Pop Chart

SPELL-CHECK EDITION

GOOD WEEK/BAD WEEK

Snigdha Nandipati

Correctly spelled guetapens to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Mitt Romney

Championed "A Better Amercia" on his With Mitt mobile app.

ODDITIES

Cry Me a Condiment

If harvesting tears for salt sounds too weird to be true, that's because it is. British gag shop Hoxton Street Monster Supplies invented the gimmick to sell seasonings (and delight Pop Chart reporters). The flavors are real, but the tears aren't--go ahead, cry about it.

FEMMES FATALES

Helmut Newton's striking black-and-white portrayals of couture-clad and nude women--on display through Nov. 18 in his hometown of Berlin--startled the...

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