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February 28, 2014 Issue

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Cover story World

Who's Fighting Your Drug Wars?

Soldiers are caught in the crossfire as the battle lines shift to Central America

Nary a Drop to Drink

The chemical spill in West Virginia poisoned the water, and may have poisoned the state's trust in the industries that have sustained and plundered it

Advertising's Untapped Market: Single Women

How do you ignore 28 million single, successful ladies? Ask Madison Avenue

In Focus

Journalists on Trial and in a Cage in Egypt

Australian journalist Peter Greste (3rd R) of Al-Jazeera and his colleagues stand inside the defendants cage during their trial for allegedly supporting the Muslim Brotherhood at Cairo's Tora prison on March 5, 2014. The high-profile case that sparked a global outcry over muzzling of the press is seen as a test of the military-installed government's tolerance of independent media, with activists fearing a return to autocracy three years after the Arab Spring uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

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Periscope

The Photogenic Star of Venezuela's Opposition

Leopoldo López is charismatic, handsome, a family man, and an expert at political theater

Putin Shows His Iron-Fisted Hand

The sentencing of the first batch of people arrested for the march in Bolotnaya Square shows that Russia doesn't want to hear dissent

Fact-Checking Robert Gates

A Pentagon whistle-blower blows a big hole in former Defense Secretary's bestselling memoir

Where Have All the Lutherans Gone?

The place where Protestantism was born is losing its churchgoers. Attendance was higher under communism

Like Watching Paint Dry

The Italian system of justice is so slow, centenarians die without having their cases resolved

California Dreamin'

A radical centrist runs for Congress. His chances say a lot about the Democratic Party

Exclusive: Yulia Tymoshenko on How to Counter Putin

Jailed former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko is counting on the West to save Ukraine

Horizons

Buy Big or Go Home

With its $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, Facebook is trying to avoid going Microsoft

Two Numbers: Today's 99% Special

A couple of eatery chains tell a story about the U.S. labor market

A Desperate Cry for Attention-Deficit

A new book claiming that ADHD is a myth is getting a lot of press, and a lot of scorn

Wildcatting in Panther Country

Prospectors are looking for untapped regions in areas like Florida, near a habitat for an endangered panther

A Modern Medical Whodunnit

Five children in California have been paralyzed by a mystery virus – and scientists are still in the dark

Downtime

James Dolan's Flagrant 2

The New York Knicks owner is the Fredo Corleone of the NBA

The Lady Vanishes

Crunching the numbers shows women-centric films win fewer Oscars

Wake Up and Smell the Facebook Alerts

Having throbbed and beeped to get your attention, technology now goes for the nose

Allman Joy

In searching for her guitar hero father, Galadrielle Allman does something seldom seen in rock bios: She tells the story of its women

More Than Skin-Deep

A new generation of artists is bringing stunning – and occasionally terrifying – 3-D to the ink-stained wretches

Editor's Picks

Brett Kavanaugh's 'Jarring' Supreme Court Remarks Stun Legal Experts

Kavanaugh said Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon was one of the "better" presidential decisions in history.

By Sean O'Driscoll

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Donald Trump Says Legal Case 'Fallen Apart'

"Virtually every Legal Scholar and Expert has stated that there is no Crime," the former president wrote in a post on Truth Social.

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Joe Biden Scores Boost Among Voters Who Hate Him and Donald Trump

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Full List of Colleges Where Students Voted To Cut Ties With Israel

By Matthew Impelli

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Donald Trump Gives Joe Biden a Venue for Debate

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