SOCIETY & SCIENCE
New Ritalin Ad Blitz Makes Parents Jumpy (Health)
More families and legislators are revolting against the push to consume antihyperactivity medications
More Drugs To Treat Hyperactivity (Health)
The universe of ADHD drugs
The Bronx Bummer (Sport)
It was the season's saddest scandal: a boy who was a little too good, and a little too old, for Little League
Searching For Sheba (Archaeology)
No explorer has ever proved the Queen really existed--but that may be about to change
NATION
Stem Cells: Bush's Fuzzy Science?
The President's calculation of viable stem-cell lines has critics — and scientists — seeing politics at work. Karen Tumulty and James Carney report on the politics of stem-cell research
The Trouble With Reno
She wants to battle Jeb Bush to be Governor. Why aren't more Florida Democrats dancing?
EDUCATION SPECIAL
Welcome, Freshmen! (Education/TIME's Colleges of the Year)
As a huge wave of first-year students surges into dorms, TIME honors four colleges that know how to help newcomers survive and thrive
BUSINESS
Jack Who?
Meet Jeff, as in Immelt, General Electric's new boss, who can't wait to make a name for himself
Working A Double Shift
The Teamsters are back in the center of Washington battles, playing both sides of the aisle
WORLD
The Pressure On Sharon
Buffeted by competing forces, burdened by the past, an old man looks to an uncertain future
Does Israel Have A Right To Assassinate Leaders Of The
Palestinian Intifadeh?
At The Taj Mahal, Grime Amid Grandeur (Letter From India)
Pollution and commerce endanger one of the world's most beautiful buildings
THE ARTS
Escaping The Provincial Trap (The Arts/Art)
South America's 20th century abstractionists found a way to be local--and universal
Great Expectations (The Arts/Books)
Jonathan Franzen thought serious fiction was dead. Now he gives it new life in one of the year's best books
Back To The Beachhead (The Arts/Television)
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg return to war. But this time, realism and reverence aren't enough
Heavier Than Heaven (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Charles R. Cross
O (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
Together (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Africa PBS (The Arts/Short Takes/Documentary)
Begins Sept. 9 (Check Local Listings)
Tenacious D (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Tenacious D
Lost; The Amazing Race (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
NBC, Wednesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.; CBS, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.
PERSONAL TIME
Some Schooling On Backpacks (Personal Time/Your Health)
Doctors are concerned that looking cool could be hurting kids. Here are some ideas to avoid injury
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
Stopping Those Pop-Up Ads (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Online advertisers want us to click and buy, but you have ways to fend off the blitz at the tip of your fingers