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Newsweek Searches for Obama Mamas

Mag is anticipating Election Night-inspired baby boom

Gawker Gawker Nov 12, 08 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Did you find yourself roused to more than tears of joy at Barack Obama's historic victory Election Night? If so, Newsweek wants you. One of the mag’s reporters submitted a query to Help A Reporter Out, reports Gawker, looking for sources who “made love in the name of Obama”  to share their titillating tale for "a funny piece about the potential for an Obama baby boom." More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • sex • president • Gawker • Newsweek

ANALYSIS

 What's Up With the Prez Polls? 

Expert explains why some surveys give Obama a double-digit lead

CQPolitics CQPolitics Jun 29, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Voter polls on John McCain and Barack Obama are all over the map: Gallup has them neck-and-neck, while LA Times /Bloomberg and Newsweek say Obama leads by up to 15 points. What gives? One expert says the latter polls relied too heavily on Democrats. "We know that the best predictor of how someone is going to vote is their party ID," Pew Research editor Richard Morin tells CQPolitics. More »

Obama Grabs 15-Point Lead Over McCain: Poll

Youth vote gives hopeful long-awaited bump

Newsweek Newsweek Jun 20, 08 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Breaking out of a tight race, Barack Obama registered a 51% to 36% lead over John McCain in the newest Newsweek nationwide poll, released today. Obama's bounce, expected after Hillary Clinton conceded him the Democratic nomination, comes courtesy of younger voters, who prefer him by 66% to 27%. Among registered voters age 40 and up, the two hopefuls are in a statistical dead heat. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • poll • presidential election • Newsweek

 The Nation's Best High Schools 

Newsweek's new criteria value APs over grades

Newsweek Newsweek May 20, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rather than GPAs or graduation rates, new research suggests, participation in AP and IB programs is the best indicator of academic success in college, even if the student does not do well in the advanced classes. In light of that, Newsweek presents the nation’s 100 best public high schools, measured by dividing the number of AP tests students take by the number of graduating seniors. More »

More about:  list • high school • school • Newsweek • college preparation

Rove Joins Newsweek to 'Stir the Pot'

Conservative Karl
and liberal rival to pen 'provocative' columns

Politico Politico Nov 16, 07 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Only a few months after leaving the White House, former President Bush operative Karl Rove has found a new gig as a Newsweek columnist.  Rove's addition to Newsweek comes just days after the magazine hired popular liberal political blogger Markos Moulitsas of the internet's Daily Kos who, like Rove, will write opinion for both print and online editions of the news magazine, Politico reports. More »

More about:  White House • Karl Rove • blogger • blogosphere • Newsweek • Markos Moulitsas

Mesmerizing Harry Potter Sweeps into Movie Theaters

Order of the Phoenix casts a spell on critics—well, most of them, anyway

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes Jul 10, 07 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Holy Quidditch! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix flies onto the silver screen tomorrow just two weeks before the ballyhooed release of the final book of the wizard saga. It seems to have cast a spell on critics, like Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who says it will "keep you riveted" with a "pulse-quickening urgency." More »

More about:  movie • film • movie review • New York Times • Harry Potter • theater • Rolling Stone • movie theaters • Newsweek • David Ansen

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