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The Top Ten Books in today’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store with those and many more great books that make some nice gifts! (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)

And The Top Ten Books This Week are:

•    Serial
•    Kiss of Midnight
•    The Cook’s Illustrated How-to-Cook Library: An illustrated step-by-step guide to Foolproof Cooking
•    The Merchant of Death
•    The 8th Confession
•    Cook Yourself Thin: Skinny Meals You Can Make in Minutes (Voice)
•    First Family
•    Assassin’s Apprentice
•    Wicked Prey
•    The Shack

The court agreed that firms had systematically lied about health risks, BBC News reports here: A US appeals court has largely upheld a landmark ruling that cigarette makers lied about the health risks of smoking.

Bet dieting takes hold in the UK, BBC News reports here: A new method of losing weight by betting on your own success and having to pay up if you fail is gaining popularity in the UK.

AP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – New rules for the credit card industry that are designed to protect consumers from surprise charges, such as over-the-limit fees and costs for paying a bill by phone, are part of a bill President Barack Obama is set to sign into law.

BBC News reports here: Tighter control of blood sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes may cut their risk of heart problems, a study says.

CNN reports here: The National Archives — a repository of important government documents, including the U.S. Constitution — has lost a computer hard drive containing large volumes of Clinton administration records, including the names, phone numbers and Social Security numbers of White House staff members and visitors.

Men are more likely to be problem drinkers, BBC News reports here: A quarter of adults in England drink above what are deemed safe levels, NHS figures show, but heavy alcohol consumption is starting to fall.

BBC News reports here:  UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to meet top pharmaceutical firms to discuss the production of a swine flu vaccine.

AP reports here at Yahoo News: WASHINGTON – It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago — at least in the U.S., says new research that blames changes in cigarette design for fueling a certain type of lung cancer.