COVER

Where Did My Raise Go? (Cover Story / Business)

Shrinking paychecks are the new reality for many Americans. How global markets and a weak economy are affecting how we work--and how much we make

NATION

Sure Beats Working

The Democrats in the Texas legislature go on the lam to avoid voting on a controversial plan. They sing, they relax, they bond

WORLD

SCIENCE

Cures On the Cob

Plants spiked with extra genes are being harvested for drugs. Could the wrong ones land in our food?

SPORT

BRIEFING

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Hook, Line and Thinker (Movies)

In Finding Nemo, a fish discovers it can pay to be the little guy. Its director knew that all along

Is It A New Reality? (Television)

For fall, the networks say they're dumping Are You Hot? and its ilk in favor of creative quality. Don't be so sure

When He Was Good (Books)

In The Clinton Wars, a front-row seat at the presidential games yields a dull, predictable view

Art: Let's Supersize It! (Art)

Dia's art collection is large. And often monumental. So creating a museum for it was no small matter

An Unlikely Dance Queen (Music)

Twenty-two years after its release, a dusty Yoko Ono song becomes a dance-club chart topper

The Sound And Some Fury (Music)

The Deftones are hailed as the best nu-metal has to offer. There's nothing like grading on a curve

A Half-Mad Iraqi Marvel (Movies)

Sweetness, weaponry and tempers on a hair trigger joust with one another in Marooned in Iraq

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