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Global Literacy 2008

Special summer issue on what you need to know

 
 
BETWEEN THE LINES
Veep in the Middle
STUMPER
The Not-So-Telling Detail
CAPITOL LETTER
The Politics of Heroism
TENDENCIES
Blackout
THE WORLD FROM WASHINGTON
Iran's Great Game
TERROR WATCH
The Secret Agent
 
 

TIP SHEET
Tips for single parents to make summer travel with the kids a breeze. Jane Bryant Quinn on emergency 401(k) withdrawals. Taste testing a sophisticated breed of sloe gin. And our Checklist of what to buy, see and do this week.
 
 
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CONSUMER SAFETY

New safety concerns over Chinese-made fireworks.

MUSIC

What do Madonna, Britney and Gwen have in common? Pharrell Williams.

BY THE NUMBERS

The surprising ways our internal clock affects some of the most important aspects of our lives.

PHARMACOLOGY

How some dedicated scientists and former flower children managed to bring hallucinogenic drug research back to mainstream labs after more than 30 years.

FANS

After a NEWSWEEK writer described her letters to celebrity crushes, readers offered their own confessions.

MIDEAST

Why Israel has agreed to release one of its most reviled prisoners in return for the bodies of two Jewish soldiers.

DAVID ANSEN

In 'Hancock,' Will Smith attempts to deconstruct the superhero genre, to sub-super effect.

ANIMALS

An advocate of the American West's mustangs blasts a proposed government policy to cull the herds.

MEDICINE

According to medical lore, July is the worst time to be hospitalized because that's when inexperienced med students start clinical training. But is summer really riskier for patients?

JUSTICE

Aboard the South Beach 'brothel bus'

POLL

The NEWSWEEK Poll gauges what U.S. citizens know on a broad range of topics, from the price of oil to the works of Shakespeare.

 
A map of America's laws on same-sex marriage
 

Tech and Business

 
SPORTS

Speedo's new and controversial high-tech LZR suit is helping swimmers smash dozens of records. How the company plans to capitalize on Olympic gold.

 
 
MY TURN

My CD store was once a gathering place for neighbors. Now that it's gone, they are, too.

 
The Peek
 
 
SPORTS

Speedo's new and controversial high-tech LZR suit is helping swimmers smash dozens of records. How the company plans to capitalize on Olympic gold.

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AFRICA

These are among the ruling party's weapons against opposition voters. Still, the population clearly didn't cooperate in Friday's vote.

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