COVER

Inside Bush's Secret Spy Net (Nation)

Your phone records have been enlisted in the war on terrorism. Should that make you worry more or less?

NATION

How The CIA Can Be Fixed (TIME Forum)

As the Senate decides whether Michael Hayden should lead the agency, TIME asks CIA experts how to repair years of damage

SOCIETY

The Gangs of New Orleans (TIME In Depth)

Before Katrina, New Orleans had a murder rate 10 times worse than the U.S. average. The killers evacuated too. Tracing the criminal exodus.

BRIEFING

High Times (Notebook)

The annual pro-pot rallies on April 20th incurred a real downer at some universities

Secrets of Corporate Giving (Notebook)

The Center for Political Accountability is trying to boost shareholder efforts to make firms reveal their political contributions

Getting Tough at the Border (Notebook)

The administration is turning to the military to try to deter illegal immigration. Will it help?

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

How to Score (Time Bonus Section June 2006: Global Business / Global Investing)

World Cup stocks show a winning pattern--but be very wary

Competition: Global Game (Time Bonus Section June 2006: Global Business / Competition)

Nike and Adidas are using the planet's grandest gathering, the WORLD CUP, to kick sales--and each other. Inside the fiercest rivalry in business

Management: U.S. Soccer Reboots (Time Bonus Section June 2006: Global Business / Management)

Why Major League Soccer's new strategy--Think small--just might work this time

Entrepreneurs: The Hippest Cat in France (Time Bonus Section June 2006: Global Business / Entrepreneurs)

Airness, the country's hottest sports-apparel brand, got a leg up from an African immigrant with a busted knee

Brazil's New Player (Time Bonus Section June 2006: Global Business / Strategy)

An unlikely sports mogul is making soccer profitable again in Pelé's homeland

WORLD

Why Not Talk?

A missive from Tehran stirs a call for direct negotiations over Iran's nukes. Here's why the U.S. isn't tempted

BUSINESS

Why GM May Not Be Dead

It's not out of the woods yet, but Wall Street is warming to the beleaguered automaker

WORLD

The Other Side of War

As violence rages on Baghdad's streets, FARAH NOSH provides a rare look at how one Iraqi family--her own--copes with the strains of life under siege

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Get Your Motor Running (Movies)

Pixar, the champs of digital animation, put the pedal to the metal with Cars--the first great movie of the summer

Books: Prepping for Love (Books)

With The Man of My Dreams, novelist Curtis Sittenfeld puts the literature back in chick lit

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