Vol. 168 No. 9
NATION
The freshman Senator from New York has emerged from Bill's shadow as a politician in her own right. But if she runs for President, he could hurt as well as help her
Love her? Hate her? Would you vote for her for President? Let your voice be heard
WORLD
As Christianity begins to reshape the nation, TIME learns new details about a crackdown on one church
Allah's Recruits
Why more and more Westerners are converting to Islam and, in some cases, pursuing an extremist path
Reconstruction Wars (LETTER FROM LEBANON)
As Lebanon's army gets back in the game, a new battle beginsto win the peace
SCIENCE
The U.S. is pouring millions into new lie-detection technologies, peering into minds in ways that could make anybody nervous
Diving into the Gene Pool
Think you know your roots? An ancestral-DNA test unearthed a few of mine--and some big surprises too
SOCIETY
John Mark Karr says he killed the 6-year-old beauty queen, but his confession is as confounding as her murder
Telling Untruths (Crime)
NOTEBOOK
They Pity The Fools
Punchlines
On Candid Camera
Milestones
I Want You To Join The Army
Verbatim
Running Against the Big Shots (In The Arena)
The Ana Log
Washington base camp, Ana Marie Cox dishes the dirt on D.C.
Numbers
A Terrorist's Network
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A new memoir gives us the hilarious, excruciating life story of the man who wrote The Corrections
Dude, Where's My State? (Books)
A transplanted New Yorker tries to make sense of Arnold, Arianna and other exotic Californian fauna
6 Jazz Singers Worth A Listen (Worth Your Time)
Need to cool down in the dog days? Take a taste of these refreshing stylists
YOUR TIME
Cupcake Nation (Food)
SPECIAL SECTION
Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires: a year after Katrina, a tour of the American hazardscape shows that we haven't learned much
Reaching for The Light (Katrina: One Year Later)
PEOPLE
People
LETTERS
ESSAY
Why it's not a planet, Europe is no continent and W. isn't "43"
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
African Americans used to visit Africa only to connect with the past. Now they land with investment dollars and business skills
Marathon Fights Malaria (Time Bonus Section September 2006: Global Business / corporate responsibility)
Why an oil-and-gas giant is especially well suited to tackling a mosquito-borne disease
The Allure of Over There (Time Bonus Section September 2006: Global Business / global investing)
Developing markets can be a bit of a roller coaster. But that's not stopping investors from sending billions of dollars abroad
Q & A: Carlos Ghosn (Time Bonus Section September 2006: Global Business / ceo speaks)
The celebrated auto exec says benchmarking is the key to any good alliance
People to Watch In International Business (Time Bonus Section September 2006: Global Business / world beaters)