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Monday, November 19, 2012

Cheat Sheet - 12 Ways to Beat the Next Natural Disaster

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Today: 12 Ways to Stop the Next Storm , Israel's Fatal Game , Friend: Petraeus Was 'Depressed'
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November 19, 2012
THE BIG ONE

Unless we fix a badly broken system, disasters worse than Sandy loom. In a Newsweek cover story, David Cay Johnston outlines a dozen possible solutions, from the political to the persuasive. Among them: new taxes, a government focus on public-improvement projects, and convincing AT&T and Verizon not to abandon the old copper-wire telephone system—a vital backup. "We need the federal government to adopt and fund a comprehensive infrastructure strategy from transportation and technology to energy and environmental protection," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg tells Newsweek.

STRATEGY

Deadly airstrikes may stop Hamas rocket fire for now, but they will only intensify the group's determination to kill Israelis. Peter Beinart on how Jerusalem can be smarter.

THE GENERAL

Why would such a brilliant man risk it all? In this week's Newsweek, Daniel Klaidman and Gail Sheehy dig into the David Petraeus's rough transition from military to CIA—around the same time the general first struck up a relationship with Paula Broadwell. "He didn't realize how much retirement affected him personally," an old friend says. "He hit a low point ... He was vulnerable." And there may still be more to this story we don't know. "A lot more is going to come out," Broadwell's father tells Newsweek.

SHOWDOWN

The United States is facing a shock of tax hikes and spending cuts that could send the recovery tumbling—and Obama's team has the clear advantage. Newsweek's David Frum on why Republicans will soon to be tied in knots over their pledge to protect wealthy Americans from tax hikes. Plus, three ways they could wriggle out of their bind.

EXTRAORDINARY


Can consciousness exist when the body fails? When neurologist Dr. Eben Alexander announced to the world that it can—and that it had happened to him—critics called him delusional. In a rebuttal, Alexander says they're missing the point. According to Alexander, modern physics is proving the theory that the brain produces consciousness incorrectly. His seven-day odyssey beyond his physical body and brain convinced him that when the filter of the brain is removed, we see the universe clearly, exposing a larger, different conception of the world. Believe it or not.


DEMOCRACY
Obama Praises Aung San Suu Kyi
During trip to Burma.
UNCERTAINTY
Investment Slows Amid 'Cliff' Fears
But markets are hopeful for a deal.
PETRAEUS SCANDAL
Broadwell Regrets Affair Damage
Biographer tells friends she's devastated.
GAZA STRIP
Palestinian Civilian Deaths Mount
Amid Israeli strikes against militants.
TYPICAL
'Twilight' Tops Box Office
Pushes 'Skyfall' to number two.
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