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10 Most Popular Stories from TIME.com
Monday, April 15, 2013
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1.Why Obama Keeps His Distance from the Syria Rebels http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time71-0
By Michael Crowley
Obama's goal is a diplomatic solution in which Syrian ruler Bashar Assad ends the violence, gives up power and makes way for a relatively moderate government.

2.Joel Stein: Marry Young! http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time72-0
People have said Susan Patton's argument in the Daily Princetonian is sexist, antiquated and impractical. Joel Stein reflects on the alumna's advice for Princeton women to marry a classmate.

3.America's 'Weirdest' City Gets Wired: Google Fiber Heads to Austin http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time73-0
By Sam Gustin
Google Fiber is heading to Austin, according to multiple reports. If true, Austin will become the largest city to receive Google's superfast, 1-gigabit Internet-and-TV service after Google Fiber's initial launch in Kansas City, Mo., last year.

4.9 Non-Headlining Bands You Must See at Coachella 2013 http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time74-0
To help you maximize the Coachella experience -- or maybe find some new bands for your playlists -- we've come up with a list of nine shows that should not to be missed.

5.Farewell to the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher Dies http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time75-0
By Catherine Mayer
Decades after she left office, the former Prime Minister provokes as much outrage as she does admiration. But there is little doubt that she transformed Britain.

6.The Sultan of Sulu Wages War for Malaysia's Sabah http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time76-0
By Jason Motlagh
In early February, when armed supporters of Sultan Jamalul Kiram III landed in Malaysian Borneo to enforce an ancestral-land claim, media flocked here to meet the leader, whose forebears once held sway over the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines

7.Lebanon's Sects Game: The Problem With Its Byzantine Political System http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time77-0
By Aryn Baker / Beirut
The appointment of a new Lebanese Prime Minister illustrates the arcane complexity -- and absurdity -- of the country's sectarian politics.

8.Surprising Cures for Spring Allergies http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time78-0
By Alexandra Sifferlin
Antihistamines, nasal sprays, or decongestants can help to relieve symptoms, but if you're looking for other ways to keep the sniffles at bay this season, here are a few alternatives to the standard medications.

9.Smaller Plates May Curb Child Obesity http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time79-0
Smaller plates, fewer calories? The latest study shows one way to fight childhood obesity may be to shrink the size of the dinner plate.

10.Quebec's War on English: Language Politics Intensify http://time.chtah.net/a/tBRbDkfBASRffB7Wj6WCUgxosVY/time80-0
By Hillary Brenhouse / Montreal
A controversial new bill proposed by the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois is stirring up tensions between English and French-speakers in Quebec

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In This Week's Issue
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*Made In The USA
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*Too Old To Be A Dad?
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*Comfort Creatures
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*How 'Made in the USA' is Making a Comeback
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