Vol. 165 No. 13
COVER
A year after Janet Jackson, activists and Congress are revving up their drive to clean up the airwaves. Now cable may be next. Has TV gone too far--or have its critics?
(Time Poll: Watching Television)
want a stricter FCC, they don't back a ban on smutty content
WORLD
The new Secretary of State is dazzling audiences abroad--and outmaneuvering her rivals at home
Band of Sisters
The quest of a group of women to solve a murder may break the I.R.A.'s grip on Northern Ireland
SCIENCE
In the ultimate inside job, cancer doctors are now recruiting—and rejiggering—microbes to destroy malignant cells from within
SOCIETY
sparked a wave of thefts and criminality that rural towns just can't handle
RELIGION
A historic service signals a new push by Muslim women to reclaim their rights in the mosque
SPORT
Hearings leave a legend stained, a commissioner under fire and a game still under suspicion
PEOPLE
Guarding Letterman's Little Man
Oh, Bono, my bags... .
A Lil' Career Boost?
10 Questions for Michael Chertoff (Interview)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Most of the world's airlines are cash squeezed, but Emirates is rolling in it
Surviving The System (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / World Briefing)
Play It, Africa (World Briefing)
What T Shirts Can Teach Us About Trade (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / World Briefing)
Phone Sense (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / World Briefing)
A Biotech First (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / World Briefing)
Roche Diagnostics will soon be ready to ship the first FDA-approved DNA diagnostic chips to labs in the U.S.
Capitalist Tools (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / Rainmakers)
A group of pioneering bankers and investors is guiding China through its economic rebirth with money and business know-how
Sowing Capitalist Seeds (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / Rainmakers)
And for This He Read Poetry? (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / Rainmakers)
"Barefoot" Banker Strikes Gold (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / Rainmakers)
Lawyer for Hire: Knows China Well (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / Rainmakers)
Ferreting Out the Phonies (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / Rainmakers)
A Tag Team Links Two Cultures (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / Rainmakers)
People to Watch in International Business (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / World Beaters)
A Bull on Wheels (Time Bonus Section April 2005: Global Business / Driving)
The new Lamborghini is a menacing machine
NATION
John Kerry is on the road again, listing excuses for losing in 2004 and looking like a 2008 campaigner
The New Tax Trap
Watch out: the alternative minimum tax is sneaking up on you. Here's why
Charity, D.C. Style
Are some nonprofits really in the lobbying business? TIME looks at a U.S.-Korea group now under scrutiny
BUSINESS
With the conviction of WorldCom's former CEO, corporate fraudsters are finally facing hard time
Another Titan Takes A Tumble (Ethics)
Maurice Greenberg ends his post at AIG
From Zap to Zzzzz
Once the hottest stock around, Taser has taken a nose dive over safety concerns and slowing growth
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A new retrospective of work by Jean-Michel Basquiat raises the question, How much of value did that big decade leave behind?
If You've Got It, Flaunt It (Fashion)
To fight low-price chains that pick up the latest trends, designers are upping the ante
They Built This City (Books)
Two bustling novels reconstruct the lives of the working men and women who made Gotham
5 Video Games Worth Sore Thumbs (Video Games)
out? These plays are for you
YOUR TIME
Sony's new PSP—PlayStation Portable—could be the hottest gizmo since the iPod
Doctor's Orders (Health)
The Future Of Homemaking (Home)
Vitamin E-Gads (Health)
LETTERS
ESSAY
Tied up by a violent fugitive, Ashley Smith found a way to let the light in
NOTEBOOK
The new National Intelligence Director gets a windfall
Embattled Ivy
Some of the hot-button issues raising temperatures on campus these days
Gay-Marriage Bans: The Boomerang Effect
Marriage legislation is causing some unintended legal consequences
Stem-cell struggles (U.S. Snapshot)
The fierce battle over embryonic stem-cell research didn't end with the 2004 election
Derby Does Dallas--and Austin and Seattle, Too
Roller derby makes a comeback with an updated look
Punchlines
The greatest hits of the week in late-night comedy
Death With Indignity
A flurry of legislation brings Terri Schiavo's fate to a national debate
Psychological Torture?
How big a role should mental-health experts play in military interrogations?
Milestones
Appreciation
Numbers
Verbatim
Blogwatch
The Creative Stubbornness of Harry Reid (In The Arena)