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# April 28, 2014 | Vol. 183 No. 16April 28, 2014 |  
Vol. 183 No. 16

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Issue name

April 28th, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 16 | U.S.

Issue date

April 28, 2014

Location

U.S.

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Oliver's Twist

HBO bets on a Daily Show alum to make bad news funny

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Adventure Time's Moving Pictures

One of TV's most emotionally real shows is a cartoon

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Southern Art's Harlem Renaissance

Fear, whimsy and sex link images of the old, weird South

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### #Selfie Absorbed

The Chainsmokers' new song is smarter than it sounds

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Rock With Michael Jackson (Again)

The King of Pop gets a new sound

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 10 Questions with Colin Firth

The Academy Award winner talks about history, the horror of naked co-stars and that wet-shirt Darcy thing

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Cleveland Clinic's New Medicine

At one Ohio hospital, patients get herbs as well as drugs

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Living My Best Herbalife

I had no idea what it was. But I was determined to sell as much of it as I possibly could

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### The Return of Mediscare

In Arkansas, Democrats dust off an old tactic in order to retain control of the U.S. Senate

### U.S.

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

### Barbara Brown Taylor Faces the Darkness

Darkness is often treated as evil, a vast unknown and the Ultimate spiritual enemy. But as one of America's leading theologians believes, it may save us all

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

### The Blindness of Bigotry

A gunman's deadly rampage shows how wrong he was

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

### Should U.S. Colleges Be Graded by the Government?

The President wants to rate colleges to increase competition and cut student-loan debt. The campus backlash has begun

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

### Mercado Of America

Traditional malls in the U.S. are struggling. Developer José de Jesús Legaspi is remaking them to meet the tastes of the new American consumer

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

### The Boston Bombing

A photographer witnesses a terrible day

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Putin Ups Ante in Ukraine

Can Obama lower the boom with sanctions?

[World](/section/world/)

### Shinzo Abe: The Patriot

Japan’s most powerful leader in years aims to reclaim his country’s place on the world stage. That makes many Asians—including some Japanese—uncomfortable

[World](/section/world/)

### World (17 Apr 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Zander Hollander

Sports-trivia guru

[World](/section/world/)

### A New Day in Japan

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (17 Apr 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (17 Apr 2014)


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