BUSINESS
Critical Condition
Flu victims are flooding into emergency rooms and discovering another health-care crisis there
Taking CEO Pay To New Heights
Apple's high-flying Steve Jobs gets a jet-powered package
The New Philanthropy
Better Reading for $100 Million
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
Bag Those Beams (Science)
Who cares about light pollution? Astronomers, sure. But also folks who just want to see the stars again
Climate (Science)
Wacky weather ahead
A New Air Force in D.C. (Sport)
Now part owner and basketball chief, Michael Jordan takes on Washington's woeful Wizards
DotCom Vs. NotCom (Technology)
One does everything online. The other logs off. The ideological divide will leave only one survivor
That Clicking Sound (Trends)
Grandma's favorite hobby hooks a new generation of young, urban go-getters
The Debate Over Nylons (Trends)
Running hot and cold
PERSONAL TIME
Bad Boys Rule (Personal Time/Your Family)
A new study shows some of the most popular kids in school are "extremely antisocial"
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Family)
Fortified Toddlers (Personal Time/Your Health)
Children have different nutritional needs from adults. Should kids eat vitamin-charged snacks?
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
Retirement Tricks (Personal Time/Your Money)
Don't roll all your 401(k) loot into an IRA. Take possession of employer stock to cut your taxes
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)
Aqua: The Movie (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Apple's newest operating system could make Windows' Millennium look like a tired sequel
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Technology)
WORLD
Kohlgate
He was a legend of European statesmanship--and the boss of a secret slush fund
Inside The Scandal
NATION
A Confederacy of Dunces (Dividing Line)
Buckwheat wonders if the rebel flag's fans are playing with a full deck
A Crime In The Clan
Prosecutors act on a 25-year-old murder involving a Kennedy cousin. But will the charges stick?
THE ARTS
Will Women Take A Breath Of Oxygen? (The Arts/Television)
Geraldine Laybourne won kids over to Nickelodeon. Now she and some talented friends are launching a network for female viewers
What Do Wired Women Want? (The Arts/Television)
The Great Online Makeover
Pilgrim (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Timothy Findley
Eye of the Beholder (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Dancing Honeymoon (The Arts/Short Takes/Dance)
Mark Morris Dance Group
Brutally Normal (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
The WB, Mondays, 9 p.m. ET
Culture Shock (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
PBS, Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 9 p.m. ET
Ahead to the Past (The Arts/Books)
The Plato Papers imagines the view from the 3700s
Best Buddy (The Arts/Books)
A children's book and its author are big winners
Divine Enlightenment (The Arts/Cinema)
Holy Smoke! is surprising, inspiring and funny
Room for Everybody (The Arts/Music)
With three distinct albums, guitarist Pat Metheny continues to nudge jazz and rock closer together
Go West, Young Man (The Arts/Theater)
The American Dream takes a sour turn in the bleak but engrossing epic The Hollow Lands
TIME BONUS
Catching Their Second Wind (Time Select/Careers)
Late in the game, some folks find life's best rewards
Ladies Sing the Blues (Time Select/Then & Now)
Female Singers
Walking in a Winter Wonderland (Time Select/Travel)
Snowshoeing