SOCIETY

Midlife Crisis? Bring It On!

How women of this generation are seizing that stressful, pivotal moment in their lives to reinvent themselves

NATION

WORLD

A Day in the Life Of a Baghdad ER

Scores of Iraqi civilians are killed or wounded every day. TIME's Aparisim Ghosh visits an emergency room in Baghdad to chronicle the human cost of war—and ends up in a struggle to save his friends' lives

SCIENCE

Polio's Back. Why Now? (Health)

The fear of vaccines helped the virus spread from Africa to Indonesia. Could it reach the U.S.?

The Cruelest Cut (Behavior)

Often it's the one teens inflict on themselves. Why are so many American kids secretly self-mutilating?

BRIEFING

A Scandal Heats Up (Notebook)

Transfer of evidence to a congressional committee irks Volcker

Missing Link (Notebook)

A newly discovered dinosaur that bridges the gap between carnivores and herbivores

Brazil's Bad Words (Notebook)

Brazil's President distributes a list of words for the country to avoid

BUSINESS

The Dealmaker Rides Again

Kirk Kerkorian is 87, worth $9 billion and still has a mean forehand. So what does he want with GM?

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Once More, With Feeling (Movies)

Summer movies are all about escapism. But this year at least a dozen of the biggest retell stories we already love. Why do we adore repeats?

Music: Minimalism and Melody (Music)

Spoon strips rock 'n' roll down to the basics on its new album and proves that less is much, much more

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