Most View 30/01/2010

1) In the court of public opinion, no clear ruling

President Obama called out the Supreme Court. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. winced at the accusation and muttered, "Not true." And then official Washington and the legal community went to the tape, and examined it frame by frame.

2) Body found during search for missing lotto winner

PLANT CITY, Fla. -- Human remains have been found near a home where investigators were searching for the body of a missing man who won millions of dollars in the lottery nearly four years ago, Florida sheriff's officials said.

3) Democrats confused about road forward

A day after President Obama called on them to renew efforts to pass his ambitious agenda, congressional Democrats remained in disarray Thursday about how to move forward, with at least some pointing at the White House as the cause of the legislative standstill gripping Capitol Hill.

4) U.S. economy soars in fourth quarter of 2009

The U.S. economy roared ahead in the final months of 2009, growing at its fastest rate in six years, as corporate America stopped slashing its inventories and again started to invest for the future.

5) Miranda rights for terrorists?

The real scandal surrounding the failed Christmas Day airline bombing was what happened afterward.

6) A lobe divided will not stand

Obama tiptoed Wednesday along the seam that bifurcates the Democratic Party's brain.

7) Senate holds up plan for student-lending overhaul

Four months after it sailed through the Democratic-led House, legislation to overhaul federal student lending and channel about $80 billion in savings toward an array of education initiatives has stalled in the Senate.

8) Toyota eschewed brake override

Toyota Motor began facing complaints of runaway cars years ago, but the company did not install "brake override" systems in those vehicles, even as several other automakers deployed the technology to address such malfunctions.

9) For a very brief while, J.D. Salinger returned his calls

In 1988, Roger Lathbury , an English professor at George Mason University and owner of a small literary publishing outfit based in his house in Alexandria, decided on a lark to write to J.D. Salinger, asking if he could publish "Hapworth 16, 1924," Salinger's last published work, which appeared as a...

10) Pelosi's silent consent

She stopped one CIA operation. So why not waterboarding?