COVER

What's Next? (Cover / What's Next?)

From digital video that's changing the way movies are made to high-tech pharmaceuticals that offer new treatments for cancer, TIME takes a look at the technology and trends that are transforming our lives

Off Target (Cover / United States)

Dick Cheney's shooting accident threatened a political fiasco. Now the hunt is on for ways to get the weakened Administration back on track

The Drama Unfolds (Cover / United States)

What really happened in the brushy southern Texas wild that day

GLOBAL BUSINESS

Sing When You're Winning (Global Business / Music)

How EMI and the music industry learned to stop worrying and love the digital download

World Beaters (Global Business / Names)

People to watch in international business

MUSIC

Belle on the Ball

Scotland's shy cult heroes Belle and Sebastian find confidence after a decade

BOOKS

A Book in Reverse

Backwards runs Sarah Waters's gripping new novel, until in a wartime setting revealed is all

GLOBAL AGENDA

Three's A Crowd

Possible successors to British Prime Minster Blair promise continuity. But change is needed

GLOBAL ADVISER

Titanic Souvenirs (Time Traveler)

Atlas Studios is set in the stunning scenery of Ouarzazate, Morrocco

Snow-Business Legend (Check In)

The Hotel Cristallo's present is every bit as glamorous as its famous past

A Feast Of Diet Books (Food Fashions)

Move over Dr Atkins, the tide's out at South Beach, here are the latest contenders for the miracle diet crown

A Wail Of A Time (Diversions)

Take junior to the movies for a new experience in childcare

BRIEFING