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Top 20 Topics
1Same rank [1] Terror Attacks (216)216 articles (weight=463) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
245 articles (weight=519) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
2Same rank [2] Osama bin Laden (143)143 articles (weight=293) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
164 articles (weight=334) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
3Same rank [3] World Trade Center (130)130 articles (weight=276) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
148 articles (weight=314) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
4Same rank [4] Taleban in Afghanista... (99)99 articles (weight=210) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
112 articles (weight=238) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
5Same rank [5] British Prime Ministe... (95)95 articles (weight=185) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
111 articles (weight=213) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
6Same rank [6] President George W. B... (83)83 articles (weight=173) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
92 articles (weight=194) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
7Ranked up by 1 [8] FBI (71)71 articles (weight=145) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
77 articles (weight=155) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
8Ranked down by 1 [7] War on Terrorism (68)68 articles (weight=140) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
84 articles (weight=158) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
9Same rank [9] White House (62)62 articles (weight=123) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
69 articles (weight=138) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
10Same rank[10] tax cuts (56)56 articles (weight=93) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
70 articles (weight=112) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
11Same rank[11] military action (54)54 articles (weight=88) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
78 articles (weight=109) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
12Ranked up by 3[15] CIA (41)41 articles (weight=77) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
42 articles (weight=75) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
13Ranked up by 1[14] Bush administration (35)35 articles (weight=71) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
38 articles (weight=76) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
14Ranked down by 2[12] Nasdaq Stock Market (38)38 articles (weight=63) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
50 articles (weight=80) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
15Ranked down by 2[13] Airline Security (30)30 articles (weight=59) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
41 articles (weight=78) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
16Same rank[16] State Department (30)30 articles (weight=56) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
33 articles (weight=67) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
17New today Northern Alliance (27)27 articles (weight=54) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
18Ranked up by 1[19] Donald Rumsfeld (28)28 articles (weight=53) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
31 articles (weight=59) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
19Ranked up by 1[20] Special Forces (35)35 articles (weight=53) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
41 articles (weight=56) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
20Ranked down by 3[17] List of victims (33)33 articles (weight=49) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
42 articles (weight=64) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
Top 20 Places
1Same rank [1] NEW YORK (158)158 articles (weight=342) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
183 articles (weight=400) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
2Same rank [2] UNITED STATES (155)155 articles (weight=335) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
172 articles (weight=377) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
3Ranked up by 1 [4] AFGHANISTAN (106)106 articles (weight=221) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
114 articles (weight=244) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
4Ranked down by 1 [3] PAKISTAN (109)109 articles (weight=213) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
134 articles (weight=264) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
5Same rank [5] UZBEKISTAN (82)82 articles (weight=159) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
101 articles (weight=194) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
6Same rank [6] ISRAEL (74)74 articles (weight=142) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
93 articles (weight=177) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
7Ranked up by 6[13] CHICAGO (119)119 articles (weight=99) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
123 articles (weight=81) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
8Ranked up by 1 [9] LOS ANGELES (109)109 articles (weight=83) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
130 articles (weight=99) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
9Ranked up by 5[14] FRANCE (39)39 articles (weight=76) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
42 articles (weight=78) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
10Ranked up by 5[15] JAPAN (42)42 articles (weight=76) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
45 articles (weight=78) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
11Ranked down by 1[10] RUSSIA (37)37 articles (weight=75) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
44 articles (weight=89) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
12Ranked down by 1[11] GERMANY (36)36 articles (weight=73) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
40 articles (weight=83) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
13Ranked down by 6 [7] CANADA (47)47 articles (weight=71) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
70 articles (weight=110) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
14Ranked down by 6 [8] GEORGIA (53)53 articles (weight=68) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
73 articles (weight=104) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
15Ranked down by 3[12] LONDON (38)38 articles (weight=68) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
44 articles (weight=83) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
16Same rank[16] INDIA (43)43 articles (weight=60) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
56 articles (weight=71) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
17New today ITALY (29)29 articles (weight=58) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
18Same rank[18] SAN FRANCISCO (33)33 articles (weight=51) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
40 articles (weight=61) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
19New today IRAN (29)29 articles (weight=47) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
20New today BOSTON (26)26 articles (weight=46) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:30 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Friday, October 5, 2001 5:00 PM PDT
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1. NEW YORK 2. UNITED STATES 3. AFGHANISTAN 4. PAKISTAN 5. UZBEKISTAN 6. ISRAEL 7. CHICAGO 8. LOS ANGELES 9. FRANCE 10. JAPAN 11. RUSSIA 12. GERMANY 13. CANADA 14. GEORGIA 15. LONDON 16. INDIA 17. ITALY 18. SAN FRANCISCO 19. IRAN 20. BOSTON
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