Could it Happen Again?
A bipartisan inquiry into 9/11 finds intelligence failures that might have been avoided. Two years later, what has been fixed and what is still broken?

The Sleepy Superpower Awakes (Essay)
The U.S. is on the move again around the globe, and it's about time

Looking For Help In The Wrong Place
U.N. peacekeepers aren't the answer for Iraq. It's still America's war


As for the Wife ...
Fresh details are beginning to emerge about the whereabouts of Saddam's wives and daughters

Who Will Stop the Killing?
With Bush's credibility on the line, American troops head toward Liberia. But are they ready to assert their power?

And Then There Was One
An informant's tip leads U.S. forces to the Hussein brothers. Now the focus is on Saddam


Where the Good Jobs Are Going
Forget sweatshops. U.S. companies are now shifting high-wage work overseas, especially to India


Nuts (and Fiber) to High Cholesterol (Your Time/Health)
Who needs statin drugs when you've got the grocery store?

Happier Trails (Your Time/Lifestyle)
Mountain biking is a rugged, risky sport. Improved gear is making it safer

Lifestyle News (Your Time/Lifestyle)

Hurricane Warning (Your Time/Money)
Insurers quietly added deductibles in coastal areas. Better check your policy

Money News (Your Time/Money)

Health News (Your Time/Health)

10 Questions for Ted Kennedy
After more than 40 years in the Senate, Ted Kennedy, 71, is still the icon of American liberalism. Yet he has also been at the center of recent attempts to bridge the party divide over issues ranging from education to prescription-drug benefits. TIME's Matthew Cooper talked to him about the art of compromise, as well as his famous family.

A Peace Offering To The CIA

A Rose Without Thorns? (Television)
On her new reality series, Roseanne Barr wants very much to become nice — and a TV star again

Davis Vs. Davis

Drugs, Kids And Grownups

In The Gay Old Summertime

Milestones

37 Years Ago in Time

Numbers

People (People)

Performance Of The Week

The Weapons Israel Missed

Verbatim

Letters (Letters)


Busted!
Drug dealers are planting pot farms all over our national parks, and the Park Service is struggling to root them out. TIME goes on a raid

Downloader Dragnet (Technology)
The industry issues hundreds of subpoenas seeking the names of music pirates. Is yours among them?


The New Deal Steed
Seabiscuit is the sentimental, but not mawkish, story of the no-hope horse who gave everyone hope

The Professional Jerk (Movies)
How the American Pie lowlife became a cult hero

Arts: The View From Abroad
Jerry Springer--The Opera, Bush satires, a Whitney exhibit and 11 short films show how jaundiced the world view of the U.S. is