Table of Contents

10 QUESTIONS 8

LETTERS 9

NOTEBOOK

Suicide bombs in Kabul; Kerry's cupcakes; al-Qaeda master forgers; Michigan's e-ballots; Pixar pals to part 17

MILESTONES: Talker Paar, Pueblo Commander Bucher pass on 20

IN THE ARENA: Joe Klein on Bush's election-year vulnerability 23

COVER

JOHN KERRY His record could peg him as liberal, a conservative or a side changer. The mix could also make him effective 24

TERESA HEINZ: Kerry's blunt, foreign-born, $500 million wife: Is she a plus or a minus? 36

HOWARD DEAN: He drops manager Trippi and minds Michigan 38

CAMPAIGN JOURNAL: John Cloud on the y'all factor 40

WORLD

KAYBOOM Bush's former top WMD inspector finds no unconventional arms in Iraq and admits "we were almost all wrong." The President and CIA Director Tenet are feeling the pressure 42

MEANWHILE IN BRITAIN: Prime Minister Tony Blair faces a WMD crisis of his own 46

BUSINESS

TYCO TRIAGE Ed Breen is trying to revive a company that had come to symbolize corporate greed 48

MARTHA STEWART: A prosecution misfire slows the trial 50

INNOVATORS

CLEAN LIVING A photographer, a fashion designer and a scientist are putting the planet back together, one small puzzle piece at a time 53

HEALTH

THE PAXIL DEBATE Do certain antidepressants trigger suicide in kids? A ban in Britain revives the controversy 59

KILLER CHICKENS: Why scientists worry about Asia's bird flu 62

ARTS

The Real Norah With a new CD, jazz singer Jones hopes to move beyond the Starbucks hit list 64

OSCAR'S SHORT SEASON: The contenders have to fit all their hype into a teeny, tiny time frame 69

YOUR TIME

LIFESTYLE: Clubland dance wars; hotel tips; lobster au chocolat? 79

HEALTH: Testosterone pros and cons; buff Amish; when low fat is bad 80

TECH: Fine-tune your cyberdating; a laddie site; phones that hear better 83

PEOPLE: Rod Stewart's revival; Nicole to stroll U.N.; dueling mug shots; the comics' Cathy may wed! 85

ESSAY: Andrew Sullivan on Howard Dean's enduring value 86

COVER: Photograph for TIME by David Burnett--Contact

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