NATION

The Lover Vs. The Fighter (Nation/Campaign 2000)

With just two weeks to go, the campaigns have made the choice clear: Do you want Bush's pledges of civility or Gore's crusading punch?

Global Warnings (Nation/Campaign 2000)

While Gore pushes a values-driven foreign policy, Bush is reluctant to intervene. Who is fit to lead?

Mournful Bugle Call (The Race For The Senate/Missouri)

A plane crash takes a beloved Governor and dashes a party's hopes

Drug Bused (The Race For The Senate/Montana)

The prescription issue shakes up an incumbent

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

Talkin' New Yawk (Sport/Subway Series)

Mets and Yankees fans can't shuddup already about the city's first interborough Series since 1956

We Love Fish (Science)

They're full of a special fat called omega-3 that may actually be good for you

BUSINESS

New Game

The debut of PlayStation2 will expand the platform wars to the Net and beyond

An Image Problem At Xerox

With competitors arriving, customers defecting and staff grumbling, the copier king faces a big restructuring

TIME BONUS

Legal Advice And Care (Time Select/Law)

It's not a lawyer joke. A growing corps of attorneys practice a kinder, gentler type of law for seniors

Flights Of Fancy (Time Select/Recreation)

With the help of radio controls, more retired men are soaring the skies without entering the cockpit

Going Solo (Time Select/Travel)

Traveling alone provides unexpected delights, and planning ahead can prevent unpleasant surprises

WORLD

The Terror Hunters

The U.S. has a smart, well-funded antiterror net--but it's still barely keeping up. An inside look at the furious hunt for the Cole bombers

THE ARTS

Glamour Guts And Glory (The Arts/Cinema)

Ambitious and versatile, actress Charlize Theron takes a bite out of Hollywood

Up Simba! (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)

By David Foster Wallace

Ratcatcher (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)

Directed by Lynne Ramsay

Nightclub (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)

Patricia Barber

In Her Own Image (The Arts/Art)

Long before she met John Lennon, Yoko Ono was an avant-garde icon. A retrospective shows why

On Familiar Ground (The Arts/Books)

Barbara Kingsolver returns with another novel of strong women, noble issues and love of the land

Race Warrior (The Arts/Books)

W.E.B. Du Bois: A frank look at his fight for equality

Stages of Development (The Arts/Books)

Ghost Light sketches a family in trouble and a portrait of the theater critic as a young fan

Beat The Devil (The Arts/Cinema)

Satan and the viewer lose in a bedraggled Bedazzled

Let Us Now Praise Little Men (The Arts/Cinema)

Youth is a time of anguish, mystery and heroism in the darkly rhapsodic indie film George Washington

Northern Exposure (The Arts/Music)

They're already kings of calypso at home. Now a cocky canine tune makes Baha Men a hit in the U.S.

Q&A (The Arts/Q&A)

Henry Winkler

PERSONAL TIME

Kids And The Dow (Personal Time/Your Family)

The market's as changeable as a baby's bottom; what better time to teach kids how to invest?

The PPA Blues (Personal Time/Your Health)

What do you do when scientists tell you that the bottles in your medicine chest can kill you?

Stretch That IRA (Personal Time/Your Money)

It's an exercise in good estate planning. Here's how to pass your savings along to your heirs

A Cuter Computer (Personal Time/Your Technology)

Audrey, new from 3Com, makes Internet appliances look good. But she's no cheap date