BUSINESS

Ma Bell Calls It Splits

Its "bundling" strategy a dud, a financially battered AT&T decides to divide itself into four companies

Blood in the Boardroom

More CEOs are being sacked than ever before, undone by antsy investors and impatient directors

Instantly Growing Up

If they'd only listened to the kids. Business has discovered instant messaging in a big way

WORLD

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

Are Statins Right for You? (Medicine)

They're great at lowering cholesterol levels and have saved the lives of countless heart patients. Now doctors consider whether to expand their use

Beyond the Pom-Poms (Living)

It's no longer just a wholesome way to hang with hunky quarterbacks. Cheerleading is serious business

Blacks Need Not Apply (Race)

An incident in Georgia shows how little has changed among segregated college sororities

Mothers In Prison (Law)

Record numbers of mothers and pregnant women are filling our prisons. Should their children be punished along with them?

SPECIAL REPORT

Who's The Education President? (Education Special Report: Voter's Guide)

Here is how Bush's and Gore's ideas are working out in the schools where they have been tried

Learning More, Earlier (Education Special Report: Voter's Guide)

What the candidates would do for preschoolers

How to Lure Teachers? (Education Special Report: Voter's Guide)

Gore says that he'd spend more to boost their pay, Bush that he'd cut through the bureaucracy

THE ARTS

Postnuclear Explosion (The Arts/Television)

So long, Huxtables and Nelsons. The non-normal family is the norm in the new domestic comedies

Lucky Numbers (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)

Directed by Nora Ephron

The Naked Chef (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)

Food Network, Saturdays, 9:30 p.m. (E.T.)

Blair Which? (The Arts/Cinema)

A clever thriller idea gets botched in an inane sequel

Buddy, Caddie, Guru (The Arts/Cinema)

Fairway of Dreams? Nah, golf drama The Legend of Bagger Vance is stuck in a sand trap of mysticism

The Phantom of Utopia (The Arts/Ideas)

Geniuses, crackpots and dictators through the ages have pursued the delusion of human perfectibility

Irish Spring (The Arts/Music)

Dublin-born Samantha Mumba leaps to stardom

New York Doll (The Arts/Music)

PJ Harvey finds love in the city that never sleeps

Q&A (The Arts/Q&A)

PAT BUCHANAN

Meet the Substi-Stars (The Arts/Television)

Some long-running series are bringing in new leads. Will their viewers reject the transplants?

Stripped Bare (The Arts/Theater)

A hit film loses something on the way to Broadway

PERSONAL TIME

Teens: A Primer (Personal Time/Your Family)

Forget how it feels to be their age? Let them refresh your memory. But don't interrupt

Dangerous Seats? (Personal Time/Your Health)

Crammed into airline economy class, you may be risking blood clots. Here's what you can do

Sell These Stocks (Personal Time/Your Money)

Well, lower your expectations, anyway. AT&T and GE are taking opposite routes to Dullsville

Portable Portraits (Personal Time/Your Technology)

My friend lives 3,000 miles away, but Kodak's Smart Picture Frame makes her feel close again

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Technology)