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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

What people really care about

The most emailed articles at The New York Times this morning:
  1. Well: How Meditation May Change the Brain
  2. Concierge Medical Care With a Smaller Price Tag
  3. Basics: Nurturing Nests Lift These Birds to a Higher Perch
  4. Bush’s Daughter, in a Break, Endorses Gay Marriage
  5. Mind: A Home Treatment Kit for Super Bowl Suffering
  6. Nonfiction: Nabokov Theory on Butterfly Evolution Is Vindicated
  7. Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less
  8. G.O.P. Governors Take Aim at Teacher Tenure
  9. Practical Traveler: How to Fight Back When Your Flight Is Canceled
  10. Gas Drilling Technique Is Labeled Violation
The Times' front page leads, of course, with Egypt, which is how it should be, but the readers' minds are elsewhere.
Posted by Terry A. Kirkpatrick at 8:24 AM
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