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October 29, 2012 | | HERE SHE COMES From Virginia to Massachusetts, towns and cities along the East Coast of the United States stood poised for Hurricane Sandy on Monday. The monster storm was predicted to send a surge of water rushing up America’s shores, causing a likelihood of flash floods and power outages. Four hundred thousand people have been ordered out of their homes in Manhattan, where subways and the Stock Exchange were closed as the storm loomed more than 400 miles off the city Monday. “It could be bad,” U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Steven Rattior told reporters Monday, “or it could be devastation.” See live updates, photos, and more.
HOMESTRETCH The polls are tightening, and Mitt Romney would have you believe the momentum is all his. What’s a president to do? In this week’s Newsweek cover story, Michael Tomasky doles out some advice: It’s time for President Obama to show us—really show us—how much he wants another four years. That means dropping his “jazz-cool facade,” rolling up his sleeves, and laying out a second-term agenda “to let voters know he has business he considers unfinished.” Plus, four key tasks for the campaign week ahead. WOMEN IN THE WORLD A decade ago, Susana Trimarco’s 23-year-old daughter vanished from Argentina without a trace. What Susana uncovered in her 10-year search has blown open her country’s illegal sex trade, exposed corruption within the police and government, and helped to make sex trafficking a federal crime in Argentina. But Susana still hasn’t found her daughter. Now, as 13 men and women are on trial for Marita’s disappearance, her mother talks to Newsweek’s Scott Johnson about the fight for her hija. HEALTH New studies are proving what we've long suspected: our brains are wired to crave the foods that are worst for us. So is obesity just a symptom of an addiction? In Newsweek, Lauren Beil reports on the new theory that has scientists looking at french fries in a whole new light. Some research shows, for example, that the brain lights up at fatty foods the same way it does from a hit of a drug. And if the hypothesis bears out, junk food may end up relegated to the same pariah status as cigarettes and alcohol. 007 The British superspy is back in Skyfall, which hits theaters on Nov. 9. And historian Simon Schama think the suave hero is cooler than ever. Bond is keeping up with the times, Schama writes. Gone are the days of Cold War espionage; cybersecurity is in. "Daniel Craig and his directors have aimed for something leaner, meaner, darker, and harder—though the blade edge of wit without which Bond wouldn't be Bond is still there." Plus, a look back at Bond’s sexiest moments. | | 
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