Out of the X Box (Cover Story / Technology)
How Bill Gates built his new game machine--and changed your living room forever

Let the Battle Begin (Cover Story / Technology)
The major video game console makers continue the struggle to win dominance in the marketplace

Who Is Playing Games--and Why (Cover Story / Technology)

From Geek to Chic in 33 Years (Cover Story / Technology)
Three decades after video games invaded our space, it's finally hip to be square


Why Bush's Ban Could Be Reversed (Stem Cells)
As states push ahead with new research that the public seems to want, Congress is poised to expand the uses of federal funding beyond what the President's order allows

California Leads, but a Pack Follows (Stem Cells)
Meanwhile, at the state level of stem-cell research...

The Posse in the Pulpit
A look at "patriot pastors"

Exposed in Spokane
Mayor Jim West built his political resume battling gay rights--and did it all from inside the closet


The Gamble Of a Lifetime
EXCLUSIVE: At 77, Ariel Sharon is risking it all on his plan to give up the Gaza Strip settlements. Spend time with him at his home, and he'll tell you why

The Man Who Turned Sharon Into a Softie


The Scent of a Man (Behavior)
What the brain and the nose tell scientists about sexual desire--and orientation--in the human male

Unmasking King Tut (Archaeology)
Modern technology puts a face on the famous Pharaoh and--curses!--lays to rest a 3,300-year-old murder mystery


My Most Difficult Choice (Health / First Person)
COX-2 inhibitors may fight cancer--or cause stroke. I'll risk the latter


Editing The Spies
The famous President's daily brief on security is in the midst of its biggest reform ever

Those Base-Closing Blues
Rumsfeld proposes closing 33 of the Pentagon's 318 major military bases

The Man Who Would Be Ratzinger
San Francisco Archbishop William Levada is chosen as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Are Pensions in Peril? (Speed Read)
Speed Read: The airline bailout

52 Years Ago In TIME

Mon Dieu! The French Get Fat
French experts become increasingly concerned about the country's weight problem

No Taste, Not Filling
Moves to ban Alcohol Without Liquid in numerous states

Punchlines

Blogwatch

Verbatim

Milestones

Numbers

Dave Speaks (Television)
He's today's hottest comic. He has TV's coolest show. So why did DAVE CHAPPELLE flee to Africa? An exclusive interview with the runaway funnyman

Slumming with the Brits (Movies)
Class envy, novel murders and lifestyle voyeurism: Layer Cake's a classic English antihero movie

5 Memoirs That You Won't Forget (Books)
Fiction is fun, but for real drama there's nothing like a firsthand account


Tech Ticker

Tee Up Your Game (Sports)

At A Loss For Words (Health)

Bounce, Bounce, Bounce, Boom! (Health)

Time Out (Sports)
Cheryl Ladd

Doctor's Orders (Health)

A Game For Swingers (Sports)

E-Mailers Anonymous (Technology)


My Honky-Tonk Hubby

Drop And Give Billy Bob 20! (First Look)

Q+A Jada Pinkett Smith

The Wonder Of Narration


A Case for the Supreme Court


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Stuck in the Orbit of Satellite Radio
The technology connects you to the world--but not the one outside your window


Masters of the Game (Innovators: Forging The Future / Video Games)
These four visionaries are taking the world of electronic gaming to a whole new level of sophistication

The Allure of a Sticky Ball (Innovators: Forging The Future / Video Games)
THE VIRTUAL ARTIST

Larger Than Life (Innovators: Forging The Future / Video Games)
NOVELIST OF THE SCREEN

Under the Sea to Over the Clouds (Innovators: Forging The Future / Video Games)
THE KING OF SIMS