigrants to carry documents at all times, which police would have to check, if they suspected the person was in the country illegally.

   Issue #44: June 22, 2010

9. Shanghai: 1990 vs. 2010

   Skyscraper City

   This must be what they call economic development.

   Issue #43: June 15, 2010

10. The National Enquirer's Rigorous Fact-Checking Process

    Craig Silverman, Columbia Journalism Review

    The gossip-heavy tabloid certainly sells sensationalism, but it goes to great lengths to get the facts straight.

    Issue #41: June 1, 2010

11. Driving While Texting

    Huffington Post

    Just don't do it. Ever. It's worse than driving drunk.

    Issue #40: May 25, 2010

12. U.S. Income Gap

    Mint

    Who makes more on average, white men or Asian men? The answer to this and other questions lie within this chart.

    Issue #39: May 18, 2010

13. Chile Earthquake in March Moved Earth's Axis

    CNN

    Ominous.

    Issue #38: May 11, 2010

14. 101 New Uses for Everyday Things

    Real Simple

    Did you know you can use olive oil to unstick a zipper, or a lemon to disinfect a cutting board?

    Issue #37: May 4, 2010

15. The New Look of the $100 Bill

    Oh my, Benjamin Franklin. What nice shoulders you have!

    Issue #36: April 27, 2010

16. Who Really Spends The Most On Their Armed Forces?

    David McCandless, The Guardian

    A graphical breakdown of how the military-industrial complex breaks down by the numbers.

    Issue #35: April 20, 2010

17. Space Required to Transport 60 People

    The emphasis in green debates is generally on fuel-consumption, but these images provide another perspective on eco-friendly transport.

    Issue #34: April 13, 2010

18. Naps Make You Smarter

    USA Today

    Does this explain why you're such a genius?

    Issue #33: April 6, 2010

19. The Times and Sunday Times Will Charge For Websites

    The Times

    Editor James Harding explains the reasoning for the charges.

    Issue #32: March 30, 2010

20. Sleep: Study Finds Many Are Too Tired for Sex

    Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times

    Jobs that are too demanding seem to be the root of the problem.

    Issue #31: March 23, 2010

21. Google CEO: Web May Be Making Us Dumber

    Rough Type

    A noteworthy, gradual change of heart by someone whose opinion actually matters.

    Issue #30: March 16, 2010

22. Vancouver Olympic Village Called in an Emergency Shipment of Condoms

    John Shmuel, National Post

    The Olympic Village has always been known as something of a sex festival.

    Issue #29: March 5, 2010

23. Letters Chronicling JFK Affair for Sale

    Jim Farber, Daily News

    The auction began at $25,000.

    Issue #28: February 26, 2010

24. U.S. Launches One of the Biggest Afghanistan Operations Ever

    Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post

    "About 3,500 U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers, accompanied by about 1,500 Afghan army infantrymen, are directly involved in the mission."

    Issue #27: February 19, 2010

25. Seven-Year Old Boy the Next Picasso?

    Daily Mail

    What's certain is that experts are raving and he sells his work for thousands of dollars in a matter of seconds. Check out some of his wartercolors.

    Issue #25: February 5, 2010

26. The Apple iPad Has Arrived

    Apple released its latest gadget this week. History would suggest that you'll be seeing it around.

    Issue #24: January 29, 2010

27. Five Lesser-known Countries That Changed the World in 2009

    GOOD

    "China and Afghanistan aren't the only two foreign countries that matter."

    Issue #23: January 22, 2010

28. Study Says Cleaners Are Worth More to Society Than Bankers

    Martin Shankleman, BBC

    If only they could clean up the financial crisis. Then the argument would really be a no-brainer.

    Issue #22: January 15, 2010

29. How the U.S. Lost Bin Laden: The Definitive Account

    Peter Bergen, The New Republic

    How the most wanted man in the world got away from the world's most powerful military (in case you ever need to do the same).

    Issue #20: December 22, 2009

30. New York Lawmakers Reject Gay Marriage Bill

    Michael Gormley, Associated Press

    The state would have been the sixth to allow gay marriage.

    Issue #17: December 4, 2009

31. The Biggest Driving Distractions

    Redeye

    Maybe they should ban children in cars.

    Issue #15: November 20, 2009

32. Net Set for Shake-Up

    Jonathan Fildes, BBC

    Allowing non-Latin characters in web addresses could blow the game wide open.

    Issue #14: November 13, 2009

33. Goodbye, Hyphens

    Simon Rabinovitch, Reuters

    Give me a bumble-bee and I'll give you a bumble bee.

    Issue #13: November 6, 2009

34. "To Obama" Now a Verb in Japanese

    George Stephanopoulos, ABC News

    Apparently, it is being used to mean "to ignore inexpedient and inconvenient facts or realities."

    Issue #12: October 30, 2009

35. Crunch Time in Fight Against Tax Evasion

    Lynnley Browning, New York Times

    Yesterday was the deadline for Americans to disclose to the Federal government any money being held secretly abroad.

    Issue #10: October 16, 2009

36. Fatal Infection

    David McCandless, Information Is Beautiful

    A graphic worth remembering next time swine flu pops on your television screen.

    Issue #8: October 2, 2009

37. Israeli Strike on Iran's Nuclear Sites Possible

    Alastair Macdonald, Reuters

    A former Israeli official has warned of military action if international sanctions are not imposed on Iran soon. But exactly how likely is such a strike?

    Issue #6: September 18, 2009

38. Cheetah Breaks World Speed Record

    John Johnston, Cincinnati Enquirer

    Usain Bolt had better be grateful he doesn't have to compete against Sarah, the 8-year old Cincinnati Zoo cheetah of the hour.

    Issue #5: September 11, 2009

39. Israeli Prime Minister Receives Auschwitz Blueprints on Trip to Berlin

    D. Rising and M. Friedman, Huffington Post

    So far Holocaust deniers have not come out with an accusation that the blueprints - which were found in Berlin last year - are forged.

    Issue #4: September 4, 2009

40. Greatest Concentration of Wealth in Hands of Rich on Record

    Daniel Tencer, Raw Story

    Unconfirmed rumors suggest that for the past few decades Karl Marx has, on average, turned in his grave about twice a day.

    Issue #2: August 21, 2009

41. Preparing for Swine Flu's Return

    Rob Stein, Washington Post

    As the virus has recently spread throughout the Southern Hemisphere (where winter is coming to an end), experts worry about a second wave in the Northern one.

    Issue #1: August 14, 2009