Newsweek articles from January 2003

Newsweek archives from January 2003

Getting Rid of The Sex Police: Sodomy Laws are part of a dark tradition in this nation. They are meant only to demonize and marginalize a class of human beings.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Anna Quindlen Wedding announcements track American social history. Once they were the purview of the well-to-do, and the stereotypical division of roles was in the published details: the groom's work, the bride's gown. Point...

Rem's Chinese Puzzle: Koolhaas invents a 21st-century skyscraper for Beijing.(Rem Koolhaas)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan In China, there's a race to construct the world's tallest building. Both the Shanghai World Financial Center (due by 2008) and Union Square in Hong Kong (to open in 2007) will top out at more than 1,500 feet into...

Monster of Exactitude: In Nicholson Baker's splendid, comically melancholy new novel, an engaging obsessive faces mortality.(A Box of Matches)(Book Review)
January 13, 2003... Byline: David Gates An obsession with time--its amplitude and elasticity, its depredations, its inexorable passage--has driven all Nicholson Baker's work. His first novel, "The Mezzanine" (1988), opens up the squirreled-away wonders of an...

By Our Writers: A Germany That Might Have Been.(Andrew Nagorski)(Brief Article)(Interview)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Susannah Meadows In the early 1920s, when a fledgling political party promised Germany a new future, it also offered acceptance to an aimless teenager named Karl Naumann. "Last Stop Vienna," the debut historical novel by NEWSWEEK...

Borderline Madness: A heartbreaking tale of the drug wars in Texas.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Seth Mnookin On Jan. 20, 1995, a genial suit salesman named Bruno Jordan is shot dead in a parking lot in El Paso, Texas. Bruno's older brother Phil is an up-and-comer in the Drug Enforcement Administration. Seven years later, a...

The Fast and the Luxurious: Can an outrageous $250,000 Cadillac with a V-16 engine make Detroit king of the road again? Bob Lutz is betting his reputation on it.(Industry Overview)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Keith Naughton Detroit isn't known for its fashion shows, but this past Sunday it hoped to create a buzz machine that even New York would envy. To set the stage for a big coming-out party at this week's auto show, General Motors...

Ford's New Muscles.(Ford Motor Co.)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Keith Naughton Bill Ford Jr. desperately needs a hit. As the car company his great-grandfather founded prepares for its 100th anniversary, things have rarely looked worse. Sales are skidding, profits are nonexistent and its...

Correction.(Condoleeza Rice at Stanford Univ.)(Correction Notice)
January 13, 2003... In the Dec. 16 issue ("The Quiet Power of Condi Rice") NEWSWEEK reported that during Rice's time as provost of Stanford University (1993-1999) the number of African-Americans on the faculty declined. According to Stanford, the number of...

Periscope: Mysteries of 2003 Edition.(current events, celebrities)(Humor)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Why is N. Korea not a crisis when Iraq is? Why did John Edwards's prez rollout get buzz and Dick Gephardt's didn't? Why do they call Bill Parcells "Tuna"? C.W. Bush = Economists say new tax windfall for rich won't stimulate...

Mail Call: A Whole Lott of Controversy Going On.(Trent Lott; includes correction re: Condoleezza Rice at Stanford University)(Letter to the Editor)(Correction Notice)
January 13, 2003... Readers took a hard line as they responded to our Dec. 23 cover story. "I appreciated the extensive background in your article 'A Man Out of Time'," one wrote. "Put simply, there isn't much to defend Sen. Trent Lott as a leader in the 21st...

Who is the Bigger Threat? Bush has to make his case to an increasingly skeptical world, and win allies in the process.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Richard Wolffe George W. Bush did not just awaken to the menace of Kim Jong Il. Long before the North Korean dictator kicked out international inspectors, removed the monitoring seals and cameras from his nuclear plant at Yongbyon...

Kim Is The Key Danger... Yes, North Korea is a basket case. But Kim has put everything he has into his military, and he has the capacity to kill more people than in any conflict since World War II.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Michael Hirsh More American flags can be seen in North Korea than in most U.S. cities. Millions of them dot the roads of this desperately poor land. Why? Because Old Glory is printed on the sides of polyester food-aid bags that...

... No, Saddam Is Worse: The Iraqi dictator has proved that he has evil intent, and no compunction against using the world's most deadly weapons. He cannot be given another chance.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Christopher Dickey Saddam Hussein knows what he wants: Domination of the Arab world with all its oil. Elimination of Israel. Vengeance on the United States. His record is so clear on all these points that only those who refuse to...

