http://www.newsweek.com:80/content/newsweek/feed/storiesNewsweekhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/declassified/2010/09/08/fbi-keeping-watch-on-quran-burning-threat.html?from=rssThe FBI has begun to collect information relating to a plan by a radical Christian pastor in Florida to stage a public Quran burning on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks this Saturday.Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:12:00 GMTMark Hosenball/content/newsweek/blogs/declassified/2010/09/08/fbi-keeping-watch-on-quran-burning-threathttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/08/does-obama-s-infrastructure-proposal-have-the-right-priorities.html?from=rssPresident Obama wants to address America's deficient infrastructure and create jobs by spending $50 billion on rehabilitation. But would it be spent wisely?Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:30:00 GMTBen Adler/content/newsweek/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/08/does-obama-s-infrastructure-proposal-have-the-right-prioritieshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/08/eat-pray-hate.html?from=rssThe threat to burn Qurans in Florida is a perfect example of the way America’s own Christian Taliban are creating, promoting, and exploiting our national paranoia.Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:15:00 GMTChristopher Dickey/content/newsweek/2010/09/08/eat-pray-hatehttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/declassified/2010/09/08/no-let-up-in-secret-drone-war.html?from=rssThree reported attacks with drone-borne missiles on Wednesday serve as a reminder that an intense secret U.S. air campaign is continuing against alleged terrorist targets in Pakistan's tribal regions.Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMTMark Hosenball/content/newsweek/blogs/declassified/2010/09/08/no-let-up-in-secret-drone-warhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/08/more-americans-pick-debit-over-credit.html?from=rssCredit spending is on the decline as "cautious consumers" prefer to pay now as opposed to pay later, according to a new study released Wednesday.Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:45:00 GMTThe Street/content/newsweek/2010/09/08/more-americans-pick-debit-over-credithttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/08/hillary-rising.html?from=rssThe most powerful woman in American politics has kept her head down for most of the first 18 months of her tenure as secretary of state. She is also by far the most unscathed senior member of a badly battered administration. And the once defeated Democratic candidate may have the most promising political prospects of just about anyone in the administration.Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:44:00 GMTMichael Hirsh/content/newsweek/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/08/hillary-risinghttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/08/conservatives-blame-environmentalists-for-bedbugs.html?from=rssConservatives say that environmentalists are to blame for the recent resurgence in bedbugs, because DDT and other household chemicals are no longer legal for the purpose of eradicating them.Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:00 GMTJerry Adler/content/newsweek/2010/09/08/conservatives-blame-environmentalists-for-bedbugshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/08/green-party-tries-to-dump-its-own-candidates.html?from=rssArizona’s Green Party is asking a judge to kick half of its own candidates off the ballot in the upcoming November elections. It says many of the 11 have actually been recruited by Republicans.Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:30:00 GMTEve Conant/content/newsweek/2010/09/08/green-party-tries-to-dump-its-own-candidateshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/08/urban-explorers-make-the-city-a-playground.html?from=rssFloors wreathed in steam, a maze of pipes glowing red, uncomfortable temperatures, aged graffiti, china bowls, doors the wrong shape and size. This isn’t a grimy version of Wonderland—it’s an abandoned building in New York City, and a favorite playground for young-adult “urban explorers,” who climb through the building’s broken walls and decaying halls as a way to connect with the city.Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMTElizabeth Isaacson/content/newsweek/2010/09/08/urban-explorers-make-the-city-a-playgroundhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/how-india-botched-the-commonwealth-games.html?from=rssThe Commonwealth Games—in which 71 teams from 54 Anglophone nations compete in Olympic-style sports—were meant to showcase the country's emergence onto the global stage. Instead, they are turning into a grand humiliation.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:15:00 GMTSudip Mazumdar/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/how-india-botched-the-commonwealth-gameshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/why-you-never-feel-cured-of-cancer.html?from=rssIt’s been nearly four years since the nice sonogram technician waved her magic wand over my left testicle and said: “Uh-oh.” At least I think that’s what she said. Your brain tends to blank out when you’re in full-on flop-sweat panic.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMTSteve Tuttle/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/why-you-never-feel-cured-of-cancerhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/rahm-emanuel-for-chicago-mayor.html?from=rssRahm Emanuel has never been shy about his ambition to be mayor of Chicago. He told me and a bunch of other people last year that he would run if Rich Daley decided not to seek a seventh term. With Daley now retiring next year, odds are good that Emanuel will run.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:45:00 GMTJonathan Alter/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/rahm-emanuel-for-chicago-mayorhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/declassified/2010/09/07/mystery-surrounding-death-of-u-k-code-breaker-deepens.html?from=rssA statement released by Scotland Yard on Monday and posted on the Web site of the London Metropolitan Police Service reveals more details about the peculiar death of Gareth Williams, a 31-year-old mathematics wizard who worked for Britain's electronic-eavesdropping agency, but sheds no light on possible causes.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:30:00 GMTMark Hosenball/content/newsweek/blogs/declassified/2010/09/07/mystery-surrounding-death-of-u-k-code-breaker-deepenshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/03/friday-caption-contest-peace-talks.html?from=rssAs Obama’s summer of discontent marches into autumn, Hillary Clinton is looking rather pleased with herself. Perhaps she finally found the silver lining to losing the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:30:00 GMTNewsweek/content/newsweek/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/09/03/friday-caption-contest-peace-talkshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/what-we-can-learn-from-curable-cancers.html?from=rssWhat treatable tumors can teach us about improving the odds in the deadliest cases.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:00 GMTSharon Begley/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/what-we-can-learn-from-curable-cancershttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/petraeus-burn-a-koran-day-could-endanger-us-troops.html?from=rssOn September 11, pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., will lead a ceremonial burning of Qurans at his church. Amid protests in Kabul, Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has now said that the book burning will endanger troops.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:30:00 GMTRavi Somaiya/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/petraeus-burn-a-koran-day-could-endanger-us-troopshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/women-face-unique-retirement-insecurities.html?from=rssA majority of U.S. women may be ill prepared for retirement, lacking the financial know-how needed for a secure future.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:00:00 GMTThe Street/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/women-face-unique-retirement-insecuritieshttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/young-adults-invest-conservatively-post-recession.html?from=rssOne byproduct of the recession has been a change in the investing habits of 18- to 34-year-olds, according to a new study by Merrill Lynch. Can you blame a generation whose financial coming-of-age was bookended by the dotcom bubble and the subprime-mortgage meltdown?Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMTNancy Cook/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/young-adults-invest-conservatively-post-recessionhttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/darrell-issa-could-investigate-president-obama.html?from=rssIf Republicans take control of Congress, their chairman of the House oversight committee will be ready to attack the Obama administration, and he is unusually skilled at finding just which stories to push—the ones that will drive a news cycle, or six.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:00:00 GMTTim Fernholz/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/darrell-issa-could-investigate-president-obamahttp://www.newsweek.com:80/2010/09/07/mexico-dresses-up-for-battle.html?from=rssDespite the Mexican government’s high-profile capture last week of American-born kingpin Edgar Valdez “La Barbie” Villarreal, the country’s drug war continues to spiral out of control. A telling sign: ordinary Mexicans, who until now have largely been removed from the carnage, are turning to private security firms for help.Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMTR. M. Schneiderman/content/newsweek/2010/09/07/mexico-dresses-up-for-battle