Gore's Coffee Stains
The campaign-finance brew comes back to trouble the Veep. Will a special counsel be far behind?

Excerpts From the Gore Interview

Pump Up The Volume
Gas prices provide Gore and Bush with a perfect issue for populist pronouncements. A pity the causes are too complex to fix real blame

Watching a Gadfly Create a Buzz (Political Scene)
With Ralph Nader as leader, the Green Party hopes to affect Campaign 2000


Luck Be a Stone Lion (Living)
Feng shui, once considered a New Age fad, is now being embraced by Big Business and bureaucrats

Martian Waterworks (Space)
New findings suggest the Red Planet may also be a wet planet--just the kind of place to look for life

Out of the Fold? (Religion)
The debate over gay ordination and same-sex unions poses a critical choice for mainline Protestants: Embrace or schism?

Paging all Parents (Education)
A survey shows many moms and dads are not as involved with their kids as they think they are

The Swimsuit Contest (Road To Sydney)


Is This The End.com?
New-economy revolutionaries now have to face up to mass firings and worthless options. Time to evolve

The Bionic Candidate
Vicente Fox is running a marketeer's dream of a campaign to be President of Mexico

"The Chosen One"
Defender of the faithful

The Acid-Bath Solution
Want to watch some billionaires scream? Just tune into Putin's slow roasting of Russia's powerful elite


Preacher, Teacher, Nag: Dr. Laura Speaks Her Mind (The Arts/Interview)

Unleashing A Storm (The Arts/Cinema)
Digital effects play the major role in this big summer movie--and make a splash in several others too

A Familiar Crew Adrift in Turbulent Waters (The Arts/Cinema)

The Power of the Word (The Arts/Books)
All the letters fall into place in Myla Goldberg's winningly eccentric first novel, Bee Season

A Blond Has Less Fun (The Arts/Music)
Lil' Kim's new album lacks the erotic charge of her public persona

Trixie (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Alan Rudolph

White Pony (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Deftones

Livelyhood, PBS, June 30, 9 p.m. E.T. (The Arts/Short Takes/Television)

Four-Wheel Expertise (The Arts/Show Business)
The hilarious hosts of NPR's Car Talk chat about their new book, their old clunkers and the media


Keep 'Em Moving (Personal Time/Your Family)
Here's how to get more exercise for the kids--and less for Mom: Give them more chores

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Family)

A Taxing Change (Personal Time/Your Money)
Congress wants to repeal the estate tax but take more of your capital gains. Here's how to cope

In Brief (Personal Time/Your Money)

Tearjerkers to Go (Personal Time/Your Technology)
As prices plummet, it may be the time to finally buy a portable DVD player. Bring your tissues

The News From Redmond (Personal Time/Your Technology)