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# October 31, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 18 October 31, 2016 |  

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Issue name

October 31st, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 18 | U.S.

Issue date

October 31, 2016

Location

U.S.

Related categories

[Society](/vault/subject/society/)

[Gender](/vault/subject/gender/)

[Media](/vault/subject/media/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasScienceU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Why Fitness Trackers Aren't Making Us Healthier

[Business](/section/business/)

### A Data Breach You Can Smell

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The   _Joneses_  Tries to Shake Up the 'Hood

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

###   _Moonlight_  Enchants by Revealing Itself In a Thousand Facets

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Laurie's New Healing Sleuth Takes a Dubious   _Chance_ 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Even Headstrong Generals Must Answer to Someone

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Pop Chart (21 Oct 2016)

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Hidden Truth In Every Ghost Story

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### This Land Is Our Land

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Gretchen Carlson's Next Fight

The former Fox News star is taking on sexual harassment. And she likes to win.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Teeny Tiny Fine Print That Can Allow Sexual Harassment Claims to Go Unheard

How arbitration clauses can keep women from taking their cases to court

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Social Cost of Solitary Confinement

These conditions aren't bad just for prisoners. They're bad for everyone

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### This Just In (21 Oct 2016)

### U.S.

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

### Beware the Toxic Sequel to Donald Trump's Flailing Presidential Campaign

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

### This Is the Most Enlightening Election In More Than a Century and Here's Why

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

### How Trump Plans to Win-Even If He Loses the Election

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

### What Hillary Clinton's Insiders Know That Voters Don't-Yet

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

### What You Said About ... (21 Oct 2016)

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Between Two Worlds: Libya Has Devolved Into a Brutal Marketplace of Human Lives

In the absence of a government, Libya has devolved into a brutal marketplace of human lives

[World](/section/world/)

### Monumental Offenses

After months of protests and court battles, Russia unveiled on Oct. 14 the country's first monument to Ivan the Terrible, a 16th century tyrant responsible for thousands of murders. Here, three other controversial public sculptures.

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (21 Oct 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### The Fighters In the Battle for Mosul

The long-awaited attack on the ISIS-held city of Mosul brings together a motley coalition of Iraqi military forces numbering roughly 80,000\. The attack force reflects both Iraq's diversity and its divisions. Here's a rundown of the major players.

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (21 Oct 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Bhumibol Adulyadej

King of Thailand

### Others

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[The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016](/4532104/most-influential-teens-2016/)

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