1.
Most Viewed
Articles most frequently viewed by NYTimes.com readers.
Updated Every 15 Minutes
2.
Israel Hints at New Strikes, Warning Syria Not to Hit Back
By MARK LANDLER
An official suggested Israel would use force to prevent the transfer of weapons to Islamic militants, a warning that could be intended not just for President Bashar al-Assad.
3.
Topless Woman? Move On, Police Are Told
By J. DAVID GOODMAN
Each spring, a woman would show her breasts and be cited or arrested, but in February, the police made sure officers knew the behavior wasn’t illegal.
4.
Well
The Scientific 7-Minute Workout
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
In 12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall, it fulfills the latest mandates for high-intensity effort, which essentially combines a long run and a visit to the weight room into about seven minutes of steady discomfort — all of it based on science.
5.
Breakdown Imperils NASA’s Hunt for Other Earths
By DENNIS OVERBYE
If engineers cannot restore a mechanism that keeps the Kepler spacecraft’s telescope pointed, one of the most romantic and successful of NASA’s missions could end.
6.
An Onset of Woes Raises Questions on Obama Vision
By PETER BAKER
The Obama administration controversies of recent days have reinforced fears of an overreaching government and called into question Mr. Obama’s ability to master his own presidency.
7.
I.R.S. Chief Out After Protest Over Scrutiny of Groups
By JONATHAN WEISMAN
The Obama administration stepped up pressure on the Internal Revenue Service and sought to insulate itself from the outcry over the agency’s special scrutiny of conservative groups.
8.
Some of My Best Friends Are Germs
By MICHAEL POLLAN
Medicine used to be obsessed with eradicating the tiny bugs that live within us. Now we’re beginning to understand all the ways they keep us healthy.
9.
Jolie’s Disclosure of Preventive Mastectomy Highlights Dilemma
By DENISE GRADY, TARA PARKER-POPE and PAM BELLUCK
Angelina Jolie’s decision to have her breasts removed because she carries a rare defective gene underscored the painful choices women face in trying to prevent breast cancer.
10.
Movie Review | ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Kirk and Spock, in Their Roughhousing Days
By A. O. SCOTT
In “Star Trek Into Darkness,” the U.S.S. Enterprise crew hunts for a terrorist in the latest film in the franchise.
11.
Early E-Mails on Benghazi Show Internal Divisions
By MARK LANDLER, ERIC SCHMITT and MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Messages released by the White House showed fierce jostling between the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department, and at the highest levels of the C.I.A., on talking points after the attacks in Libya.
12.
Op-Ed Columnist
On the Plus Side ...
By GAIL COLLINS
It’s been quite a week of scandals! Maybe, as part of crisis-management, our fearless leaders could come together and do something worthwhile like name a national rock.
13.
Op-Ed Columnist
Cascading Confessions
By MAUREEN DOWD
The revelations of two famous women help bring their diseases out of the shadows.
14.
Op-Ed Contributors
The Real I.R.S. Scandal
By SHEILA KRUMHOLZ and ROBERT WEINBERGER
Why does the I.R.S. give political groups tax-exempt status at all?
15.
Op-Ed Columnist
Scandalous vs. Scandal Lust
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Outrage! Disgrace! But, really, there’s not enough there there.
16.
Gaza City Journal
Delivering KFC by Tunnel, Not Too Fast but Satisfying
By FARES AKRAM
Palestinians in Gaza who crave KFC meals must order from across the border in Egypt, and the food-delivery odyssey involves two taxis, a checkpoint and a smuggling tunnel.
17.
City Room
In 125 Years, Much Has Changed, but the Pastrami Is the Same
By JAMES BARRON
Katz’s, the Lower East Side delicatessen that began 125 years ago, has adapted as the landscape has been remade.
18.
Seeking Retrial, Simpson Is Demure but Unbowed
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
O. J. Simpson testified in Las Vegas on Thursday, trying to overturn the kidnapping and robbery conviction that sent him to prison.
19.
Bits
Google Buys a Quantum Computer
By QUENTIN HARDY
Google and NASA are forming a joint research lab to look at quantum computing for things like facial recognition and understanding of disease. Their computer is from D-Wave Systems, which appears to be producing quantum computing results years earlier than many expected.
20.
Well
When Athletic Shoes Cause Injury
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Specialized study of athletic footwear offers some broad guidelines to consider when buying athletic shoes, especially for team sports like football, soccer or basketball.
