COVER

EDITOR'S DESK

COMMENTARY

The End of the Road

There's no one quite like Newt Gingrich. But it's time for him to get out of the GOP race

Why You're Not in the Mood (The Curious Capitalist)

In emotional economics, how we feel can predict how we deal with the markets

FEATURES

The Warlord vs. the Hipsters (World)

How a group of American filmmakers and 100 special-operations troops are pursuing Africa's most-wanted war criminal

Top Chef (Profile)

How 34-year-old Danish chef René Redzepi came to lead the latest revolution in European cuisine

SPECIAL SECTION

Exercising Your DNA (Fitness)

You are stuck with the genes you've got--but it turns out you can change the way they behave with a good workout

A Pan for All Seasons (Food)

It's heavy and durable--a link to our culinary past. Why cast iron is making a kitchen comeback

THE CULTURE

10 Questions for Peter Goodwin (10 Questions)

The doctor who pushed for Oregon's right-to-die law, Peter Goodwin, on brain disease and facing the hereafter

Running like a Girl (The Awesome Column)

Campaign secrets I learned from Emily's List, which offers boot camp for women candidates

Bench Bracket (Sports)

Low graduation rates will drop schools out of March Madness

BRIEFING

Hunting the Higgs (Science)

Physicists may soon nab the most elusive particle of all

Crude Awakening (Economy)

New supplies of oil mean the U.S. is inching toward energy independence

No Easy Way Out (White House Memo)

Obama wrestles with a withdrawal from Afghanistan