Jon Stewart almost quit The Daily Show, Yahoo has a new email, and more

FUTURE OF THE GOP Why Republicans are really scared of Hillary Clinton Newt Gingrich says nobody on the GOP bench could compete with Hillary in 2016. What makes him think she's unstoppable? YAHOO Yahoo's new email: A step in the right direction? The struggling internet company rolls out its first product upgrade under new CEO Marissa Mayer FILM+TV WATCH: The new Man of Steel trailer In our newest glimpse of Superman's return to the big screen, a troubled Clark Kent debates just what kind of man he's going to be FILM+TV Why Jon Stewart almost quit The Daily Show The behind-the-scenes dynamics at the late-night show weren't always as fun as you might think U.S. BUSINESS The stories behind 10 famous product placements Seinfeld's famous Junior Mints scene? It almost featured M&Ms FROM OUR PARTNERS AT POLITICAL WIRE The biggest untold political story of 2012 This year's campaign coverage was a calamitous failure — and almost missed the boat entirely on a critically important story FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE When a president was an action figure In 1909, Teddy Roosevelt embarked on a trip to Africa, and toy-makers rushed to capitalize on his journey SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE The Mormon case for gay marriage NEWSER Panetta downplays Syria chemical weapons fears NEW YORK MAGAZINE The Pope is taking cues from the Dalai Lama now POLITICAL WIRE Sotomayor memoir leaked SALON The war on drugs is a war on human nature 9 animal species named after famous people [Updated] Lady Gaga, Stephen Colbert, and President Obama are just a few of the names lucky enough to receive the biology world's highest compliment         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.