COVER
What Makes us Different? (Cover Story / Science)
Not very much, when you look at our DNA. But those few tiny changes made all the difference in the world
NATION
Campaign 2006: The Republicans' Secret Weapon
You think the Republicans are sure to lose big in November? They aren't. Here's why things don't look so bad to them
Leveraging the Lobbyist Scandal (The Abramoff Backlash)
Why Torture Is Still An Option
The compromise terrorism detainee bill limits interrogation abusesand lets Bush set the limits
WORLD
Saddam's Revenge
As the dictator faces judgment, his loyalists are targeting those who testified against him
The Woman Who Would Be France's President (Profile)
Segolene Royal shuns party politics, extols law and order, and doesn't mind being seen in a bikini. Is this France's next President?
Audio: Is Segolene Royal turning France into America?
TIME's James Graff reports from Paris on the latest in France's presidential race
RELIGION
When Not Seeing Is Believing
Andrew Sullivan on the rise of fundamentalism and why embracing spiritual doubt is the key to defusing the tension between East and West
BRIEFING
Death Comes Calling For the Class of 9/11 (Notebook / Postscript)
What we can learn of the Iraq war from the first to perish of a West Point batch
What's Next: Oct. 9, 2006 (Notebook)
Q&A Pervez Musharraf (Notebook)
The Ana Log: Oct. 9, 2006 (Notebook)
Reporting from her Washington base camp, ANA MARIE COX dishes the dirt on D.C.
The Illinois Tea Party (Notebook)
Mona Lisa Secrets (Notebook)
Verbatim: Oct. 9, 2006 (Notebook)
Milestones Oct. 9, 2006 (Notebook)
Punchlines: Oct. 9, 2006 (Punchlines)
The Roberts Court, Take Two (Notebook)
As the Supreme Court opens its second term under its new chief justice, here are four things to watch for
Numbers: Oct. 9, 2006 (Numbers)
BUSINESS
Google Gets Friendly
To fend off Microsoft and other foes, the search giant is bulking up on partnerships
Google's Chief Looks Ahead
In an interview with TIME, CEO Eric Schmidt explains what's behind the company's new push for partnerships
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The Gang's All Here (Movies)
You lookin' at them? The Departed's Leo, Matt, Marty and Jack talk movies, rage and smoking
Movies: Windsor Not: It's Diana vs. the royals in a searing comic drama (Movies)
It's Diana vs. the royals in a searing comic drama
Books: Writers on the Storm (Books)
When civilization falls, does it make a sound? Two books about the end of worlds--and what follows
5 Gripping Graphic Novels for Grownups
Book-length comics with brains and heart. Oh, and all written by women
YOUR TIME
Health: Who Moved My Sudafed? (Health)
Tech: Click 'n' Shoot (Tech)
PEOPLE
10 Questions for James Baker (Interview)
James Baker on the fight for Iraq, the death of compromise and his African-American kin
People: Oct. 9, 2006
LETTERS
Letters: Oct. 9, 2006
ESSAY
Barbie to Baby Einstein: Get Over It
Supermom lit distorts real family issues. Hyperachieving isn't one of them
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Is Coal Golden? (Time Bonus Section November 2006: Inside Business / The Energy Debate)
A Texas plan for coal-fired plants electrifies the carbon issue
Media: Still Tuned In (Time Bonus Section November 2006: Inside Business / Media)
QUIRKY AND COMMUNITY MINDED, SOME INDEPENDENT RADIO STATIONS HAVE HELD OFF CONSOLIDATION, IPODS AND SATELLITE
CEO Speaks: Making Peace (Time Bonus Section November 2006: Inside Business / Q & A)
THE BOSS DIDN'T ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT, SAYS CITIGROUP'S SANDY WEILL IN A CANDID MEMOIR
Industries: State of Reliefs (Time Bonus Section November 2006: Inside Business / Industries)
HOW THE CONTROVERSIAL YET POPULAR SUPPLEMENT BUSINESS EMERGED IN UTAH
Change Agents: Meet the Nicheperts (Time Bonus Section November 2006: Inside Business / Change Agents)
A HOST OF PINPOINT CONSULTANTS ARE HELPING WORKERS LEARN TO TRUST THE COMPANY, SHUT UP AND GET HAPPY
Small Business: Pimp My Garage (Time Bonus Section November 2006: Inside Business / Small Business)
It worked for closets. Now the other mess in your home is a business
Let's Talk Trash (Time Bonus Section November 2006: Inside Business / Recycling)
WASTE NOT. AN INCREASING NUMBER OF FIRMS ARE FINDING SUCCESS IN MAKING PRODUCTS OUT OF GARBAGE
Foreign Influences: Weather or Not? (Time Bonus Section November 2006: Inside Business / Foreign Influences)
INSURANCE COMPANIES MAY HAVE TO SAVE THE CLIMATE TO SAVE THEIR BOTTOM LINE