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# July 21, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 3 July 21, 2014 |  

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Vol. 184 No. 3

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Issue name

July 21st, 2014 | Vol. 184, No. 3 | U.S.

Issue date

July 21, 2014

Location

U.S.

Related categories

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

[Technology](/vault/subject/technology/)

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

[Crime](/vault/subject/crime/)

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasScienceU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### World War Zero: How Hackers Fight to Steal Your Secrets

The Internet is a battlefield, the prize is your information, and bugs are the weapons

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Jack Antonoff’s Music Therapy

The Fun front man is back with a new act, Bleachers

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Camera Adds 12 Years

Richard Linklater’s "Boyhood" watches actors age for over a decade

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Meet the Women Behind _Masters of Sex_

The writers manage to put science first—and still feel radical

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Must-Read TV: Subtitles Aren’t Just for Foreign Films Anymore

From "Switched at Birth" to "Game of Thrones," TV’s not afraid of losing you in translation

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Ape-ocalypse Now in _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_

Andy Serkis and his simian army face a crimson-red "Dawn"

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Eduard Shevardnadze

Diplomat, reformer

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Walter Dean Myers

Voice for youth

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Wall Street's Values Are Strangling American Business

When finance calls the shots, we all lose

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Students vs. the Unions

New York City’s mayor handed teachers a big win. Struggling students will be the losers

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### 10 Questions With 3 Space Station Astronauts

In a chat from orbit, talking World Cup, U.S.-Russia relations and pizza

### U.S.

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

### Washington State’s Pot Paradox

Marijuana is legal in Washington. But that doesn’t mean it won’t land you in jail

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Going to Extremes in Gaza

Israel and Hamas face off, driven by radicals on both sides

[World](/section/world/)

### The Culture (10 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Sia's Soul-Baring 1000 Forms of Fear

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (10 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### World (10 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (10 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (10 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### The Cancer Tests You Need

Cutting through confusion on what screenings to get--and when

[World](/section/world/)

### Boxed In at the Border

A child-refugee crisis becomes a political test for the President

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (10 Jul 2014)

### Others

[Self Helpless: Why Do We Keep Searching for the Perfect Advice Book?](/2972313/flat-abs-organized-closets-and-the-self-help-book/)


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