Battle For The Senate (NATION/Election 2002)
Will the Republicans regain a majority in November? It may all depend on five critical races

Iraq: 7 Questions To Ponder (IRAQ/THE ISSUES)
The Hill prepares to vote on war. A look at the cases for and against

Is Your Airline Pilot Ready for Surprises? (FIRST PERSON)
What it feels like to ride along on a gut-wrenching new kind of practice flight

Let's Wait to Attack (Iraq/Viewpoints)

No, Let's Not Waste Any Time (Iraq/Viewpoints)


Business, Heal Thyself (TIME Bonus Section/Inside Business/Board of Economists)
With health-care costs soaring, a TIME round table takes a look at the causes — and some possible cures

By Chopper Only (TIME Bonus Section/Inside Business/Board of Economists)
The ultimate escape from work: heli-fishing in British Columbia

Game Face (TIME Bonus Section/Inside Business/SHOWTIME)
At the Fun Expo, arcade oldies fight for attention in a video-game universe

Ready for Battle (TIME Bonus Section/Inside Business/Technology)
The ex-soldiers who run AIT take Internet security seriously. Very seriously


Jesus and the FDA

Gene Tampering

Numbers

Pirates, Beware: This CD Stays Put

Do Good Spies Make Good Neighbors?

Next Up: The $2 Billion Man

Verbatim

The Man on the Phone

Maryland Manhunt: What the Bullets Say

Letters (Letters)

Grading The Other War (AFGHANISTAN/ONE YEAR LATER)
Does our fighting in Afghanistan hold any lessons for a battle with Iraq? A report card on the Afghan war's uneven first year


A Tree Hugger's Delight
Meet 60 remarkable specimens and the eccentric British historian who is obsessed with them

Do Breast Self-Exams Work?

Do We Dare Breed A Skeeter?

Young, Bi And Polar


Who's Ready for Colege? (Education)
Conservatives want to get rid of remedial education. If so, only two-thirds of today's freshmen need apply


Will Manage for Food
White-collar workers are being laid off at a record pace. So what do they do? Start new businesses, find lower-paying work — and take to the streets


The Rules of Attraction (Short Takes/MOVIES)
Directed by Roger Avary

Welcome Back, Eloise (At Tea With Hilary Knight)
At tea with Hilary Knight, Eloise's illustrator, who first drew the plucky character in Kay Thompson's 1955 book

And They All Hate Chevy (Arts/Books)
A history of Saturday Night Live offers a frank and fascinating look at life inside a comedy sweatshop

Dave Eggers Gets Real (Arts/Books)
The mischievous memoirist delivers a powerful first novel about a road trip of global proportions

Hip-Hop Grownup (Arts/Music)
After nearly two decades as a rapper, LL Cool J is maturing in a genre that usually devours its elders

Evenings At The Improv (television)
Don't get me rewrite! TV comedies are finding ways to get laughs without a script

White Oleander (Short Takes/MOVIES)
Directed by Peter Kosminsky

American Idol Greatest Moments (Short Takes/MUSIC)
Various Artists

Simply Natural (Short Takes/MUSIC)
Carla Cook

Bang Bang You're Dead (Short Takes/TELEVISION)
Showtime, Oct. 13, 8:00 p.m. E.T.

Birds of Prey (Short Takes/TELEVISION)
The WB, Wednesdays, 9p.m. E.T.

LITTLE HAM (Short Takes/THEATER)


Mix and Mesh

Slower but Just as Painful

What's Branded on Your Beef?

The Check Is in the Mail. Not!
Americans today pay more bills electronically than by mail. Here's how you can join the party

Invasion of the Robo-Editors
Automated news services can gather headlines in a flash. Is there still room for the human touch? Is there still room for the human touch?