Otsuchi, Japan; Alex Honnold; Andy Rooney

1. NYPD's Counterterrorism Unit; Trey Parker and Matt Stone2011-09-25 2. Otsuchi, Japan; Alex Honnold; Andy Rooney2011-10-02 3. Jeffery Immelt; the Egyptian military2011-10-09 4. Gen. John Allen; Vincent van Gogh2011-10-16 5. Steve Jobs; Apps for Autistic people2011-10-23 6. Madoffs/All American2011-10-30 7. A Lobbyist's Playbook, Operation Proper Exit, Andy Rooney2011-11-06 8. Insiders/Taser/Freeman Hrabowski2011-11-13 9. Christine Lagarde, The Pledge, Taylor Swift2011-11-20 10. Hard Times Generation, The Flavorists, Angelina2011-11-27 11. Prosecuting Wall Street/Michael Buble2011-12-04 12. President Obama, Howard Buffett2011-12-11 13. The Majority Leader, The Gardens of the Queen, Meryl Streep2011-12-18 14. The Library, Mount Athos2011-12-25 15. The Majority Leader, The Perfect Score, The ascent of Alex Honnold2012-01-01 16. Stem cell treatments, Brothers in the Marines, Truffles2012-01-08 17. Groupon, Qatar, Jake2012-01-15 18. Wildebeest Migration, Elephant Dictionary, Jane Goodall2012-01-22 19. Leon Panetta, Roger Goodell, Big Game Species in US2012-01-29 20. Dolly Parton, Anna Wintour, Meryl Streep2012-02-05 21. Deception at Duke, India's Gold, The year of Adele2012-02-12 22. Trapped in Unemployment, Treating Depression, The Mozart of Chess2012-02-19 23. Going to Extremes2012-02-26 24. Stuxnet, The Archbishop of Dublin, Redshirting2012-03-04 25. The Spymaster Speaks, Teacher to the World, Aerosmith2012-03-11 26. SpaceX, Face Blindness2012-03-18 27. Resurrecting Chrysler, Evidence of Innocence, Novak Djokovic2012-03-25 28. Hard Landing, Sugar, Art Market2012-04-01 29. An Imperfect Union, The Sport of Kings, Joy in the Congo2012-04-08 30. Mike Wallace2012-04-15 31. The Case Against Lehman, Christians of the Holy Land, The Trouble with Treasure2012-04-22 32. Hard Measures, Hooked2012-04-29 33. The Raptor, Cleaning Up Whitley County, Michael Phelps2012-05-06 34. Hank, The Gulen Movement, The Role of a Lifetime2012-05-13 35. Dropping Out, Hard Cases, Roger Waters2012-05-20 36. Final Resting Place, Tel Aviv, The Many Meryls2012-05-27 37. Elon Musk, Jeff Hall and the NSM, Angelina Jolie2012-06-03 38. Leon Panetta, Texas Safaris, Matt Stone and Trey Parker2012-06-10 39. Insiders, Freeman Hrabowski, Taylor Swift2012-06-17 40. Greg Mortenson, Howard Buffett, Novak Djokovic2012-06-24 41. Stuxnet, Qatar, The Most Expensive Food in the World2012-07-01 42. A Lobbyist's Playbook, Redshirting, The Mozart of Chess2012-07-08 43. Steve Jobs, Apps for Autism2012-07-15 44. Evidence of Innocence, India's Gold, Michael Phelps2012-07-22 45. Hard Times Generation, The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh2012-07-29 46. Sugar, Face Blindness2012-08-05 47. Romney Ryan, Trapped in Unemployment, Joy in the Congo2012-08-12 48. The Case Against Lehman Brothers, The Archbishop of Dublin, Aerosmith2012-08-19 49. The Pledge, Stem Cell Fraud, The Sport of Kings2012-08-26 50. Resurrecting Chrysler, The Flavorists, Teacher to the World2012-09-02 51. Killing Bin Laden2012-09-09 52. The Spymaster Speaks, The Player, The Year of Adele2012-09-16 53. President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney2012-09-23