NATION
Screaming For Relief
The high cost of prescriptions may be the hot issue in this election. What you should know about the problem, and why the pols are worrying
The Claritin Case
How One Firm Played the Patent Game
How to Buy Prescriptions Online (Nation/Internet)
So you're sick of the expense and hassle of getting prescriptions filled in the physical world. Is the Internet better? It depends on where and how you shop
How One Big HMO Capitulated (Nation/Managed Care)
The Real Message of Creationism (Essay)
It brings religious values into schools by the back door. Why not the front?
Newt: The Health Nut
In this chapter of his life, the former Speaker has become obsessed--with his fitness and yours
The Branding of Bill Bradley (Public Eye)
The candidate who shuns packaging has come to appreciate its uses
BUSINESS
"They're Trying to Change the Rules" (Interview)
Gates insists on the right to determine what goes into Windows, but he seems open to compromise on other issues
Click and Dagger: Is the Web Spying on You?
Giving Away The E-Store
The Web has become a freebie fest. Can firms make money offering something for nothing?
Liquid Gold
Australians are changing the world of wine. Even the French seem grateful
The $200 Sip (Business/Department of Wealth)
The Microsoft Antitrust Case (Interview)
The Company Courts the A.G.s
SOCIETY & SCIENCE
How To Mend A Broken Heart (Medicine)
In one of the first success stories to come out of gene-therapy research, doctors are learning how to teach the heart to heal itself
Pharaohs Of The Sun (The Arts/Archaeology)
A new exhibit illuminates the extraordinary age of Akhenaten, Nefertiti and the boy King Tut
Fighting Words (Dividing Line)
A school dispute escalates into a racial cause celebre
I'm Superstitious About Calling It a Miracle (Medicine/First Person)
Locking Up The Voices (Crime)
A teen killer is sent away for life. Was justice done?
Working Their Way Back (Behavior)
Drugs and therapy help, but many mentally ill also need social rehab. Here's how it succeeds
PERSONAL TIME
Your Lost Treasure (Personal Time/Your Family)
Billions of dollars in forgotten funds are waiting to be reclaimed. Here's how to get yours
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)
How to Find a Trial (Personal Time/Your Health)
A clinical trial, that is. Often it's the only way a cancer patient can get the latest treatments
Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)
Your Lost Treasure (Personal Time/Your Money)
Billions of dollars in forgotten funds are waiting to be reclaimed. Here's how to get yours
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)
Your Lost Treasure (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Billions of dollars in forgotten funds are waiting to be reclaimed. Here's how to get yours
In Brief (Personal Time/Your Technology)
WORLD
Ready or Not?
An F on its fit-to-fight scores gives the Army a black eye
A Call for American Consensus (Viewpoint)
Why our arms-control leadership is too important to risk in partisan political fights
THE ARTS
Tim Burton's Tricky Treat (The Arts/Cinema)
The auteur of Batman and Edward Scissorhands is back in top form with a creepy Sleepy Hollow
Good Work (The Arts/Cinema)
The heroine wants it; we get it in the fine Rosetta
Travels with Mommy (The Arts/Cinema)
Two road films end up in very different places
Those Bones Are Not My Child (BOOKS)
By Toni Cade Bambara
Timeline (Short Takes/Books)
By Michael Crichton
Felicia's Journey (Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Atom Egoyan
Rko 281 (Short Takes/Television)
HBO, debuts Nov. 20
Why 'Greed' Trumps 'Millionaire' (THE ARTS/TELEVISION)
Reege and his feel-good format warms your heart, but Chuck's cruel contest is, ultimately, more compelling
Creative Chaos (The Arts/Art)
Recalling the past 50 years of American art--from the spiritually sublime to the subversively crude
Indignant Sanity (The Arts/Books)
A right-wing convert's different view on race
Playing the Margins (The Arts/Show Business)
Philip Seymour Hoffman specializes in outcasts
A Flawed Friendship (The Arts/Show Business/The Movie)
Wet Weather (The Arts/Theater)
His vehicle leaks, but Woody Harrelson shines
TIME BONUS
Half-Retired (Time Select/Lifestyle)
The first generation of two-income couples is starting to retire. Now she works, and he doesn't
Year-End Tax Tips (Time Select/Personal Finance)
Sure it's getting late, but not too. Here are six ways to cut your tax bill by Dec. 31