Kobe Bryant won his NBA title No. 4—the first without Shaqille O’Neal—with the Lakers’ five-game shellacking of the Orlando Magic in this year’s finals, but coach Phil Jackson now has—count 'em—10 championships: six with the Bulls, four with L.A. That breaks the tie with former coach Red Auerbach (which includes eight in a row with the Boston Celtics). Does that mean Jackson is now the all-time greatest NBA coach? Boston may disagree, but many analysts give the nod to Jackson. Of course, both strategists enjoyed rosters of commanding players; Auerbach coached John Havlicek, Bob Cousy, and Tommy Heinsohn, while Jackson oversaw Michael Jordan do his thing during the Chicago years. But will he stay with the Lakers for No. 11? Let's see what fan Obama suggests at the upcoming White House visit. —JB

The recall for Zicam nasal cold remedies was more strongarmed than voluntary, despite scores of consumers complaining they’d lost some or all of their sense of smell. (Subsequent Web searches for the condition "anosmia" have soared.) The FDA wants Zicam's makers to seek approval for its homeopathic treatments, but Matrixx Initiatives cites prohibitive costs to do so. The former chewing gum manufacturer thumbs its nose at claims that the nasal gel can be harmful— despite settling a $12 million lawsuit with 340 users in 2006. The FDA didn't follow up during the laissez faire Bush years, but new commissioner Margaret Hamburg has vowed to toughen enforcement on everything from medical devices to tobacco to the loosely regulated $830 million-a-year homeopathics industry. Smells like change. —DH  (Follow us on Twitter)

Be it shouting from the rooftops, SMS, Flickr or Twitter, victorious declarations and vehement protests surrounding Iran's presidential election echoed 'round the globe. Claims of a Twitter revolution may be exaggerated, but how social media has allowed dissidence to seep through government shutdowns has overshadowed other surprises, like the ayatollah's order for a partial recount, the Guardian Council's invitation to the losers, and the possibility that an absent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did win. Iranians' social savvy shouldn't be a shock: The country has the "highest number of bloggers per capita in the world," thanks to people fleeing traditional media restrictions and the government's development plan to build the Web for commerce. Making Pandora's box doesn't mean you can shut it. —VC

About 25 years have passed since China left buried some 5,000 terracotta warriors. Now scientists have finished week one in a five-year project to unearth Xi'an's ancient necropolis of the first emperor Qin (whose grave—blockbusters aside—remains untouched). Resuming the dig means big business...and faith that technology will guard the warriors from crumbling under the modern elements (like tourist air pollution). Indeed restoration efforts have spurred amazing scientific research, including how to preserve the "original colors." This week has already yielded arrowheads and four-horse chariots: The site's open to visitors, while Web fans can look at a photo slideshow, Mandarin CCTV video, or BBC video report. Nice bit of timing: National Geographic Museum hosts a terracotta exhibit in November. —VC  (Follow us on Twitter)

As heavy rains swamped Bismarck, N.D., a new White House climate report had this message for flood-frazzled Midwesterners: Get used to it. The most strongly worded Global Change Research study since Congress began requiring updates in 1990, it advised humans to expect:

       —Heavier rains, longer droughts, hotter days,              and rising water levels.

       —Drought, floods, heat and more bugs                      threatening crops and livestock.

       —Extreme weather, poor air quality and                     pest-borne diseases to affect health.

Valuable time may have been lost with Bush resistance to such updates, until a court forced compliance in 2008. A few lawmakers though still call global warming concerns “the greatest hoax.” Bismarck may disagree. —DH

David Letterman erred, as his own apology (the second one, not the first) admits, and the wisecrack about Sarah Palin's daughter (the first one, not the second) probably would've disappeared like so many other one-liners. But the Alaska governor had taken to touring national feminist landmarks and defending the rights of women (e.g. Miss California), and her own girls certainly merit protection. Palin declared "young women across the country" deserved an apology against lascivious humor. Women of various ages agreed: A TV critic felt the jokes off-putting, an Ethics and Public Policy fellow wondered where's the sisterhood, and an Alaska news columnist (and not a Palin fan) thought the apology a "win for women everywhere." Letterman made ratings, Palin a point.  —VC