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July 18, 2014 Issue

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Boko Haram: Terror's Insidious New Face

As Nigeria, Africa's wealthiest country, implodes, Boko Haram's infamy and outrages seem to grow by the day

WW3: War and Peace in the Age of the Smartphone

The good news is that a cataclysmic World War III is highly unlikely. The bad is that a series of smaller global conflicts may never end.

How to Steal a Billion

Art detectives work almost blind, in the murky, unregulated waters of the multi-billion dollar trade

Dixie Turns Blue

As minorities head to the South, the Republican grip on politics is under threat

In Focus

NIMBY Fireworks

Murrieta, California—Police arrest a woman protesting the protesters who’d gathered to oppose the U.S. Border Patrol’s plan to bus undocumented migrants, mostly women and children, to Murrieta’s Border Patrol Station on July 4 for processing.

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Periscope

Mother of Libya's Revolution Murdered

Salwa Bugaighis fought for a better future for Libya. Last week she was killed in her home

Give War a Chance

Japan rethinks its pacifist constitution, alarming its neighbors

Allegations of Child Abuse Involving Politicians Go Right to the Heart of the British Establishment

Child abuse charges of politicians and their hiding by the establishment are the subject of a police investigation and government inquiry

Not Your Grandfather's Jihad

A recent string of victories and a slick online presence appeal to a new generation of extremists

After Nearly Two Decades, Bosnia's Dead Are Coming Home

Pioneering DNA work means those who died on the death marches from Srebrenica can be identified and given a proper burial

You're Half the Person You Used to Be

The Great Recession has halved the typical American family's wealth—and it could get worse

Bad to the Last Drop

A relentless drought is forcing Las Vegas to take extreme measures

Soccer Is on a Roll in America but Not Everyone Is Happy

The USA's success in Brazil has incensed some conservatives and now America could be asked to host the 2022 World Cup

Horizons

How to Grow a Tooth or Look Through a Dog's Eye

The summer exhibition of the latest in cutting-edge science, held in the oldest academy on the planet, has the answers

Show a Little Heart

Cardiac pacemakers will soon be as tiny as a grain of rice

Is This the Death of the Mass Brand?

The arrival of Amazon's smartphone is but another indicator that customers no longer want to be mass consumers

And the Brand Played Out

Mass individualism is making life tough for consumer product giants

Release the Robot Hounds!

Israel, the U.S. and the U.K. are all launching drones to help fight their ground wars

Is the U.S. Fracking Boom a Bubble?

The US shale revolution has been a welcome respite, but some argue it may not be all that beneficial in the long run

Cut the Baby in Two

Parental alienation syndrome isn't in the DSM yet, but it's in plenty of arguments

Downtime

The Secret Muse of Gabriel García Márquez

Revealed: the woman whose beauty inspired one of Márquez's most poignant love stories

Pro-Russian Georgians Dress in Drag to Try to Defeat the West

In the former Soviet republic of Georgia, protesters supposedly pushing for LGBT rights actually had a very different agenda

'Shakespeare Was Right... Richard III Was a Child Murderer'

The murder of the princes in the tower has been solved. The author of a new book on the Tudors says the hunch-backed king had both the means and the motive

The Anti-Fascist Novelist

Alan Furst has found a modern audience writing about the war that shaped our world

Aussie Truffles Knock the French Varieties Off the Top Spot

Forget Périgord and Umbria. The rare and exotic truffles of Italy and France are facing new competition from Australia and England.

The Brit Wits of 'Men in Blazers' Make a Love of the World Cup Contagious

Wodehouse meets "Wayne's World" as the unlikely Brit wits of "Men in Blazers" increase our love of soccer and improve our vocabulary

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