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# December 12, 2016 | Vol. 188 No. 24 December 12, 2016 |  

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December 12th, 2016 | Vol. 188, No. 24 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

BusinessEntertainmentIdeasU.S.WorldOthers

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Artificial Intelligence Invades the Home ... In Toys

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Haters Shall Be Lovers In   _La La Land_ 

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### _Jackie_  Places the First Lady Under a Microscope

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### A Star-Studded Tribute to a Lovable Lensman

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

###   _Hairspray Live!_  Promises Retro Fun With Little Risk

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Cuba Is a Litmus Test for Trump

'Let’s hope for a pragmatic approach'

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Crucial Difference Between Christmas and a Trip to the Store

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Lawyer in _Bush v. Gore_: The 2016 Recount Is a Folly

'Recounts are expensive, time-consuming distractions'

### U.S.

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

### Bringing a Hero Home: A Decade-Long Quest Ends With a Pilot’s Third Burial

A decadelong quest ends with a pilot's third burial at Arlington

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Dies at 90

Castro will be remembered as much if not more as a tragic caudillo

[World](/section/world/)

### How Castro Will Be Trump's First Foreign Policy Test

[World](/section/world/)

### Style Over Substance: Why Fidel Castro's Revolutionary Chic Was a Fraud

[World](/section/world/)

### 8 Questions With Krista Tippett

The host of radio's On Being talks about wisdom, debate, downright disagreement--and coming together when things fall apart

[World](/section/world/)

### Castro's Cuba Is the Only Way of Life Many Have Known

[World](/section/world/)

### Quick Talk With Helen Mirren

The English actor, 71, stars in Collateral Beauty (Dec. 16), a drama about a grieving advertising executive (Will Smith) who is forced to confront his loss in an unusual way.

[World](/section/world/)

### John Legend's Light Shines Even Brighter

[World](/section/world/)

### It's a Mean, Sometimes Sad World-but Reading Can Help

[World](/section/world/)

### Florence Henderson Was Television’s Archetypal Mom

Television's archetypal mom

[World](/section/world/)

### Florence Henderson Was A Wellspring of Comfort

[World](/section/world/)

### Jill Stein's Recounts Are Destructive to Democracy

[World](/section/world/)

### Why the Embattled 'Death Tax' May Not Be Long for This World

[World](/section/world/)

### A New Vision for Business

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (1 Dec 2016)

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Spending Dipped on Black Friday

Although more shoppers hit the mall over Thanksgiving weekend this year than last, they spent about $10 less per person, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF).

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (1 Dec 2016)

### Others

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