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# August 18, 2014 | Vol. 184 No. 6 August 18, 2014 |  

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Twitch.tv, the New Frontier of Online Video

The streaming service for gamers could be facing a billion-dollar acquisition by Google

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Spoon Stirs Up New Album _They Want My Soul_

The band’s first album in four years drops Aug. 5

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Guardians of the Galaxy_: A Bratty _Star Wars_

No marvels in this quintet’s mythology

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Review: _In the Kingdom of Ice_ Brings Cold Comfort

Hampton Sides recounts a forgotten tragedy of American arctic exploration

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### 10 Questions With Maggie Gyllenhaal

The actor on how to be human, her issue with Obama and why she won’t talk about the Middle East

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Manopause?! Aging, Insecurity and the $2 Billion Testosterone Industry

These drugs promise to pump up men who feel deflated. But are they safe?

[Health](/section/health/)

### In The Latest Issue (31 Jul 2014)

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Double Dipping for America

Why do some political donors give equally to both candidates?

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Begging for Impeachment

To improve its standing with voters, the White House tries to drum up some trouble for itself

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### This Election Season, Revenge of the Thirds

Extra-party politicians heat up the race for 2014

### U.S.

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

### How Kentucky Got Obamacare Right

In the deep-red, Bluegrass state, the Affordable Care Act is an unlikely hit. Just don’t call it by that name

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

### Honduras’s Desperate Voyagers

Children are leaving by the thousands and heading north. Fear of gangs and the promise of prosperity have created a refugee crisis for Barack Obama

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

### Cracking the Girl Code: How to End the Tech Gender Gap

Engineering giants bet on summer camps to inspire more female engineers 

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

### Big Data Tries to Shrink the Prison Population

Risk-assessment programs aim to make sentencing more efficient—but can they deliver equal justice?

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Big Mergers Are Bad for Consumers

When big companies merge, it’s good for the bankers — but not so good for the rest of us

[World](/section/world/)

### The Culture (31 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### A Clippers Sale

NBA team is good to go

[World](/section/world/)

### Pop Chart (31 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (31 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### Ebola Doctors

In a risky fight

[World](/section/world/)

### Briefing (31 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### World (31 Jul 2014)

[World](/section/world/)

### That Old-Time Medicine

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (31 Jul 2014)

### Others

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