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Top 20 Topics
1Same rank [1] Terror Attacks (101)101 articles (weight=210) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
99 articles (weight=206) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
2Ranked up by 6 [8] George W. Bush (76)76 articles (weight=152) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
47 articles (weight=97) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
3Ranked up by 1 [4] Anthrax Cases (63)63 articles (weight=129) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
62 articles (weight=125) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
4Ranked down by 1 [3] Osama bin Laden (52)52 articles (weight=109) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
60 articles (weight=131) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
5Ranked up by 1 [6] War on Terrorism (49)49 articles (weight=103) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
52 articles (weight=106) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
6Ranked down by 4 [2] Attacks on Afghanista... (47)47 articles (weight=99) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
66 articles (weight=139) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
7Ranked up by 7[14] White House (45)45 articles (weight=96) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
31 articles (weight=60) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
8Ranked down by 1 [7] FBI (44)44 articles (weight=91) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
47 articles (weight=102) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
9Ranked down by 4 [5] Taliban Regime (45)45 articles (weight=89) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
54 articles (weight=108) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
10Ranked up by 1[11] World Trade Center (39)39 articles (weight=76) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
41 articles (weight=77) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
11Ranked up by 9[20] World Series (41)41 articles (weight=74) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
22 articles (weight=37) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
12Ranked down by 2[10] Anti-terrorism (35)35 articles (weight=68) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
38 articles (weight=79) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
13Ranked up by 2[15] Biochemical Attacks (36)36 articles (weight=68) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
28 articles (weight=55) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
14Ranked down by 1[13] Wall Street (31)31 articles (weight=59) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
32 articles (weight=62) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
15New today Defense Secretary Don... (26)26 articles (weight=51) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
16Ranked up by 3[19] Northern Alliance (26)26 articles (weight=50) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
22 articles (weight=41) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
17New today Senate Majority Leade... (27)27 articles (weight=50) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
18Ranked down by 2[16] September Terror Atta... (27)27 articles (weight=49) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
28 articles (weight=52) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
19New today Bush administration (28)28 articles (weight=47) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
20New today Centers for Disease C... (25)25 articles (weight=47) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
Top 20 Places
1Same rank [1] UNITED STATES (180)180 articles (weight=369) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
172 articles (weight=365) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
2Same rank [2] NEW YORK (118)118 articles (weight=242) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
123 articles (weight=250) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
3Same rank [3] AFGHANISTAN (77)77 articles (weight=163) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
84 articles (weight=179) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
4Ranked up by 1 [5] CHICAGO (79)79 articles (weight=82) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
73 articles (weight=65) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
5Ranked down by 1 [4] PAKISTAN (38)38 articles (weight=78) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
40 articles (weight=75) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
6Ranked up by 8[14] CANADA (35)35 articles (weight=57) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
19 articles (weight=24) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
7Ranked up by 5[12] LOS ANGELES (45)45 articles (weight=48) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
35 articles (weight=33) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
8Ranked up by 3[11] KABUL (22)22 articles (weight=44) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
17 articles (weight=34) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
9Same rank [9] LONDON (20)20 articles (weight=35) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
22 articles (weight=37) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
10Ranked up by 3[13] UNITED KINGDOM (18)18 articles (weight=32) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
18 articles (weight=33) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
11Ranked down by 5 [6] WASHINGTON D.C. (25)25 articles (weight=32) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
32 articles (weight=56) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
12Ranked down by 2[10] ISRAEL (18)18 articles (weight=30) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
19 articles (weight=35) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
13New today SAUDI ARABIA (16)16 articles (weight=29) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
14Ranked up by 5[19] BOSTON (17)17 articles (weight=27) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
16 articles (weight=19) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
15Ranked down by 7 [8] IRAQ (15)15 articles (weight=27) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
20 articles (weight=40) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
16New today RUSSIA (14)14 articles (weight=24) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
17Ranked up by 1[18] SAN FRANCISCO (13)13 articles (weight=21) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
12 articles (weight=21) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
18Ranked down by 11 [7] MIAMI (21)21 articles (weight=20) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
29 articles (weight=43) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
19Ranked down by 2[17] UZBEKISTAN (10)10 articles (weight=18) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
12 articles (weight=22) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
20New today PHILADELPHIA (11)11 articles (weight=17) on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:00 PM PST
0 articles (weight=0) on Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:00 AM PST
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1. UNITED STATES 2. NEW YORK 3. AFGHANISTAN 4. CHICAGO 5. PAKISTAN 6. CANADA 7. LOS ANGELES 8. KABUL 9. LONDON 10. UNITED KINGDOM 11. WASHINGTON D.C. 12. ISRAEL 13. SAUDI ARABIA 14. BOSTON 15. IRAQ 16. RUSSIA 17. SAN FRANCISCO 18. MIAMI 19. UZBEKISTAN 20. PHILADELPHIA
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