10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

<!--[if IE 5]> Vignette StoryServer 5.0 Mon Sep 24 10:23:27 2012 <![endif]-->

10 Most Popular Stories from TIME.com
Monday, September 24, 2012
----------------------------------------------------------------------

1.6 Things Not to Buy in September http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time88-0
By Mark Di Vincenzo
There are a number of things you shouldn't buy in September, even if a lot of other people are buying them then.

2.Bill Clinton On The Case for Optimism http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time89-0
By Bill Clinton
I firmly believe that progress changes consciousness, and when you change people's consciousness, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well -- a virtuous circle.

3.How Much You Should Save By 35, 45, and 55 http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time90-0
By DAN KADLEC
Getting started is half the battle when it comes to retirement security. Setting near term goals are important too. Here's how to do both.

4.TIME's 50 Best Websites of 2012 http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time91-0
By TIME Staff
TIME's annual salute to sites and services that keep you entertained and informed, save you time and money -- and maybe even change your life

5.How Romney's Luck Ran Out Long Ago http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time92-0
By Michael Crowley
For a good long while, Mitt Romney was the luckiest man in politics. More recently, however, Romney's luck has turned.

6.Are We Closer to Cloning a Woolly Mammoth? http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time93-0
By Terri Pous
The key to cloning a woolly mammoth may be locked into the Siberian permafrost.

7.The School Ranking List Harvard Doesn't Top http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time94-0
By Nick Carbone
No matter how many accolades Harvard rakes in, its graduates are paling in comparison to their peers at lesser institutions in one crucial field: starting salary.

8.Fight or Flight? Spat Between American Airlines Flight Attendants Delays Plane http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time95-0
By Samantha Grossman
Travelers were then told they'd be returning to the gate "the flight attendants couldn't work with each other."

9.NASA Working on Faster-than-Light Warp Drive http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time96-0
By Matt Peckham
Wait, NASA's working on faster-than-light travel? Isn't that impossible?

10.A Piece of the Moon Goes Up for Auction http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time97-0
By Erica Ho
If you've got a thing for space rocks, look no further: a big chunk of the moon is going on the block.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Pictures of the Week
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time99-0
TIME's photo department presents the best images of the week.----------------------------------------------------------------------
Weekly Specials
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time100-0

* Photo Essays
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time44-0
* Special Reports
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time60-0

----------------------------------------------------------------------

In This Week's Issue
Table of Contents

*The Case for Optimism
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time89-0
*Did Jesus Have a Wife?
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time121-0
*Coal, Hard Truths
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time122-0
*How Clinton Changed Philanthropy
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time123-0
*The Imaginary Campaign
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time124-0
*Best Served Cold
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time125-0

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Would you like to help make TIME.com better? Click Here to find out how to
become a member of an exclusive community and give us your feedback.
Click Thru URL: http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time126-0

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Copyright � 2012 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in
whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

TO UNSUBSCRIBE
You have received this e-mail because you are subscribed to
Daily Updates from TIME Magazine. To unsubscribe, please
click here
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time115-0?EMAIL=ignoble.experiment@arconati.us

EMAIL OPT-OUTS
Click here for more information on how to opt-out of marketing
communications from us and our partners, or copy and paste this
link into your browser: http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time12-0

PRIVACY POLICY
Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into
your browser: http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time13-0

FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

* TIME Customer Service
� * 3000 University Center Drive
�� * Tampa, FL 33612-6408

----------------------------------------------------------------------

How To Advertise
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time39-0
Give the Gift of TIME
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time68-0
Update Email
http://time.chtah.net/a/tBQYJLABASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosf8/time120-0?EMAIL=ignoble.experiment@arconati.us