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# February 6, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 4February 6, 2017 |  

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Vol. 189 No. 4

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Issue name

February 6th, 2017 | Vol. 189, No. 4 | U.S.

Issue date

February 6, 2017

Location

U.S.

Related categories

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[Politics](/vault/subject/politics/)

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[North America](/vault/subject/north-america/)

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsPress RoomSportsWorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How a Bogeyman Drove Two 12-Year-Olds to Attempt Murder

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Adam Lambert

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Mary Tyler Moore

Television icon

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _A Dog's Purpose_ Is More Than the Sum of Its Scandals

The best thing about the controversial film are the two humans who show up near the end

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: In _I Am Michael_, James Franco Maps a Painful Betrayal

James Franco and Zachary Quinto play lovers who hit the rocks

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### What Happens When Doctors Only Take Cash

Fixed-price clinics offer a glimpse at the post-Obamacare world

[Health](/section/health/)

### The Case Against ‘Whole Wheat’ and 'Whole Grain' Bread

Five critical things to know about that "healthy" staple

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Karen Finley: Donald Trump Owes All of His Wealth to Arts and Culture

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How the Abortion Debate Rocked Progressivism

Absolutism on the issue could make or break the Democratic Party

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Perhaps the Largest Protest in U.S. History Was Brought to You by Trump

Perhaps the largest protest in U.S. history was brought to you by President Donald Trump

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Ideological Challenge at the Core of Donald Trump's Radical Presidency

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### How President Trump Is Trampling Precedent

### Press Room

[Press Room](/section/press-room/)

### A Note to Our Readers

### Sports

[Sports](/section/sports/)

### My Son Doesn't Care About the Super Bowl. So I Brought In a Ringer

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Britain's Theresa May Is All-In on Brexit With Lousy Cards

[World](/section/world/)

### How China Is Remaking the Global Film Industry

A movie-crazy China is remaking the global film industry in its image

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (26 Jan 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (26 Jan 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### How Lawsuits Help Democracy

[World](/section/world/)

### Atlanta's Patriot Way

[World](/section/world/)

### A Laser That Prevents Bike Accidents

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (26 Jan 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Will Turkey Vote to Give Erdogan Even More Power?

[World](/section/world/)

### Adama Barrow

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (26 Jan 2017)

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