On the Ground in Iowa
With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton neck and neck among Democrats in Iowa, the race has moved into its final, heated stage. Richard Wolffe spent last week in the state, traveling with videographer Lee Wang. Check back later this week for their series, featuring interviews with campaign staff, the view from Iowa caucus voters--and even highlights from a musical about Iowa's quadrennial political ritual.

With a Month to Go …
In the new newsweek Poll, Mike Huckabee leads Mitt Romney among likely caucusgoers in Iowa, 2 to 1. But whither Rudy, Fred and Ron? Get the full results of the poll online. http://www.newsweek.com/id/74215

Highlights
It's all politics, all the time for columnists, bloggers and our video team.

Correspondent Andrew Romano will file from Iowa and elsewhere on the campaign trail in his politics blog, Stumper.
Jonathan Alter is following Campaign 2008 in his column, Between the Lines, in print and updated online.
In a series of video reports, Howard Fineman talks to the presidential candidates. This week, Ron Paul.
Read columnist Michael Hirsh's Web-exclusive dispatches from the capital, the World From Washington
For an inside look at Congress and the White House, read Eleanor Clift's Capitol Letter, published every Friday.

Weight loss, Nutrition, Gut Bugs and Miss America
The ten most popular stories on Newsweek.com for the week ending Dec. 7

‘Ten Hut!’
The military backs one of its own in the upcoming Miss America pagent.

‘Why Women Lose Weight-Or Don’t’
New findings on how our perceptions of our bodies affect our desire to shed pounds.

‘Fat, Carbs and the Science of Conception’
Harvard researchers look at the role of diet, exercise and weight control in fertility.

‘The Top of the Class’
Our annual list of the best 1,300 of America’s public high schools.

‘Chuck and Huck: The GOP’s Delta Force?’
Chuck Norris has emerged as a dream celebrity ‘get’ on the Republican side.

‘Forget War With Iran’
That’s the main implication of the new intelligence estimate that Tehran isn’t working on a bomb.

‘Back on Defense’
How the Iran intelligence report disrupts Hillary Clinton’s new campaign strategy.

‘Say Hello To the Bugs In Your Gut’
Your intestines house countless microbes that may help determine how fat or skinny you are.

‘Mortgage Mess: Is Relief In Sight?’
Why the Bush administration’s sub-prime bailout will leave many borrowers out in the cold.

‘Coloring Outside the Lines’
The New York Archdiocese of the Catholic church has an unusual new weapon against child abuse.

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