NATION

BUSINESS

Spending it All on the Kids

In an unsteady economy, many parents are looking the worse for wear, but they're turning their children into fashion plates

SOCIETY

Guarding Death's Door (TIME In Depth)

How do prosecutors really decide whether to seek the ultimate penalty in murder cases? An in-depth look at a D.A.'s struggle to ensure that only the guilty go to the death chamber

BRIEFING

Quizzing Them on 9/11 (Notebook)

Bush and Clinton may be asked to meet with the independent commission investigating the terrorist attacks

Free the Children (Essay)

Summer should be a time when rules can be bent and boredom is a state of grace

INSIDE BUSINESS

Get Rich Slowly (Inside Business/Investing)

The Intelligent Investor (1949), by financial giant Benjamin Graham, is more relevant than ever, in a new edition updated with analysis by Jason Zweig

A New Cash Cow (Inside Business/Agribusiness)

Organic dairy farming used to be about saving the earth. Now it's about saving the family business — one farm at a time

Inside Briefing (Inside Business/Briefing)

A new kind of captive ad — the Las Vegas monorail; Reebok's 3-year-old pitchman; small-business tax alert

THE ARTS

KATHARINE HEPBURN: 1907-2003 (Appreciation)

Star. Icon. Fighter. Lover. Ferociously feminine actress. In her movies and by her example, she defined what a woman could dare and do

Babes in Boyland (Movies)

Movies have the same old reliable guys and a crop of brand-new gals. It must be summer

The Kate I Knew (Appreciation/Excerpt)

A. Scott Berg on his friend Katharine Hepburn

The German Question (Art)

Why does history neglect Max Beckmann? Maybe because so much of his art is about its dark side

YOUR TIME

Beware the Bargains (Your Time/Money)

Bottom fishing for bankrupt stocks? Watch out! They're usually worthless

A Healthy Cup of Joe? (Your Time/Lifestyle)

As more foods tout extra nutrients, here comes coffee with a realpick-me-up

Sitting Pretty (Your Time/Technology)

The Inada D.1 is a high-tech massage chair with a surprisingly firm grip