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

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April 28th, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 16 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific

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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/)

### 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/)

### 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/)

### 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/)

### 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

### World

[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/)

### Putin Ups Ante in Ukraine

Can Obama lower the boom with sanctions?

[World](/section/world/)

### Russia's Game in Ukraine

Putin does not want to risk a takeover. But he does want another pliant leader in Kiev

[World](/section/world/)

### Belgium's Lechery Backfire

Outlawing sexist comments made in public will only make women look like victims

[World](/section/world/)

### India Decides


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