Newsweek reporters were granted extraordinary access to the Democrat and Republican presidential campaigns on condition of confidentiality until the battle was done. In this extract from A Long Time Coming , Evan Thomas and his team reveal how stress ...

9 Jan 2009

Bob Puccini, a San Francisco-based restaurant designer who works on projects around the world, always makes time to get to know the street culture of the places he's visiting. Often, that requires deviating from the Town Car circuit, he says, and ...

9 Jan 2009

Remember the first episode of " M*A*S*H "? You know, when the 4077th holds a raffle to send Korean houseboy Ho Jon to Hawkeye's alma mater? Of course you don't, and if it weren't for the Internet, neither would we. That's because when it comes to ...

9 Jan 2009

Late Wednesday I was watching an episode of "The X-Files," about a "human bat." The creepiness factor was off the charts but I was unaffected, having watched so many horror movies over the years that I no longer jump when the cat leaps out ...

9 Jan 2009

Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. There is no way Wall Street was going to let a new President preside over sweeping changes in the financial industry without making its ...

9 Jan 2009

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama has banned corporations and big donors from funding his Jan. 20 inauguration. But 90% of donations received so far have been raised by well-heeled fund-raisers, including Wall Street executives whose ...

9 Jan 2009