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Top 20 Topics
1Same rank [1] Terror Attacks (108)108 articles (weight=232) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
145 articles (weight=307) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
2Same rank [2] Osama bin Laden (79)79 articles (weight=165) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
99 articles (weight=211) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
3Ranked up by 2 [5] Taliban Regime (73)73 articles (weight=155) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
66 articles (weight=139) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
4Ranked up by 2 [6] George W. Bush (75)75 articles (weight=152) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
68 articles (weight=138) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
5Ranked down by 2 [3] Anthrax Threat (66)66 articles (weight=141) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
73 articles (weight=156) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
6Ranked up by 2 [8] War on Terrorism (62)62 articles (weight=123) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
49 articles (weight=98) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
7Ranked up by 2 [9] Anti-terrorism (48)48 articles (weight=98) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
49 articles (weight=97) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
8Ranked up by 7[15] Biochemical Attacks (51)51 articles (weight=95) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
37 articles (weight=66) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
9Ranked up by 2[11] Anthrax Cases (40)40 articles (weight=88) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
39 articles (weight=82) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
10Ranked down by 3 [7] Military Actions (43)43 articles (weight=87) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
49 articles (weight=98) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
11Ranked up by 1[12] Air Strikes (41)41 articles (weight=77) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
45 articles (weight=79) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
12Ranked down by 8 [4] World Trade Center (39)39 articles (weight=69) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
70 articles (weight=140) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
13Ranked up by 3[16] News Conference (32)32 articles (weight=68) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
30 articles (weight=62) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
14Ranked down by 4[10] FBI (33)33 articles (weight=66) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
44 articles (weight=93) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
15Ranked up by 2[17] White House (32)32 articles (weight=64) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
32 articles (weight=57) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
16Ranked down by 2[14] Bush administration (33)33 articles (weight=59) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
37 articles (weight=68) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
17New today Special Forces (27)27 articles (weight=58) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
18New today Ground Troops (30)30 articles (weight=55) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
19New today United Nations (28)28 articles (weight=54) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
20Ranked down by 1[19] Senate Majority Leade... (25)25 articles (weight=50) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
26 articles (weight=53) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
Top 20 Places
1Same rank [1] UNITED STATES (216)216 articles (weight=455) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
227 articles (weight=479) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
2Same rank [2] NEW YORK (129)129 articles (weight=271) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
164 articles (weight=342) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
3Same rank [3] AFGHANISTAN (102)102 articles (weight=215) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
113 articles (weight=231) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
4Ranked up by 2 [6] PAKISTAN (57)57 articles (weight=120) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
38 articles (weight=79) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
5Same rank [5] CHINA (32)32 articles (weight=65) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
41 articles (weight=87) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
6Ranked down by 2 [4] ISRAEL (30)30 articles (weight=56) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
48 articles (weight=100) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
7Ranked up by 4[11] CANADA (37)37 articles (weight=46) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
33 articles (weight=45) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
8New today SEATTLE (28)28 articles (weight=46) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
9Ranked up by 5[14] KABUL (24)24 articles (weight=41) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
26 articles (weight=42) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
10Ranked up by 5[15] SHANGHAI (21)21 articles (weight=41) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
21 articles (weight=42) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
11New today ISLAMABAD (20)20 articles (weight=39) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
12Ranked down by 5 [7] LONDON (20)20 articles (weight=37) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
42 articles (weight=73) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
13Same rank[13] CHICAGO (89)89 articles (weight=32) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
84 articles (weight=42) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
14New today HOUSTON (22)22 articles (weight=32) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
15Ranked down by 3[12] GERMANY (19)19 articles (weight=31) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
23 articles (weight=43) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
16Ranked down by 8 [8] UNITED KINGDOM (15)15 articles (weight=30) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
34 articles (weight=63) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
17New today WEST BANK (17)17 articles (weight=30) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
18Ranked down by 1[17] ATLANTA (16)16 articles (weight=28) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
22 articles (weight=39) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
19New today LOS ANGELES (44)44 articles (weight=27) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
0 articles (weight=0) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
20Same rank[20] RUSSIA (15)15 articles (weight=25) on Friday, October 19, 2001 11:00 AM PDT
20 articles (weight=36) on Thursday, October 18, 2001 1:00 PM PDT
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1. UNITED STATES 2. NEW YORK 3. AFGHANISTAN 4. PAKISTAN 5. CHINA 6. ISRAEL 7. CANADA 8. SEATTLE 9. KABUL 10. SHANGHAI 11. ISLAMABAD 12. LONDON 13. CHICAGO 14. HOUSTON 15. GERMANY 16. UNITED KINGDOM 17. WEST BANK 18. ATLANTA 19. LOS ANGELES 20. RUSSIA
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