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Baby, It's Cold Outside

Why Obama's job will be even harder than he thought


 
 
POWERING UP
Why Was AIDS Relief Chief Let Go?
CHECKPOINT BAGHDAD
What to Watch for In Saturday's Elections
CAPITOL LETTER
A Risky Strategy
THE WORLD FROM WASHINGTON
The Party Of Goldwater?
 
 
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JUSTICE

The latest law-enforcement tools to battle a rising tide.

JUSTICE

In a tony Chicago suburb, a fatal encounter with heroin.

Q&A

The former Yankees manager talks about his old team, A-Rod and why he stands behind everything in his new book.

FOOD

A butcher helps lead a new carnivore movement

INTERNATIONAL

Iraq's voters will come out in force for Saturday's elections, armed with knowledge, says deputy prime minister.

TECHNOLOGY

According to author Jeff Jarvis, taking a page out of the company's playbook could put the economy back on track.

ENERGY

Although Russia recently ended its shutdown of the natural-gas pipeline that runs through Ukraine to Europe, the seeds for a new dispute are already being sown.

Books

The novelist will be praised, but Updike's nonfiction ruled

WOMEN'S HEALTH

A slick new promotional campaign reminds women in their 20s and 30s that their biological clocks are ticking.

NORTH KOREA

Why North Korea could become one of Obama's most vexing foreign-policy challenges.

HEALTH
Abortion opponents trek past the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, during the annual March for Life.

Now that the political climate has changed, will those dedicated to eradicating abortion embrace abortion-reduction strategies instead?

BEYOND WORDS

NEWSWEEK asked readers to write letters to their grandchildren describing their feelings on Jan. 20, 2009. A selection of those reflections.

 
TAKING OVER

Winning is half the battle. A history of bumpy transitions.

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MY TURN

I'm proud of my mom, the local celebrity. But I had to figure out how to be more than just her daughter.

 
The Peek
 
 
MEDIA

Just a year after buying The Wall Street Journal, the press rapscallion has revitalized the fusty paper.

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