Frankenstorm: What we know about Hurricane Sandy

NATURAL DISASTERS Frankenstorm: What we know about Hurricane Sandy The storm churning toward the Northeast could clash with wintry blasts from the West and Canada to create a "perfect storm." How bad could it get? 2012 PRESIDENTIAL RACE Why Obama and Romney aren't talking about climate change The two presidential candidates agree that the world is getting hotter and that human activity is partly to blame, though you wouldn't know it from the 2012 race THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN Lena Dunham's 'your first time' Obama ad: Too racy? President Obama's campaign puts out an ad with the young HBO star implicitly comparing voting to sex. Obama critics aren't amused THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN John Sununu's explosive claim that Colin Powell endorsed Obama because he's black: The fallout? One of Mitt Romney's top surrogates quickly backtracks, but will his suggestion that race, not policies, drove Powell's decision prove costly? MICROSOFT D.B. Grady: The amazing triumph of Windows 8 Eat your heart out, Apple: Windows 8 is a vision of computing that is not only thoroughly re-imagined, but in many ways superior to anything else out there AMAZON'S EMPIRE How long can Amazon go without making money? The online retailer posts a loss for the third quarter, but investors are utterly unfazed by the company's consistently poor earnings FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE Why it's time to repeal the gun laws that allow people to shoot intruders A tragic killing in Montana proves once again that these laws do more to encourage violence than to prevent it, says Emily Bazelon at Slate SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE The case for not voting NEWSER Even moderate boozing bad for the brain NEW YORK MAGAZINE Weather experts swear they are not overhyping the 'once in a lifetime' Frankenstorm THE FRISKY Tina Fey takes on "legitimate" rape SALON Ten weirdest things Todd Akin has said The week's best photojournalism In some of the week's most arresting images, baboons surprise tourists, clowns convene, and Obama supporters get all up-close-and-personal         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.