BUSINESS

Praying For Santa

Retailers will need a last-minute holiday rush to boost their sluggish Christmas sales

PERSONAL TIME

TV Under the Tree? (Personal Time/Your Family)

Our 11-year-old wants a television for Christmas. Unless Santa stages a coup, she won't be getting one--and neither will her younger siblings. We can think of a million reasons why. Here are 10

Recession Proof (Personal Time/Your Money)

The economy's braking fast, so here's how you can make the most of any leaner times ahead

Holiday Bake-Off (Personal Time/Your Technology)

You'll find plenty of cooking sites on the Web, but they don't all pass the cinnamon taste test

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Technology)

SOCIETY & SCIENCE

Setback For Vouchers (Education)

A federal appeals court rules that Cleveland gives parents too few alternatives to parochial schools

Striking Out (Update)

TheMan.com sounded like a good idea. No more

Big Bucks and Baseball (Sport)

The idea of overpaying for an athlete's services didn't start with A-Rod, and it won't end with him

THE ARTS

Summing Up Greenspan (The Arts/Books)

Two books look at what makes the powerful Fed chairman tick but provide too little real insight

The Long Arm Of The Past (The Arts/Books)

Robert Wilson's A Small Death in Lisbon turns a local murder case into a taut international thriller

The Twelve Films Of Christmas 20Th Century Fox (The Arts/Holiday Cinema 2000)

This year Hollywood has some "feel good" films to leaven the serious ones that traditionally emerge, with eyes on Oscar, at year's end. There are even a few that make our critical Scrooges almost feel good about movies

In Full Revolt (The Arts/Music)

Rage Against the Machine pays homage to its heroes