Vol. 167 No. 18
COVER
What insiders know about our health-care system that the rest of us need to learn
What Makes a Good Patient? (Medicine)
NATION
"recovery plan"
New Twists in The Case
A prosecutor comes under scrutiny when one of the students indicted in the Duke rape case comes up with an alibi
A Reporter's Last Battle
Why the FBI wants to search the private papers of the late investigative journalist Jack Anderson
WORLD
As criminal gangs run amuck in Iraq, hundreds of girls have gone missing. Are they being sold for sex?
It's Bad to Be the King (Letter From Kathmandu)
As a violent revolt threatens to end the monarchy, Nepal eyes an anarchic future
Running Out of the Darkness
With the aid of American Christians, North Koreans are risking their lives to reach freedom. The inside tale of one escape
SOCIETY
Willing to swap free rent for chores? A new living arrangement falls back on old-school gender roles
Taming Wild Girls
Never mind the gentler gender. Girls, too, can be brawlers. But parents, teachers and older girls are starting to take control
NOTEBOOK
A Financial Hit on Iran?
U.S. officials have been mapping a plan to hit the defiant regime
Punchlines
Milestones
Taxes Too High? Rent a Cow
In Florida, investors are saving on property taxes by claiming plots as farmland
Bosnia's Pyramid Scheme
Numbers
A Media Mole Unmasked
CIA Director Porter Goss fingered his first alleged media mole
Lipstick At $75 a Barrel? (Pop Quiz)
20 Years Ago in TIME
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Zacarias Moussaouis' mother, Aicha el-Wafi tells TIME about her son and her anguish
BUSINESS
Alarmed about the prevalence of resumé padding, employers are turning fib detection into an industry
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
reinvent its big-money franchises?
Listening To The Hissing (Summer Movie Preview)
Snakes on a Plane--a title that definitely bites
The Height Of Luxury (Fashion)
How Tomas Maier has revitalized leather-goods house Bottega Veneta by bucking the logo trend
7 Greatest Plays on Film (Worth Your Time)
Can't make it to the theater? Screen these classic DVDs in your home
YOUR TIME
New ways to save by planning your trip online
A Better Option? (Health)
Good news on breast-cancer prevention
PEOPLE
10 Questions For Romano Prodi (Interview)
LETTERS
Immigration Divides the Nation