The Battle Over Gay Marriage
It's official: gays can marry in Massachusetts come May. A TIME report on how it happened, what it means — and how it may play out in the race for the White House

Not Quite As Liberal As They Look (Society/Mainline Churches)

Cupid Academy
Matchmaking is a serious — and fast-growing — business, as students learn in a weekend course


"Oh, My God! Get Martha on the Phone."
Martha Stewart was rude and dismissive, according to testimony by a former Merrill Lynch employee. But did she break the law?

To Russia For Cash
A treasured Faberge egg collection is the latest sale in an eye-popping liquidation of Forbes family assets


The Hypocrisy Bowl (Arts/Television)
A sunburst exposes the game's sex-sells ethos. Let the bogus outrage and culture wars begin!

Take This Job and Starve (Arts/Books)
Millions of Americans survive in low-wage jobs. Working Poor shows just how barely they get by

You've Got Male (Arts/Books)
Do men have an answer to chick lit? Three new books by and about guys give it a shot

A Little Food for the Soul (Arts/Movies)
Kitchen Stories is a minimalist comic marvel


Stroke Of Luck (Your Time/Health)
Researchers are finding new ways to deliver treatment when it counts most

Shhh...Patients Recovering (Your Time/Health)

Recent Vintage, No Bouquet (Your Time/Health)

Drawing In the Gals (Your Time/Lifestyle)
Move over, guys. Graphics for girls are the hot new genre in Japanese comics

Gay-Family Cruises (Your Time/Lifestyle)

Thom Browne (Your Time/Lifestyle/Style Setters)

Dial G for Geek (Your Time/Technology)
The tech support the stars use is now available to mere mortals — for a price

Download At 30,000 Feet (Your Time/Technology)

From DJ to VJ (Your Time/Technology)

Will Iraq Start to Unravel?
Kurdish calls for autonomy are generating fears of ethnic conflict that could complicate U.S. exit plans

Terror on the Subway
President Putin blames Chechen rebels for the latest deadly attack. But is he making things worse?


Why The M Word Matters To Me (Essay)
Only marriage can bring a gay person home

14 Years Ago In Time (Notebook/Milestones)

A New Race For Space: Look Out For Nigeria

Milestones (Notebook/Milestones)

All Out Of Reforms
A crisis in Tehran

Kobe Bryant: Were His Pals Expecting Trouble?

Nearing Bin Laden?
New intel in the bin Laden hunt

Numbers

Pardoning A National Hero
The rap on A.Q. Khan

Performance Of The Week

Put The Two Johns In The Ring

The Japanese Camps: Making The 9/11 Link

The Oh Hell! Primary
The Dems and the press

Verbatim

10 Questions For Johnnie Cochran (Interview)

Letters (Letters)

People (People)

Q & A With Annie Lennox (People)


Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson (Generations/Relationships)
No pains. No Viagra. No excuses. Why older women date younger men

Geared Up For Health
New technology may enable us to live longer and happier lives at home — and even cure our ailing health-care system

Musical Prayers (Generations/Turning Point)
War experiences inspired Dave Brubeck's religious music