Act Two (Hurricane Rita / Lessons Learned?)
Hurricane Rita brings a second cruel assault on the Gulf Coast. How well did we apply Katrina's lessons?

Global Warming: The Culprit? (Hurricane Rita / Global Warming)
Evidence mounts that human activity is helping fuel these monster hurricanes
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Paths of Destruction
Hard on the heels of Katrina, Hurricane Rita roared across the Gulf and ripped into the coast along the Texas-Louisiana border. This time, however, the coast was prepared


How Many More Mike Browns Are Out There?
A TIME inquiry finds that at top positions in some vital government agencies, the Bush Administration is putting connections before experience

Let's Have an Antipoverty Caucus (In the Arena)


Generation Jihad
Rootless and restive, young Muslims in Europe are increasingly turning to religious extremism. An inside look at the threat of homegrown militants


Metrosexual Matrimony
When modern men prepare to wed, many wax, tan and help plan. Here come the "groomzillas"


Another Abu Ghraib?
An Army officer's complaints spark an investigation into prisoner abuse in Iraq

Why DNA Exonerations May Get Rarer
Florida and Ohio will no longer allow prisoners to petition for post-conviction DNA testing

The Pope Gets Tough on Gays
The Vatican makes a new effort to root out homosexuals from the seminary

Katrina's Odd Couple
The nature of the relationship between New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and federal recovery chief Adm. Thad Allen

Eat Beef--Just Ignore the Song
Advertisers are using popular tunes to sell their product but ignoring the songs' ultimate meanings

TV's Signature Send-Offs
Match each send-off with its reality TV show

Blogwatch

Verbatim

Punchlines

Appreciation

Numbers

Milestones


The Matron Saint of Pasta (Time Bonus Section October 2005: Connections)
How Lidia Bastianich turned her Italian heritage into a culinary empire

A Diary of Healing (Time Bonus Section October 2005: Connections)
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Raise yours by following one woman's path to recovery. Plus, the latest on screening and risk reduction

Cancer Control (Time Bonus Section October 2005: Connections)
It's not just a question of what lurks in your genes. Diet, exercise, weight control and even childhood eating habits may influence your risk

Which Breast Tests Are Best? (Time Bonus Section October 2005: Connections)
Mammograms are the gold standard, but there's news about digital scans and other options to ponder

We're Divorced. No, Really (Time Bonus Section October 2005: Connections)
Keeping close ties with your ex can derail new loves and confuse the kids

Tales from The Hood (Time Bonus Section October 2005: Connections)
Sharon Flake captivates young readers with gritty realism

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The Resurrection of Neil Young (Music)
When the Godfather of Grunge discovered he had a potentially fatal aneurysm, he took a week, went to Nashville and added to his legacy by making another classic album

Venice the Menaced (Books)
The author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil finds his next Savannah on the Adriatic

See More Hoffman! (Movies)
An actor caps a decade of brilliant character work on stage and screen with the lead role in Capote

5 Sweet Home Shows
These distinctive series are sprucing up the hearth-and-hammers genre


Daisy Cooks (Food)

Doctor's Orders (Health)

Blood Work (Health)

The Disasters That Keep on Giving (Money)


10 Questions for Pervez Musharraf

Kate-Walk of Shame

Q&A Viggo Mortensen

Daytime Divas Duel
In addition to competing reality shows, lifestyle guru Martha Stewart and model Tyra Banks have new daytime talk shows. How do their strategies for winning an audience differ? As it turns out, not much

The Rare Spotted Tiger

Wild About Wildlife (Innovators / Conservation: Forging the Future)
They've used their natural instincts--not to mention their time and their money--to make the great outdoors greater

Protecting a Tax Break (Innovators / Conservation: Forging the Future)
PLAYING WILDLIFE POLITICS

Centipedes Deserve Your Respect (Innovators / Conservation: Forging the Future)
THE HIDDEN WORLD

Ecosystem Evangelist (Innovators / Conservation: Forging the Future)
A HUNTER BECOMES THE PREY

The Bird Man of Idaho (Innovators / Conservation: Forging the Future)
SAVING OUR SWANS


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The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth
The words of Huey Lewis have come to pass: It's finally hip to be square