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Top 20 Topics
1Same rank [1] Terror Attacks (210)210 articles (weight=419) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
204 articles (weight=403) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
2Ranked up by 1 [3] Taliban Regime (172)172 articles (weight=346) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
127 articles (weight=259) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
3Ranked down by 1 [2] Osama bin Laden (146)146 articles (weight=295) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
142 articles (weight=281) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
4Ranked up by 5 [9] Anthrax Threat (107)107 articles (weight=225) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
80 articles (weight=141) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
5Ranked up by 2 [7] World Trade Center (93)93 articles (weight=199) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
76 articles (weight=150) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
6Ranked down by 1 [5] Anti-terrorism (98)98 articles (weight=194) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
95 articles (weight=181) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
7Ranked down by 3 [4] War on Terrorism (104)104 articles (weight=194) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
104 articles (weight=187) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
8Ranked down by 2 [6] Anthrax Cases (95)95 articles (weight=192) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
97 articles (weight=178) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
9Ranked down by 1 [8] George W. Bush (84)84 articles (weight=181) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
76 articles (weight=146) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
10New today Biochemical Attacks (72)72 articles (weight=131) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
11Same rank[11] U.S. Attacks (103)103 articles (weight=117) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
96 articles (weight=99) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
12Ranked down by 2[10] FBI (53)53 articles (weight=114) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
57 articles (weight=122) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
13Ranked up by 2[15] White House (56)56 articles (weight=107) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
45 articles (weight=86) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
14New today Israeli Cabinet minis... (77)77 articles (weight=99) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
15New today northern city (78)78 articles (weight=95) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
16Ranked down by 3[13] Senate Majority Leade... (43)43 articles (weight=93) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
46 articles (weight=92) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
17New today Federal Reserve Chair... (46)46 articles (weight=85) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
18Ranked down by 4[14] Air Strikes (43)43 articles (weight=82) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
46 articles (weight=89) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
19Ranked down by 3[16] Northern Alliance (44)44 articles (weight=81) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
46 articles (weight=81) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
20New today Capitol Hill (41)41 articles (weight=75) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
Top 20 Places
1Same rank [1] UNITED STATES (286)286 articles (weight=600) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
268 articles (weight=569) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
2Same rank [2] NEW YORK (170)170 articles (weight=367) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
184 articles (weight=401) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
3Same rank [3] AFGHANISTAN (167)167 articles (weight=356) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
164 articles (weight=351) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
4Same rank [4] PAKISTAN (121)121 articles (weight=229) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
171 articles (weight=351) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
5Ranked up by 12[17] ISRAEL (84)84 articles (weight=152) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
29 articles (weight=53) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
6Ranked down by 1 [5] INDIA (74)74 articles (weight=146) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
78 articles (weight=155) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
7Ranked down by 1 [6] KABUL (82)82 articles (weight=123) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
81 articles (weight=139) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
8New today CHINA (58)58 articles (weight=111) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
9Ranked down by 2 [7] UNITED KINGDOM (54)54 articles (weight=97) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
63 articles (weight=110) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
10Ranked down by 1 [9] CANADA (59)59 articles (weight=85) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
55 articles (weight=73) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
11Ranked up by 3[14] RUSSIA (44)44 articles (weight=73) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
31 articles (weight=59) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
12Ranked up by 8[20] IRAQ (34)34 articles (weight=70) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
26 articles (weight=51) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
13Ranked down by 5 [8] LOS ANGELES (136)136 articles (weight=67) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
140 articles (weight=82) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
14New today JAPAN (30)30 articles (weight=61) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
15New today CUBA (31)31 articles (weight=56) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
16New today IRELAND (43)43 articles (weight=56) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
17New today LONDON (41)41 articles (weight=56) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
18New today MEXICO (67)67 articles (weight=55) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
19Ranked down by 6[13] ISLAMABAD (27)27 articles (weight=52) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
29 articles (weight=59) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
20New today MIAMI (47)47 articles (weight=50) on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
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1. UNITED STATES 2. NEW YORK 3. AFGHANISTAN 4. PAKISTAN 5. ISRAEL 6. INDIA 7. KABUL 8. CHINA 9. UNITED KINGDOM 10. CANADA 11. RUSSIA 12. IRAQ 13. LOS ANGELES 14. JAPAN 15. CUBA 16. IRELAND 17. LONDON 18. MEXICO 19. ISLAMABAD 20. MIAMI
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