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Bacon: Donald Erickson–Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 29, 2015 10:59 AM UTC [Red Meat, Hot Dogs and the War on Delicious](http://time.com/4092378/red-meat-hot-dogs-and-the-war-on-delicious/) A new report linking meat with cancer raises questions about America’s–and the world’s–eating habits [A GOP Identity Crisis Eases the Path for Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4092349/gop-identity-crisis-eases-path-for-hillary-clinton/) But she will need a backbone [The E.U. 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