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- Apple Profit Surges 24% Ahead of Holiday Blowout; CEO Tim Cook Disses Microsoft
- Late-Night Laughs: The 5 Best Comedy Clips of the Week
- In Burma, Another Round of Ethnic Unrest Threatens Fragile Reforms
- Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis and Tony Kushner on the Terrifying Process of Making Lincoln
- Viewpoint: Are Undecided Women Voters Living Up To Age-Old Stereotypes?
- Justin Timberlake Apologizes for ‘Distasteful’ Wedding Video
- Apple’s Phil Schiller on the State of the Mac
- It’s a Small, Creepy World
- Dead Tree Alert: Murphy’s Lawlessness
- The World Series in Pictures
- To Persuade a Listener, Establish Common Ground
- Reading While Eating for Oct. 26: Get Your Vote On
- Why Cheaper Genetic Testing Could Cost Us a Fortune
- Ballot Initiative of the Day: Massachusetts Debates Physician-Assisted Suicide
- How to Tell If Windows 8 Is Succeeding
- Combat: When Do You Go Back?
- Mario Bros. Masterpieces: How Old School Video Games Became Art
- You’re Spoiling the Kids! When Parents Disagree on Spending
- Words We Never Thought We’d Hear: David Stern to Step Down
- Couple Gets Copied on Cruel E-mail Rejecting Them from Hotel
- An Italian Job: Why Silvio Berlusconi Won’t Be Going to Jail Anytime Soon
- Money Talking: How to Decipher the Bipolar Economy
- Best and Worst Months To Be Born If You Want To Be the Boss
- Pinterest for Dudes
- Pictures of the Week: October 19 – 26
- Don’t Really Know
- Bang-Bang
- Cartoons of the Week: October 20–26
- In Ohio, China Is a Potent Campaign Weapon
- Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg Q & A
- Sno-r’easter: Epic Storm Bears Down on Northeastern U.S.
- Mobile Marketing Means Easy Money for Small Businesses
- Affording the “Pacific Pivot”
- Jason Aldean Rides Night Train to Glory As He Tops Country-Heavy Billboard Chart
- Rainshade Redesign: Introducing a Sleeker (and More Functional) Umbrella
- Syria’s Cease-Fire: A Peace Process for Pessimists
- Hurricane Sandy Wreaks Havoc in Caribbean
- Frankenstorm: Why Hurricane Sandy Could Be the Perfect Storm, Part II
- Romney in Ames
- Election Nightmare Scenarios: What Could Happen on Nov. 7?
- Bomb-Sniffing Dog Posthumously Receives Britain’s Highest Honor
- Rape and Abortion: Mourdock’s Inhumane World Exists South of Our Border
- The Cost and Consequences of the U.S. Drought
- Elizabeth Taylor Overtakes Michael Jackson as Top-Earning Dead Celeb
- Romney and Ryan Rally in North Canton
- Swedish House Mafia Pushes Electronic Dance Music to the Max on Until Now
- The Best Times to Buy Clothing
- Watch: Humanlike DARPA Robot Climbs and Leaps from Obstacles with Mad Skills
- What Are the Best Songs for Seduction? The Results Will Surprise You
- Reality Strikes: A Doctor-In-Training Encounters Her First Patient
- Shifting Defense Expenditures in East Asia
- Malala Yousafzai: Pakistan Taliban Victim’s Reunited with Family
- Publishing House Merger Creates ‘Penguin Random House’
- 11 Weirdest Election-Themed Products
- Netflix, Crying Dads and Presidential Debates: Comments of the Week: Oct. 20 – 26
- Friday’s Political Ledes
- First, Kill All the Political Consultants
- You Never Know What’ll Pop Up Next: The Newest Pop-Up Businesses
- The U.S. Economy’s Split Personality
- Nods
- Police Officer Arrested for Allegedly Plotting to Kill, Cook, Eat Women
- Pole Dancing Isn’t Art, Rules New York Court
- Adidas Jumps to Make NBA Star Derrick Rose a Brand
- Why Fertile Women Are More Aloof
- Why Ohio Will Decide the Presidential Election
- Scenes from Inside China’s Prison System
- Cool Germania: Why Berlin Is a Haven of Hip
- Movie Theater Accidentally Shows Paranormal Activity 4 Instead of Madagascar 3
- Do the NHL’s Islanders Belong in New York City?
