SOCIETY
The Battle Over Gay Marriage
It's official: gays can marry in Massachusetts come May. A TIME report on how it happened, what it means — and how it may play out in the race for the White House
Not Quite As Liberal As They Look (Society/Mainline Churches)
Cupid Academy
Matchmaking is a serious — and fast-growing — business, as students learn in a weekend course
BUSINESS
"Oh, My God! Get Martha on the Phone."
Martha Stewart was rude and dismissive, according to testimony by a former Merrill Lynch employee. But did she break the law?
To Russia For Cash
A treasured Faberge egg collection is the latest sale in an eye-popping liquidation of Forbes family assets
THE ARTS
The Hypocrisy Bowl (Arts/Television)
A sunburst exposes the game's sex-sells ethos. Let the bogus outrage and culture wars begin!
Take This Job and Starve (Arts/Books)
Millions of Americans survive in low-wage jobs. Working Poor shows just how barely they get by
You've Got Male (Arts/Books)
Do men have an answer to chick lit? Three new books by and about guys give it a shot
A Little Food for the Soul (Arts/Movies)
Kitchen Stories is a minimalist comic marvel
YOUR TIME
Stroke Of Luck (Your Time/Health)
Researchers are finding new ways to deliver treatment when it counts most
Shhh...Patients Recovering (Your Time/Health)
Recent Vintage, No Bouquet (Your Time/Health)
Drawing In the Gals (Your Time/Lifestyle)
Move over, guys. Graphics for girls are the hot new genre in Japanese comics
Gay-Family Cruises (Your Time/Lifestyle)
Thom Browne (Your Time/Lifestyle/Style Setters)
Dial G for Geek (Your Time/Technology)
The tech support the stars use is now available to mere mortals — for a price
Download At 30,000 Feet (Your Time/Technology)
From DJ to VJ (Your Time/Technology)
WORLD
Will Iraq Start to Unravel?
Kurdish calls for autonomy are generating fears of ethnic conflict that could complicate U.S. exit plans
Terror on the Subway
President Putin blames Chechen rebels for the latest deadly attack. But is he making things worse?
BRIEFING
Why The M Word Matters To Me (Essay)
Only marriage can bring a gay person home
14 Years Ago In Time (Notebook/Milestones)
A New Race For Space: Look Out For Nigeria (Notebook)
Milestones (Notebook/Milestones)
All Out Of Reforms (Notebook)
A crisis in Tehran
Kobe Bryant: Were His Pals Expecting Trouble? (Notebook)
Nearing Bin Laden? (Notebook)
New intel in the bin Laden hunt
Numbers (Notebook)
Pardoning A National Hero (Notebook)
The rap on A.Q. Khan
Performance Of The Week (Notebook)
Put The Two Johns In The Ring (Notebook)
The Japanese Camps: Making The 9/11 Link (Notebook)
The Oh Hell! Primary (Notebook)
The Dems and the press
Verbatim (Notebook)
10 Questions For Johnnie Cochran (Interview)
Letters (Letters)
People (People)
Q & A With Annie Lennox (People)
GENERATIONS
Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson (Generations/Relationships)
No pains. No Viagra. No excuses. Why older women date younger men
Geared Up For Health
New technology may enable us to live longer and happier lives at home — and even cure our ailing health-care system
Musical Prayers (Generations/Turning Point)
War experiences inspired Dave Brubeck's religious music