Vol. 160 No. 13
NATION
REPUBLICANS ARE BETTER OFF IF THE ELECTION IS ABOUT TERROR AND GEORGE BUSH. DEMOCRATS WOULD RATHER CROON ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE
A Florida Vote=A Mess (Election 2002)
But the big news after the latest fiasco is that a Democratic novice may have a shot against Jeb Bush
WORLD
Patrolling The No-Fly Zones Over Iraq Since 1991 Has Given U.S. Pilots Lots Of Practice For The Real Thing
WAR & TERRORISM
American interrogators finally got to Omar al-Faruq, who detailed plans to launch a new terror spree in Southeast Asia. A TIME exclusive
Reeling Them In (Al-Qaeda / The Global Threat)
Al-Qaeda's elusive terrorists have to be captured one by one. The inside story of how a big fish got snared
Breaking the Buffalo Five: Easy as "A, B, C" (Al-Qaeda / The Global Threat)
SCIENCE
CHRISTOPHER REEVE, In A Visit With TIME, Tells How He Is Regaining Control Of His Body, One Finger At A Time
Meanwhile, in the Lab...
TECHNOLOGY
A little robot called Roomba vacuums your house while you lounge by the pool. Is this the beginning of the end?
NOTEBOOK
Notebook
Playing the U.N. Card
One Bush's War and Remembrance
Toronto, A Year Later
Milestones (Milestones)
The Recalcitrant Ally
On Edge
Anything To Avoid An F
The Kennedy Update
Verbatim
School's In: Yoga's Out?
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Dictatorships and Double Standards
BUSINESS
Very small Business (Time Global Business / Nanotechnology)
Nanotech is quietly seeping into everything from stain-resistant khakis to cancer drugs
Exporting to Survive (Time Global Business / Tech Start-Ups)
With U.S. customers in a crunch, new telecom firms go abroad for business
The No-Payment Plan (Time Global Business / E-Commerce)
Thousands of young Indonesians commit cyberfraud for fun and profit
When You Absolutely, Positively Don't Want It Stolen (Time Global Business / E-Commerce)
Shippers and merchants fight back against credit-card and postal fraud
World Beaters (Time Global Business / World Beaters)
People to Watch in International Business
Dublin Calling (Time Global Business / The Global Life)
Americans are flocking to Ireland for business--and discovering the pleasures of its green, gentle capital
Bet on Greed (Time Global Business)
Buying fallen tech and financial stocks, insiders may be calling a market bottom
LAW
Wilmington Police Are Snapping Pictures Of People In High-Crime Areas And Taking Names. Is This Legal?
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Look Back In Angst (The Arts / Television)
This fall the networks bet that anxious viewers will take refuge in nostalgia. What does it say about post-9/11 America if the cold war now seems cozy?
A Few Words to Die By (The Arts / Books)
In Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk's Latest Novel, An Angry Man Discovers A Killer Rhyme--And Uses It
The Banger Sisters (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Bob Dolman
Voyage To India (The Arts / Short Takes)
India.Arie
Middlesex (The Arts / Short Takes)
By Jeffrey Eugenides
Firefly (The Arts / Short Takes)
Fox, Fridays, 8 p.m. E.T.
Secretary (The Arts / Short Takes)
Directed by Steven Shainberg
Demolition (The Arts / Short Takes)
Ryan Adams
Push, Nevada (The Arts / Short Takes)
ABC, Thursdays, 9 p.m. E.T. (preview, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 9 p.m. E.T.)
YOUR TIME
60-SECOND SYNOPSIS
All Together Now (Personal Time / Your Lifestyle)
BUY OR HOLD?
Curing the Late-Payment Blues (Personal Time / Your Money)
Mortgage foreclosures are at record highs. The good news: lenders are willing to help bail you out
Prostate Cancer: Cut or Wait? (Personal Time / Your Health)
New evidence tips the balance toward surgical intervention. But you still may not live longer
My Chicago (Personal Time / Your Lifestyle)
Your Health (Personal Time / Your Health)
Get Rid Of Housing Stocks? (Personal Time / Your Money)
The Next Gourmet Item: Salt (Personal Time / Your Lifestyle)
DEMYSTIFIER SALT
SPECIAL SECTION
TIME sent a team of photographers--James Nachtwey, Nina Berman and Vincent Musi--to the ceremonies at ground zero, Shanksville, Pa., and the Pentagon to gather enduring images of the day: a day of rec
PEOPLE
The Kids Stay in the Picture (At Lunch With Rory And Kieran Culkin)