February 21, 2014 Issue

In Focus

Syria's Massive Humanitarian Crisis

Residents wait to receive food aid distributed by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the besieged al-Yarmouk camp, south of Damascus on January 31, 2014, in this handout picture made available to Reuters February 26, 2014.
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Downtime
The city game is being dominated by some college teams in the Midwest. What hath Larry Bird wrought?

The Post-Feminist Flash Gordon

She went viral in shoulder pads and a helmet, running over, around and through the boys, and now Sam Gordon is looking forward to a bigger challenge… and fifth grade