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# January 16, 2017 | Vol. 189 No. 3 January 16, 2017 |  

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Vol. 189 No. 3

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January 16th, 2017 | Vol. 189, No. 3 | U.S.

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January 16, 2017

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasU.S.WorldOthers

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

###   _Hidden Figures_  Proves There's Power In Numbers

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Jude Law’s Sexy, Ruthless _Young Pope_ Lusts for Power on HBO

It's a glimpse behind the closed doors of Vatican City

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

###   _A Monster Calls_  Offers a Big, Less-Friendly Giant

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Two Stars That Lived—and Shone—Orbiting Each Other

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Mario on an iPhone? It Works

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Quick Talk With Sigourney Weaver

The actor, 67, plays an austere British grandmother in A Monster Calls, a fantasy drama (see review, right) about a boy who summons an imaginary monster to help him cope with death.

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Botox: The Drug That’s Treating Everything

Forget wrinkles. Botox is now being used to treat migraines, depression, twitching eyes, overactive bladders, sweaty palms and more. Some call it a marvel of medicine; others caution the risks are still unknown. Inside the exploding business and strange science of Botox

[Health](/section/health/)

### The Growing Fight Against Food Fraud

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Unexpected Benefits of Ending Up at the Back of the Pack

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Glenn Beck Talks Donald Trump, Russia and the Realness of Fake News

'I think Russia is clearly an enemy. Perhaps \[Trump\] is playing some grand negotiating scheme I don't understand'

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The U.S. Should Form a Closer Military Alliance with Israel

### U.S.

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

### Democrats Look for an Upside In Obamacare's Repeal

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Vladimir Putin: The Troublemaker

Putin is now Donald Trump's problem

[World](/section/world/)

### Death Reigns On the Streets Of Duterte’s Philippines

[World](/section/world/)

### Milestones (5 Jan 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### The E.U.'s New Digs

[World](/section/world/)

### Your Golden Globes Workout Plan

[World](/section/world/)

### The Ivory Trade Loses Its Biggest Player

[World](/section/world/)

### What You Said About ... (5 Jan 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### This Just In (5 Jan 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### The Politics of Art

[World](/section/world/)

### Helping Workers Switch Off

[World](/section/world/)

### George Michael

Pop icon

[World](/section/world/)

### For the Record (5 Jan 2017)

[World](/section/world/)

### Are Some Years More Important Than Others? (5 Jan 2017)

### Others

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