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# September 26, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 12 September 26, 2016 |  

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September 26th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 12 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific

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September 26, 2016

Location

Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

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[World](/vault/subject/world/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### What Comes After for-Profit Colleges' 'Lehman Moment'? Possibly an Education Crash

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The New Politics of Late Night

In a wild election with a ripe orange target, comics are ditching balance and taking sides

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The New Curse of _Blair Witch_: It's Barely Scary

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Emmys Struggle for Relevance In the Era of the Stream

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Why We Should Watch Our Internal Clocks

[Health](/section/health/)

### How Outlook and Social Ties Affect the Way You Age

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Global Migration Is a Security and Moral Challenge. Here’s How to Address It

'We need to hold to our values'

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Hillary Clinton's Biggest Stumbles Have Nothing to Do With Her Health

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### In the 2016 Election, Distrust Cuts Both Ways

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### How Sports Can Move Beyond Lip-Service Patriotism

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### How Latinos Drive America's Economic Growth

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### 10 Questions With Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

The Librarian of Congress, who oversees a collection of 162 million pieces, talks about Abraham Lincoln, overdue books and what she's reading right now

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Inside Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s War On Drugs

[World](/section/world/)

### Kim Jong Un Gets the Last Laugh in North Korea

An unyielding North Korea launches its biggest nuclear test yet--and there's little the U.S. alone can do to stop it

[World](/section/world/)

### A Coming Reckoning With North Korea

[World](/section/world/)

### The Upside of Talking to Strangers

[World](/section/world/)

### Lady Gaga Returns to a Changed Mainstream That's Moved On

[World](/section/world/)

### 5 Simple Ways to Cut Down on Food Waste

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (15 Sep 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Can the World Agree on a Plan to Help Refugees?

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (15 Sep 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (15 Sep 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Oliver Stone's Snowden Lacks a Pulse

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (15 Sep 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (15 Sep 2016)

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