NATION

The Hunter And The Choirboy (The Jonesboro Shootings)

Two boys, with two very different lives, come together in a crime of precocious sophistication. How did childish games and grudges turn into all too bloody resolve and an American tragedy?

Toward The Root Of The Evil (The Jonesboro Shootings)

Schoolboy massacres may be an aberration. But the question remains: Why do kids kill?

WORLD

Into Africa

Will Clinton's trip change the way Americans view Africa, and rewrite the terms of U.S. policy?

Weapons Of Torture

A TIME investigation turns up evidence of loose controls and U.S. companies' shipping stun guns to countries that practice torture

SCIENCE

Archaeology: Working Stiffs (Archaeology)

Mummies from a rural oasis provide a rare window onto the brief, backbreaking lives of ordinary Egyptians 2,000 years ago

A Dinosaur With Guts

Italy's first-ever find comes with something scientists have never seen before: fossilized organs

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Cross-Gender Sex Pill (Medicine)

A new drug designed to treat impotence in men may have surprisingly similar effects in women

BRIEFING

Hollywood (Notebook / The Scoop)

Spielberg: DVD Means Definite Video Delay

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Tragedy as Child's Play (Essay)

A relentless fantasy culture can tip daydreams, even vicious ones, over into real life

BUSINESS

The Book On Bertelsmann

By acquiring Random House, the German media giant thinks it can increase profits in a declining industry

LAW

Test-Tube Tug-Of-War

When a couple splits, who gets the embryos? New York's highest court will have to decide

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cinema: Childhood Nightmares (The Arts / Cinema)

Arson. Murder. Madness. Neil Jordan tracks the road from mischievousness to maliciousness

Cinema: The Gamut Of Mamet (The Arts / Cinema)

The playwright, novelist and Hollywood scold scores with a sleek fable of corporate espionage

Books: A Great Leap Together (The Arts / Books)

Enough of insular specialties, says scientist E.O. Wilson. We can still see the natural world whole

Cinema: Our Gang (The Arts / Cinema)

No Bonnie. No Clyde. No corpses. No heart

PEOPLE

LETTERS