10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Zach Galifianakis Hates to Be Loved
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Zach Galifianakis as Alan in The Hangover Part II

1. Zach Galifianakis Hates to Be Loved

By Joel Stein

That's one of the many reasons people love the fame-averse scene stealer of the 'Hangover' movies

2. Jobless Discrimination? When Firms Won't Even Consider Hiring Anyone Unemployed

By Adam Cohen

Some companies are refusing to even consider hiring the unemployed for job openings -- a harsh catch-22 at a time when long-term joblessness is at its highest level in decades

3. Scouring Space for Life: More Earths Out There than We Thought?

By Michael D. Lemonick

An expanded habitable zone around stars makes extraterrestrial life more likely

4. Priest Sex-Abuse Case Hits Church of Pope's Adviser

By Alessandra Pieracci and Giacomo Galeazzi / La Stampa / Worldcrunch

A parish priest near Genoa is facing pedophilia and drug charges just as the Vatican lays out new guidelines for responding to sex-abuse cases

5. Sex, Lies, Arrogance: What Makes Powerful Men Behave So Badly?

By Nancy Gibbs

From the alleged attempted rape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Arnold Schwarzenegger's fathering a child out of wedlock, what is it about power that makes men crazy?

6. The Optimism Bias

By Tali Sharot

Those rose-colored glasses? We may be born with them. Why our brains tilt toward the positive (in spite of all the negative)

7. India's Government Aims to Curb Excessive Weddings

By ELLIOT HANNON / NEW DELHI

A country whose nouveau riche matrimonial excess has spawned an entire service industry looks to beat Britain's royals at their own game

8. China: Can Education Curb a Mistress Epidemic?

By Chengcheng Jiang / Beijing

This fall, young girls in China's Guangdong province will be learning a new subject in school: how to avoid becoming a mistress

9. Fear and Trembling in Damascus: A Pretense of Calm in Syria's Capital

By A Correspondent in Syria

Everyone spouts the official line in President Bashar Assad's capital — until they are certain no one else is listening. Why many believe anger will soon overcome fear

10. The 20 Most (and Least) Lucrative College Majors

A new report from the Georgetown University Center for Education shows that some undergraduate degrees pay off more than others — literally. TIME looks at the 10 highest and 10 lowest earning majors

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