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Top 20 Topics
1Same rank [1] Terror Attacks (204)204 articles (weight=403) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
128 articles (weight=264) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
2Same rank [2] Osama bin Laden (142)142 articles (weight=281) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
89 articles (weight=188) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
3Ranked up by 1 [4] Taliban Regime (127)127 articles (weight=259) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
81 articles (weight=165) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
4Ranked up by 2 [6] War on Terrorism (104)104 articles (weight=187) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
55 articles (weight=109) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
5Ranked up by 2 [7] Anti-terrorism (95)95 articles (weight=181) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
44 articles (weight=85) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
6Ranked up by 6[12] Anthrax Cases (97)97 articles (weight=178) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
32 articles (weight=66) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
7Ranked down by 2 [5] World Trade Center (76)76 articles (weight=150) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
66 articles (weight=134) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
8Ranked down by 5 [3] George W. Bush (76)76 articles (weight=146) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
81 articles (weight=165) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
9Ranked up by 2[11] Anthrax threat (80)80 articles (weight=141) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
31 articles (weight=67) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
10Ranked down by 1 [9] FBI (57)57 articles (weight=122) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
38 articles (weight=77) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
11Ranked up by 4[15] U.S. Attacks (96)96 articles (weight=99) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
35 articles (weight=59) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
12New today Special Forces (71)71 articles (weight=95) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
13New today Senate Majority Leade... (46)46 articles (weight=92) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
14Ranked down by 6 [8] Air Strikes (46)46 articles (weight=89) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
44 articles (weight=79) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
15Ranked down by 2[13] White House (45)45 articles (weight=86) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
32 articles (weight=61) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
16Ranked up by 2[18] Northern Alliance (46)46 articles (weight=81) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
26 articles (weight=51) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
17New today news conference (39)39 articles (weight=77) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
18Ranked up by 1[19] Taliban leaders (35)35 articles (weight=71) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
24 articles (weight=49) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
19Ranked down by 9[10] Military Actions (37)37 articles (weight=70) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
34 articles (weight=69) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
20Same rank[20] Secretary of State Co... (32)32 articles (weight=69) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
26 articles (weight=48) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
Top 20 Places
1Same rank [1] UNITED STATES (268)268 articles (weight=569) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
207 articles (weight=444) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
2Same rank [2] NEW YORK (184)184 articles (weight=401) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
145 articles (weight=315) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
3Same rank [3] AFGHANISTAN (164)164 articles (weight=351) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
127 articles (weight=262) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
4Same rank [4] PAKISTAN (171)171 articles (weight=351) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
62 articles (weight=120) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
5Ranked up by 3 [8] INDIA (78)78 articles (weight=155) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
34 articles (weight=57) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
6Ranked up by 1 [7] KABUL (81)81 articles (weight=139) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
36 articles (weight=69) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
7Ranked down by 2 [5] UNITED KINGDOM (63)63 articles (weight=110) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
44 articles (weight=86) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
8Ranked up by 6[14] LOS ANGELES (140)140 articles (weight=82) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
46 articles (weight=36) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
9Ranked up by 6[15] CANADA (55)55 articles (weight=73) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
33 articles (weight=34) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
10Same rank[10] CHICAGO (95)95 articles (weight=73) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
87 articles (weight=55) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
11New today NEW JERSEY (40)40 articles (weight=70) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
12Ranked up by 1[13] SAN FRANCISCO (38)38 articles (weight=60) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
25 articles (weight=37) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
13Ranked down by 2[11] ISLAMABAD (29)29 articles (weight=59) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
22 articles (weight=41) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
14New today RUSSIA (31)31 articles (weight=59) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
15Ranked down by 3[12] FRANCE (36)36 articles (weight=55) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
23 articles (weight=38) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
16New today SEATTLE (30)30 articles (weight=54) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
17Ranked down by 8 [9] ISRAEL (29)29 articles (weight=53) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
30 articles (weight=57) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
18Ranked up by 1[19] DALLAS (36)36 articles (weight=52) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
18 articles (weight=30) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
19New today ATLANTA (25)25 articles (weight=51) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
20Same rank[20] IRAQ (26)26 articles (weight=51) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
16 articles (weight=29) on Monday, October 15, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
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1. UNITED STATES 2. NEW YORK 3. AFGHANISTAN 4. PAKISTAN 5. INDIA 6. KABUL 7. UNITED KINGDOM 8. LOS ANGELES 9. CANADA 10. CHICAGO 11. NEW JERSEY 12. SAN FRANCISCO 13. ISLAMABAD 14. RUSSIA 15. FRANCE 16. SEATTLE 17. ISRAEL 18. DALLAS 19. ATLANTA 20. IRAQ
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