COVER
The Secret World of Extreme Militias (Cover)
On the Web and in militia groups, antigovernment extremism is on the rebound. A special investigation
Inside an American Militia
Photographer Ty Cacek joins the Ohio Defense Force during a grueling weekend training exercise
ESSAY
The Brown-Whitman Debate: Blast from the Past (Commentary / In the Arena)
Fearless Jerry Brown campaigns for governor of California, but can he save his state?
Friends in Need
Mark Zuckerberg joins the ranks of America's great philanthropists. How far will his gift go?
NATION
Recovering Memory: Can a New Device Help Amnesia Patients? (The Well / Technology)
Can a new device help amnesia patients outsource memory?
Amnesia and a Camera: Photos as Memories
Video: After Claire Robertson lost 30 years of memories to a devastating brain infection, a new device called a Sensecam helps her keep new memories
What Does Meg Whitman's $120 Million Really Buy? (The Well / Nation)
Meg Whitman has spent more running for California governor than Al Gore spent running for President, but is it the money or the message that matters?
WORLD
The Laughing Bishop (The Well / Profile)
Apartheid's scourge evolved into the world's moral compass. As he hangs up his cassock, Desmond Tutu reflects on a life spent defending the oppressed
SOCIETY
Have Wiki, Will Travel (Life / Techland)
A free site lets more than 40,000 globetrotters play tour guide
Supersize Me: Why Our Burgers Are Getting Bigger (Life / Food)
An American classic grows up and out. What's fueling the explosion of oversize novelty burgers?
Huge Fast Food: Taste the Madness
Video: TIME's Claire Suddath and friends test out how some of the new fast food mega-sandwich calorie-bombs rank in flavor
Fight School Violence, Pinpoint Its Victims (Life / Education)
Chicago schools set out to pinpoint (and protect) likely victims of violence
TO OUR READERS
Letter from the Editor: Twisted Patriotism
The ranks of America's antigovernment militias have swelled since Obama took office. TIME investigates their secret world
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Young Blood (Profile)
Chloe Grace Moretz brings innocence to some very grownup roles
Reeler than Real (Movies)
A new breed of "documentaries" blurs the boundary between verifiable fact and movie truth
New Exhibit Gives Object Lesson in China's Power (Exhibitions)
Treasures from an Emperor's garden cast glittering light on China at the peak of its power
Treasures from the Forbidden City
Photos: A new exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. provides a glimpse into the life of a discriminating 18th-century Chinese emperor
Ben Folds and Nick Hornby (Q&A)
Short List
TIME'S PICKS FOR THE WEEK
BUSINESS
How Blockbuster Failed at Failing (Business)
Yes, the movie-rental firm was doomed. But the ending could have been a lot better
SCIENCE
The Newest (and Horniest) Dinosaur: the Kosmoceratops (Paleontology)
According to a delightful new paper published Sept. 22 in the online science journal PloS One, the Kosmoceratops lived indeed — a good 76 million years ago, according to the scientists' reckoning
PEOPLE
10 Questions for Danielle Steel (10 Questions)
The prolific, best-selling novelist has a new book, Legacy, on sale now. Danielle Steel will now take your questions
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Fertility and Cancer: Surviving and Having Kids Too (Wellness / Oncofertility)
A new field of fertility medicine helps cancer survivors have babies after treatment
LETTERS
Inbox (Inbox)
BRIEFING
The Skimmer
Book Review: Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
The Moment
9|28|10: Pyongyang
The World
10 ESSENTIAL STORIES
GOP Candidates Withstand Dems' Efforts to Demonize (Washington: The Politics Page)
Republican candidates, including Wall Streeters, free traders and Big Business profiteers, have opened up polling leads in some of the choicest midterm contests, despite Democrats' efforts to disqualify them in the present based on their pasts
Why Murkowski Can Win: Follow the Money (Washington: The Politics Page)
Lab Report: Health, Science and Medicine
Verbatim
Brief History: Wiretapping
Eddie Fisher: The Songs, the Sins, the Scandal (Milestones)
Eddie Fisher, who died Sept. 22 at 82, had the smoothest voice in midcentury pop and lifelong struggles with drugs and marriage that became the stuff of Hollywood legend
Gloria Stuart (Milestones)
Arthur Penn: The Miracle Worker of Bonnie and Clyde (Milestones)
Director Arthur Penn, whose new-wave take on American legends reinvigorated Hollywood, died Sept. 28 at age 88