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Plouffe, far left, with Obama in Denver on Aug. 28, 2008, the day the first-term Senator accepted the Democratic nomination.

1. How They Did It: David Plouffe on Obama's 2008 Victory

In a new memoir, 'The Audacity to Win,' David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign

2. What Happens to Your Facebook After You Die?

Facebook is quietly offering a fix to one of the social-networking service's most awkward loose ends -- what happens to user profiles after those people die

3. God and Football: The NFL's Chaplains Give Advice

In the NFL, team chaplains help football players reconcile tackling with turning the other cheek

4. Growing Up bin Laden: Osama's Son Speaks

While Omar bin Laden's book "Growing Up bin Laden" doesn't explain why the world's most famous mass murderer is the way he is, it does detail how Osama tried to raise jihadis

5. Paranormal Activity: A Horror Phenomenon

"Paranormal Activity" is catching on. The $11,000 fright flick is poised for a box-office breakout

6. What's Still Wrong with Wall Street

The giant financial institutions that make up Wall Street have been bailed out, thanks to trillions of dollars of our money, and are on track to hand out record-breaking multibillion-dollar bonuses while millions of regular folks are hurting

7. Michael Jackson's This Is It Review: He's Still a Thriller

As 'Michael Jackson's This Is It' premieres around the world, the star comes back to life as the one-of-a-kind entertainer that he was

8. Did Deadspin Hit ESPN Below the Belt?

For revenge, the influential sports blog Deadspin aired alleged dirty laundry about ESPN employees. Is it time for tougher online standards?

9. Karzai's Problem Brother: Drugs, Spies and Controversy

The news that Ahmed Wali Karzai has been on the payroll of the CIA for the past eight years, as reported in today's New York Times, won't come as a surprise to most Afghans

10. Can Detroit Prevent a Return of 'Devil's Night'?

With the wave of foreclosures and other economic woes, some fear the city's Halloween tradition of torching homes could make a comeback

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