- Inside Romney World
- Cloud Atlas: The Wachowskis Struggle in the Stratosphere
- Amy Winehouse Play to Open in Denmark
- Chasing Mavericks: Looking For That Big Break
- Lincoln to the Rescue
- Why Athletes Can Handle More Pain
- Airport Worker Charged with Stealing from $96 Million Federal Reserve Shipment
- “Three Minutes Out”
- Giants Pitching Pariah Barry Zito Leads San Francisco to Game One World Series Win
- Caffeine Levels 20% Higher than Touted in Some Energy Drinks
- What Would Lincoln Think About Laws That Deny Felons The Right To Vote?
- Pennsylvania Lawmakers Pull Bill Requiring Women To Prove Rape for Welfare Benefits
- Neocons: No Constituency
- Daniel Day-Lewis: How the Greatest Living Actor Became Lincoln
- Fake Letters Inform Florida Residents They Can’t Vote
- SCRIPT: Romney for President TV Ad, “Un Mejor Camino”
- The 14 Best (Topical) Halloween Costumes of 2012
- Must-Reads from Around the World
- Why an Airline That Travelers Love Is Failing
- Bruce Lee’s Hong Kong Home for Sale for $23 Million
- 6 Reasons Layoffs Are Really Dumb
- The Comeback Kings: Highlights from Week 3 of the Champions League
- Brazilian Woman Auctions Virginity for $780,000
- Thursday’s Political Ledes
- The Poet Laureate of Identity Theft
- Political Pictures of the Week, Oct. 19-25
- Will Idris Elba Be the Next James Bond?
- (Almost) Everyone Loves Solar
- Montenegro By the Mouthful
- 8 Great Pumpkin Beers for Halloween
- If Axl Rose Were To Vote, He’d ‘Lean’ Towards Obama
- Abraham Lincoln
- The Men Behind Lincoln: Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg by Marco Grob
- Ballot Initiative of the Day: Will Recreational Marijuana Get the Green Light in Three States?
- A.L. Confidential
- Paraplegic Man Survives After Being Abandoned for Three Days in the New Mexico Desert
- High and Low: Online Flash Sales Go Beyond Fashion to Survive
- The Clintons in Haiti: Can an Industrial Park Save the Country?
- Reading While Eating for Oct. 25: Send in the Clowns
- What Your Doctor Isn’t Telling You About Your DNA
- Is the 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro Really More Expensive than the Non-Retina Model?
- Mexico’s Drug Lords Ramp Up Their Arsenals with RPGs
- The Cult of the CEO and the Trumpification of the GOP
- Will Ferrell Shills for Old Milwaukee — in Sweden
- Dangerous Tahrir: The Vicious Circles in the Square
- Beyond the BBC: The Jimmy Savile Scandal Grows
- Should Women Basketball Players Shoot On Lower Rims?
- Afghan Dawn
- Steven Spielberg Talks with TIME’s Rick Stengel About Ambition, Compromise and What to Wear While Filming a President
- Did Israel Bomb a Sudanese Ammunition Depot?
- Parents Who Argue over Money Connected to Overspending by Kids
- Gripe? Tip? Let Us Know…
- Parenthood Breaks Our Hearts Real Good
- Muslim Pilgrims Converge on Mecca
- Facebook Finds Friends on Wall Street as Stock Soars 20% on Mobile Gains
- These Are the 25 Worst Passwords of 2012
- Highly Educated Have Biggest Debt Problems
- So You Want More Free Shipping? You Got It
- “A More Hopeful Future for North Korea”?
- ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers
- Tony Kushner on His Lincoln Screenplay, Séances and the Greatest Political Speech of All Time
- Sexy Dinosaurs: The Lure of the Feather
- iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HD, Nook HD and Nexus 7: The Pros and Cons of Each
- Lincoln Portraits: From Frontier Lawyer to War President
- Viewpoint: For-Profit Education is Not Dead Yet
- A Modest Proposal for Defending Japan’s Remote Islands
- A Vibrant Past: Colorizing the Archives of History
- Wednesday Words: Bayonet, NSFW and More
- Obama vs. Romney: Who’s Right on China?
- ObamaCare MIA
- The Aquila Earthquake Verdict: Where the Guilt May Really Lie
- Why Food Nostalgia Is a Necessary Crutch
- Why Parenting Is More Important Than Schools
- Felix Baumgartner: The Austrian Daredevil on His World-Record Jump, Fear and Not Saying Goodbye
- Study Supports Sex Addiction as a Diagnosis-Worthy Disorder
- Are We Getting the Economic Recovery We Deserve?
- Coming Soon: The First Horror Movie Filmed in Antarctica
- With War Ending, When Should We Look for a Peace Dividend?
- Artist, Yes, Dancer, No: Ai Weiwei Does Gangnam Style
- Reading While Eating for Oct. 24: An Apple A Day
- Wednesday’s Political Ledes
- And the Most Popular 2012 Movie-Inspired Halloween Costumes Are…
- Morning Must Reads: Surprise
- Zynga’s P.R. Trick: Announce Bad News During Apple’s iPad Launch Event
- TIME Interviews Steven Spielberg
- Are Energy Drinks Fatally Caffeinated?
- Scientific Illiteracy: Why The Italian Earthquake Verdict is Even Worse Than it Seems
- The New Yorker’s Endorsement of Obama (in 500 Words or Less)
- Psy on Reddit: Inspired by Freddie Mercury, Wants to Meet Tom Cruise
- Reward: $50,000 for an Effective Way to Block Robocalls
- Pricing Guide: iPad Mini, iPad 2 and iPad with Retina Display
- Dear Ann Coulter: Special Olympian Pens Open Letter to Pundit over Use of R-Word
- Ballot Initiative of the Day: Will Maryland Veto Its Own DREAM Act?
- Marksmanship, NoKo Style
- Penelope and Monica Cruz to Launch Lingerie Line with Agent Provocateur
- Dancing with the Stars Watch: The Stars Go Gangnam Style
- It’s Not TV. It’s Not HBO. It’s Streaming. But Is It Worth It?
- Popularity and Pay: Was Willy Loman Right About Being Well-Liked?
- How Saving for Retirement Might Backfire
- Argo Anger: We Helped Americans in Iran Too, Say British Diplomats
- Queen of England Seeks Maid
- Street View and Beyond: Google’s Influence on Photography
- Girls on Film: How Innocent Pictures Feed the Internet Porn Machine
- TIME Poll: Obama Leads by 5 in Ohio
- Kinder, Gentler War
- The Latest View from One Prudential Plaza: Why the Obama Campaign Is (Still) So Confident About Beating Romney
- Always at the End
- WATCH: World’s Thinnest House Opens in Poland
- Five Smartphone Apps That Promote Smoking
- How Layaway Is Starting to Resemble the Lottery
- Meet CHARLI-2, The Robot That Can Dance to ‘Gangnam Style’
- How Facebook Got Its Groove Back
- The Qatar Conundrum: The Emirate That Arms Syria’s Rebels Also Embraces Hamas
- Man Who Robbed Drunk Swede Lying on Train Tracks Sentenced for Theft
- Changing Faces: Stimulating the Brain Morphs People’s Faces Before Patient’s Eyes
- Must-Reads from Around the World
- Brazilian Man Appears at Own Funeral
- Russia Considers Printing Photos of Deadbeat Dads on Pizza Boxes
- LISTEN: Beluga Whale Mimics Human Sounds
- Why Twilight Won’t End With Breaking Dawn (Even Though It Should)
- Clint Eastwood Gets a Second Chance: Actor Stars in New Pro-Romney Ad
- TIME Explains: The Red Line on Iran
- Taylor Swift’s Red is Danceable, Dreamy—and Mature
- Night Time on the Flight Line
- Donald Trump’s ‘Big’ Announcement About Obama
- SCRIPT: American Crossroads TV Ad, “At Stake”
- What the Numbers Say About the Giants-Tigers World Series
- Woman Faked Ku Klux Klan Attack, Police Say
- Breakfast Like Bilbo: Denny’s Launches a Middle Earth-Inspired Menu
- How to Find and Recruit Talent without Spending a Fortune
- The Trouble with My Daughter’s DNA
- What to Expect If You Take a Bad Job
- What I Covet: Diego Dolcini’s Shoulder Bag
- Damn Yankees: Is Texas Losing Its Twang?
