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# February 16, 2015 | Vol. 185 No. 5 February 16, 2015 |  

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Issue name

February 16th, 2015 | Vol. 185, No. 5 | U.S.

Issue date

February 16, 2015

Location

U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsSportsU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### In The Latest Issue (5 Feb 2015)

[Business](/section/business/)

### Marissa Mayer’s Trouble in Turnaround Town

What’s next for Yahoo’s much-watched leader 

[Business](/section/business/)

### The Rise of Pop Chefs

Tiny, temporary restaurants are a model with staying power 

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How Do You Solve a Problem Like Christian Grey?

The movie <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> set out to craft a modern romance from a novel of sex, violence and domination

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Acquired Taste of _Fresh Off the Boat_

Eddie Huang readies viewers, and himself, for the sitcom version of his life 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### In Search of the Real Nicki Minaj

The rapper auditions a surprising new character: herself 

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### A Nation of Mini Meditators

Mindfulness exercises are helping kids get an edge in the classroom 

[Health](/section/health/)

### Medicine's New Crowdfunding Model

As U.S. spending on medical research lags, a new source of money has arrived 

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### I Gave My 5-Year-Old a Cell Phone

And it turns out he understands gadget moderation better than I do 

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Republicans' Immune Deficiency

Why a measles vaccine has presidential wannabes talking in code 

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### See Republicans' Many 2016 Contenders

Behind the dizzying spectacle of the GOP's crowded presidential field 

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### Serena Williams: I'm Going Back to Indian Wells

The tennis star writes exclusively in TIME about her decision to return to a tournament that has haunted her

### U.S.

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

### Starbucks For America

Howard Schultz is transforming his company. Changing the country is going to be harder 

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

### Leaving Standardized Testing Behind

The backlash against standardized tests has left lawmakers searching for ways to keep parents happy yet still hold schools, and students, accountable 

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### The Battle for Nigeria

Whoever wins February’s presidential election in Africa’s most populous country will face a daunting battle against an increasingly confident Islamist insurgency 

[World](/section/world/)

### The Culture (5 Feb 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (5 Feb 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (5 Feb 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### World (5 Feb 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (5 Feb 2015)

[World](/section/world/)

### Carl Djerassi

A creator of the birth control pill

[World](/section/world/)

### Tom Brady and Bill Belichick

Fourth Super Bowl

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (5 Feb 2015)


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