Stuck In The Starting Gate?
Al Gore learns that mistakes are more glaring--and dangerous--because he's the No. 1 contender. And are those Bill Bradley's footsteps he's hearing?

America, Love It or Leave It
It used to be the right's battle cry. Now it's the right's dilemma

Curtains for Dr. Death
After assisting 130 suicides since 1990, Jack Kevorkian is found guilty of a murder in Michigan


Lying Faces Unmasked (Science)
The most gifted fibbers can fool almost anybody, but a new computer can look right through them

Writing Without Moving a Muscle (Science)

Close Call for a Diabetes Drug (Science)
Despite 35 deaths, an FDA panel says Rezulin can stay on the market

Should All Be Forgiven? (Religion)
Giving up that grudge could be good for your health. Researchers are pioneering a science of redemption based on an old form of grace


Children's Menu (Personal Time/Your Health)
Club soda, games of chase and other tricks to get kids to eat more of what's good for them

Your Health (Personal Time/Your Health)

Spread Your Bets (Personal Time/Your Money)
With 401(k) plans, many own too much of their employer's stock. Here's what to do about it

Your Money (Personal Time/Your Money)

Versatile Video (Personal Time/Your Technology)
Sony's new camcorder offers all the digital advantages and still plays your old analog tapes

View Rare Books on Your PC (Personal Time/Your Technology)

PC Makers Get Crunched
Prices are collapsing, and there's nothing on the way to boost sales. Is the PC history?


Joan of Art (The Arts/Show Business)
Once the transpacific princess of good films and bad, Joan Chen is now an award-winning auteur

Private Spielberg (The Arts/Show Business)
The much lauded co-founder of DreamWorks may be looking to do more work on his own

Dreaming by Numbers (The Arts/Cinema)
What if the world were run by evil computers? And what if only a few rebels knew the truth?

Bad Atti-Toon (The Arts/Cinema)
Movies hit a new low in a God-awful Mod Squad

She's Gotta Build It (The Arts/Architecture)
Iraqi-born Zaha Hadid has long been a famous architect. Now her designs are becoming reality

Embedded in Our Subsoil (The Arts/Books)
A biography puts Frost's dark side in perspective

Raps, in Blue (The Arts/Music)
Eminem rings up sales as well as controversy

Sex in the Trauma Ward (The Arts/Theater)
Natasha Richardson returns to Broadway in a bruising relationship drama from London

A Global One-Man Show (The Arts/Television)
ABC takes an enterprising look at the past 100 years in an ambitious, 12-hour documentary

Chris Buckley (The Arts/Q&A)

Vulgar Favors By Maureen Orth and Three Month Fever (The Arts/Short Takes/Books)
By Gary Indiana

The School Of Flesh (The Arts/Short Takes/Cinema)
Directed by Benoit Jacquot

Always Never The Same (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
George Strait

Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years (The Arts/Short Takes/Music)
Chris Connor