Top 12 posts of 2009: Corruption, bed bugs, sex, tipping, doormen, secondhand smoke and more

By Teri Karush Rogers | December 30, 2009 - 3:30PM 
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Technically, these are the top dozen posts from the past seven months, because we've only been around since May.  But a busy and fascinating seven months it was.

Herewith, the stories that raised the most eyebrows:


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