NATION
The First Big Test
Sooner than expected, the candidates have to commit to a vision for America's role in the world
Now That We're In, We Have to Win (Viewpoint)
The cost of failure is much greater than the price of victory
BUSINESS
Now It's One Big Market
Buyers, sellers--and investors--are flocking to online auctions. The next bidder: Amazon.com
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
Genes and Money (Medicine)
The growing sensitivity--and falling cost--of DNA technology creates a boom market for paternity tests
What If My Test (Medicine/First Person)
Tube Babies Were Swapped in the Lab?
Her Breast Lost in Vain (Medicine)
Jury awards $2.2 million for a famous mastectomy
Mayors Rule The Schools (Education)
In an attempt to reverse the decline in public education, city hall tries its own solutions
Look for the Union Grader (Education)
Campus Awakening (Education)
The sweatshop issue has galvanized college activists. But are students being used by Big Labor?
WORLD
Red Star
Zhu Rongji is ready for a cool welcome in the U.S. this week. But if he can't reform China, who can?
TIME BONUS
Thanks For The Memoirs (TIME Select/Autobiography)
There has never been a better time to write the story of your life
You've written it. Now what? (TIME Select/Autobiography)
The achievement of reconstructing the story of your life through memoir writing is often its own reward. But then who is your audience? For many memoirists, figuring out what to do with the finished product can be the biggest challenge of all.
PERSONAL TIME
After the Tumor (Personal Time/Your Health)
What you should know about the new guidelines for monitoring patients with colon cancer
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
Long-Term Carping (Personal Time/Your Money)
Internet companies are forsaking profit now for the future. So why all the fuss about losses?
Your Money (Personal Time/Your Money)
Taking an E-Ride (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Electric bikes and scooters are suddenly hitting the streets. Here are two that are worth a look
Ask Anita (Personal Time/Your Technology)
THE ARTS
America's Next Wave (The Arts/Fashion)
Beyond the racks of megabrands, some fine young designers are coming on strong
A Masters Clash? (Sport)
Steadily spectacular David Duval and fragile but fearsome Tiger Woods could be a great rivalry
The Wizard of Hogwarts (The Arts/Books)
A novice sorcerer's exploits are magical to kids--and adults
Staying Cool Under Fire (The Arts/Music)
Rapper Nas smartly documents his mad world
Tokyo Truman (The Arts/Television)
A man emerges from a year of solitary stardom
10 Things About Her (The Arts/Cinema)
Julia Stiles' career is a class in teen stardom
Sex, Drugs and Chicken Soup (The Arts/Cinema)
Diane Lane finds it all in the nostalgic, cliche-filled A Walk on the Moon
The Brat Pack Hits Paydirt (The Arts/Cinema)
To be young, gifted and in a good movie--that's the luck of Katie Holmes and colleagues in Go
Isn't That...? (The Arts/Short Takes)
The Handyman (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Carolyn See
Cookie's Fortune (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Robert Altman
Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2 (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Gil Shaham
You've Come A Long Way, Baby (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Fatboy Slim
Strangers With Candy (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)
Comedy Central, Wednesdays
Hedda Gabler (The Arts/Short Takes/Theater)
By Henrik Ibsen