Guess Who Came to Dinner? (The Well / Cover Story)
A visit from George Clooney, home handyman and the last true movie star

Photos

George Clooney at Play

Celebrity photographer Sam Jones spends a day with the Oscar-nominated star at home

George Clooney's Oscar Pool Picks

He swears he has never lost an Oscar pool. Here are his guesses for this year's major winners

A Fight for the Texas Democrats (The Well / Campaign '08)
For the first time in memory, Lone Star liberals will cast a crucial vote in a national race. Inside the Democratic challengers' battle to win the most blue votes in a very red state

Changing the Script (The Well / Campaign '08)
His independence, a liability in the GOP primaries, may be his biggest strength in November. How John McCain plans to win


The Persian Gulf Primary (In The Arena)
A forum in Qatar illustrates the challenges that await the next U.S. President in the Middle East

Courting Joe Six-Pack (Commentary)
The Democrats may seem divided along class lines, but it's actually the Republicans who need to worry

Wanted: Someone to Play God
Science has given us childbirth miracles. Now we need laws to create some boundaries


Milestones (Briefing)

Numbers

Washington Memo (Briefing)

The Kosovo Test (Briefing / The Moment)
Why only half the world welcomes a new Balkan independence day

Briefing

People

Verbatim

The Page (Briefing / The Page)
Campaign Insider. It's good to be Barack Obama's national field director

Cuba's Chance (The Well / World)
With Fidel Castro finally fading from the scene, his brother and heir Raúl has a golden opportunity to take the country on a new path to freedom. The U.S. can help--if it is prepared to break some shackles of its own


Stuck on the Couch (Health / Fit Nation)
Psst! Exercise is good for you. Knew that already? So do most of us, yet we still do nothing about it. Here's why


Mad Scientist in the Kitchen (Life: Food - Finance - Fit Nation / Food)
Dave Arnold doesn't shout "Eureka!" when he cooks, but he could

Exposing the Credit-Card Fine Print (Finance)
Hidden credit-card charges and soaring interest rates have consumers steamed. And Congress is finally listening


Who Owns History? (Arts: Antiquities - Downtime / Antiquities)
Nations want their looted art returned. Great museums want to keep the treasures. Is there a right way to divide the past?

Downtime (Arts: Antiquities - Downtime / Downtime)
5 Things You Should Know About. Classics are remade, from Beowulf to old films to Thriller


10 Questions for Sean Combs (10 Questions)
He's a multi-aliased rapper, an actor and a fashion mogul, and his intense turn as an ambivalent striver in the TV-movie adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun airs Feb. 25 on ABC. Sean Combs will now take your questions


Taking Sides
Journalists are supposed to inform readers about the issues, not sway their votes. So why do newspapers still endorse candidates?


The Complex Task of Simplicity (Global Business: Corporate Strategy - Mining And Metals / Corporate Strategy)
Dutch electronics giant Philips wants to make itself easier to manage

Brazil's Behemoth (Global Business: Corporate Strategy - Mining And Metals / Mining and Metals)
Vale do Rio Doce, once a state-owned slacker, has played the commodities boom brilliantly

Business Books
Web icon Seth Godin loves to chide big outfits for their indigestible online marketing. His message: Stop adapting and start reinventing


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