- SCRIPT: Obama for America TV Ad, “He’s Got It Right”
- Laurent Chéhère’s Flying Houses
- For Bali’s Horse-Cart Drivers, an Uncertain Future
- Cat Discovers 2,000-Year-Old Roman Ruins
- Fallout Continues from Richard Mourdock’s “Gift from God” Rape Comment
- The Picasso of Procurement
- Viewpoint: American Exceptionalism Has Become Exceptionally Stale
- The View from One Prudential Plaza (Cont.)
- U.S. Panel Warns Hormone Replacement Therapy Is Too Risky
- SCRIPT: Priorities USA Action TV Ad, “Same Promises”
- Debate Watch: Bringing a Bayonet to a Knife Fight
- Why Climate Change Has Become the Missing Issue in the Presidential Campaign
- The Closer
- SCRIPT: Romney for President TV Ad, “Highest Responsibility”
- No-Brainer: ‘Brainteaser’ Job Interview Questions Don’t Work
- Can Chickpeas and Lentils Help Control Diabetes?
- 4 Ways You Pay Too Much–and What to Do About It
- Google+ Hangout: Debating the Debate with TIME's Politics Team
- Company Says It Can Make Fuel out of Thin Air
- Viva Tony Bennett: The Singer on His New Duets Album, Taking Lady Gaga’s Call and His Dream Collaborator
- War Birds
- Grownups in Costumes: Have Adults Ruined Halloween?
- Apple Announces iPad Mini for $329 and Fourth-Generation iPad
- Arby’s Employee Fired After Fleeing Armed Robbery
- Exclusive Video: The Making of Cloud Atlas
- WATCH: Pedestrian Stops Car Chase With Body, Then Walks Away
- After Two Decades, a Chinese Kidnapping Victim Is Reunited with His Family
- Watch: What BioShock Infinite‘s New Trailer Tells Us About the Game
- Reading While Eating for Oct. 23: The Morning After
- SCRIPT: Obama for America TV Ad, “Determination”
- Schizophrenic Man Set to Be Executed in Florida after 35 Years on Death Row
- SCRIPT: Romney for President TV Ad, “The Clear Path”
- Exercise Trumps Brain Games in Keeping Our Minds Intact
- Boca Breakdown
- Debate Finale: Romney Agrees with Obama, Says Give Peace a Chance
- A Look Inside 23andMe’s Genetic Testing Lab
- Marissa Mayer’s Wall Street Debut Sends Yahoo! Stock Surging
- Behold, the Human-Powered Helicopter
- Is the U.S. Waging a War on Savers?
- WATCH: Gangnam Style, Halloween House Edition
- China and India’s Clash on the Roof of the World
- Apple Revamps Mac Mini Line
- Dancing with the Stars Watch: Guilty Pleasures and Cheerleading
- A Horse, a Bayonet and a Game of Battleship
- PHOTOS: Dogs in Halloween Costumes
- SCRIPT: Romney for President TV Ad, “Apology Tour”
- Drones: A Non-Issue in U.S. Presidential Debate Riles Pakistan
- Must-Reads from Around the World
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