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June 12, 2013 Issue

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Cover story

Art World Gone Wild!

Celebrities are the new makers and breakers of the market. But are they patrons of the creative classes or just looking for a good investment?

The Taliban's Life of Luxury

Is Afghanistan destined to be run by a drug mafia?

It's All Greek to Him

Five years ago, Chobani didn't exist. Now it's a billion-dollar business. How the son of a small-town shepherd made good.

In Focus

A Time to Cast Away Stones

After 25 years of protest, women have gained the right to pray alongside men, and to sing and don prayer shawls and tefillin at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Though the court approves, the Orthodox public does not. Several dozen men prayed in solidarity with the Women of the Wall and even served as a barrier between the women and the hecklers, some of whom threw eggs.

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Periscope

Sunny With a Chance Of Cancer

How much should we worry about sunshine?

Spying as They Like it

The scary contradictions of the NSA mess.

The New Mrs. Putin?

After the Russian president and his wife announced their divorce last week, signs point to a growing role for Putin's rumored mistress.

We the Jury

Will the jury's racial makeup decide George Zimmerman's fate?

Why Apple Went Flat

Two-dimensional design is the wave of the future.

Wait, What About Gitmo?

Quietly, Obama may be moving ahead.

The Great Chocolate Fix?

Why American confectioners don't need a conspiracy to set prices.

In the Company of Men

The Senate has changed. Why can't the U.S. military?

Where the Einsteins Live

These metro areas are sandboxes for ideas.

Horizons

Scientists get bashful around old bones.

Practically Crazy

After graduation, making pipe dreams into reality.

Genghis Khan Democracy

There's something to be learned from ancient ways.

Weeding Out Voters

Bill Maher takes on the racial divide oVER pot.

Eye-Witness Apps

Making smartphones even smarter.

Downtime

The Most Charming Ride of a Lifetime

A writer follows in her grandparents' tracks 63 years later.

Monkeying With the Barrels

Chickpeas in your bourbon? Buffalo Trace wants to improve tradition—by messing with it.

The War Against Superman

Seventy-five years on, he's still ready to save us.

The Rap-ification of Brian Williams

Jimmy Fallon's supercut is the best thing ever.

Dunkin' Cronuts

How one pastry is driving a city crazy.

Editor's Picks

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The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, tells Newsweek of the historic changes he is overseeing to counter security threats in East Asia.

By Tom O'Connor

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Trump's lawyer described Stormy Daniels' claims of an affair as "false" in his opening statement to the jury

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Read Brett Kavanaugh's Opinion on Presidential Immunity

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Columbia Professor Says Student Protesters Are Being Smeared

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Who is Aaron Dimmock? Matt Gaetz's Republican Primary Challenger

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