Women, Wine and Weapons: Kim's a strange movie buff who loves the gory 'Friday the 13th' teen-slasher flicks. He also stars in his own real-life horror show.(Kim Jong Il)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Evan Thomas One of the tougher reviews for the new James Bond movie, "Die Another Day," came from an official-sounding organization, located in Pyongyang, North Korea, called the "Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful...

Angry At The Yanks: Strange times for U.S. troops helping to defend South Korea.
January 13, 2003... Byline: George Wehrfritz Like thousands of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea, Lt. John Stone opted to live among the locals. After landing in June, the airman and his wife rented an apartment near Osan Air Base, an hour's drive south of...

Morality Is Not A Strategy: The crisis is not that Kim has suddenly become more evil. It is that North Korea will, within months, become a plutonium factory.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Fareed Zakaria President Bush is right about one thing--North Korea's Kim Jong Il is an evil man who runs one of the most barbaric regimes in the world, suppressing and starving its own people. In the back-and-forth of diplomacy...

The End of the Double Game: Did the Prophet Muhammad ban women from sports? A NEWSWEEK columnist finds odd answers in Saudi Arabia.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Jonathan Alter A recent column in a Saudi newspaper made a splash in Riyadh. The writer asked: why shouldn't women be able to play sports? (With other women, of course.) Where did the Prophet Muhammad say that women should not be...

The Editor's Desk.(war correspondents)(Editorial)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Mark Whitaker Our Paris bureau chief, Christopher Dickey, has reported from war zones for more than two decades. He was on the front lines in Nicaragua in the 1980s, the gulf war in the '90s and Israel at the height of the suicide...

Method Man: After a five-year absence, Daniel Day-Lewis is an Oscar contender again, thanks to a brilliant, brutal performance in 'Gangs of New York'.(Interview)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Jeff Giles Daniel Day-Lewis leans forward. "Let me ask you something," he says. I lean backward. I have just seen him play Bill the Butcher in Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York," in which he looms over a would-be assassin and...

The Newspapers Tell Only Half of the Story: Americans read about acts of racism daily, but most of us know things aren't nearly so bleak.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Wes Carter Whenever I pick up a newspaper, I see articles about the dismal state of race relations in America, and I feel as if I have once again entered a long, dark tunnel where I'm surrounded by anguished faces and heavy hearts,...

Politics: The Dems' New Math: If nobody's got a shot at Bush in 2004, everybody does.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Howard Fineman His friends jokingly call it "The Shrine," and Sen. Tom Daschle wanted to visit it again before deciding--finally deciding--to run for president. The hallowed spot is in Aberdeen, S.D., in the basement of his...

Justice: The Killer Inside Me: He's a murderer. And a model inmate. Should Wilbert Rideau go free?(unrepentent yet rehabilitated)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Seth Mnookin Lt. Col. Bruce LaFargue is walking a visitor around the interior perimeter of Lake Charles, Louisiana's Calcasieu Parish Jail. Most of the prisoners are black, most are young and most are shirtless, showing off...

Newsmakers.(Diana Ross; Gish Jen)(Interview)
January 13, 2003... Byline: David Gates; Malcolm Jones F for Penmanship Of course there's nothing funny about drunken-driving charges, so it could have been Diana Ross's well-known sense of self-irony that made her fall down laughing, as Tucson, Ariz.,...

Perspectives.(current events - quotes)(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom, left to right: CNN, Transcript, CNN, Associated Press (2), CNN, The Washington Post, CNN, Associated Press, Reuters, E! Online "You are an empty shell. You are nothing." Brenda van Dam,...

Military: The War on Iraq: Already Underway.(US bombing)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Jonathan Alter Has the war in Iraq already started? It sure looks that way to U.S. pilots in the region. The Pentagon makes no secret of the fact that since the mid-1990s, the U.S. military has been bombing targets in southern...

Royals: Curse of the Visit.(Prince Charles won't visit US)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Stryker McGuire The British tabs had an explanation for why the Foreign Office and royal advisers nixed a planned trip by Prince Charles to the United States in March. BUSH BARS ANTI-WAR CHARLES, said the News of the World,...

Investigation: A Killer on the Loose.(I-10 corridor murders)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: T. Trent Gegax White pickup trucks are replacing West Nile-carrying mosquitoes as the Grim Reaper along southern Louisiana's I-10 corridor. Authorities connected a white pickup to the serial-killer murders of four women in 15...

Saudis: Close Ties.(to White House; lobbying)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Michael Isikoff With mounting criticism from Congress over its record in the war on terror, Saudi Arabia is beefing up its forces--in D.C. NEWSWEEK has learned that to strengthen ties with the White House, the Saudis have retained...

Crime: Fourth Time's a Charm.(new book on Michael Skakel)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Suzanne Smalley If you think three major books dedicated to convicted killer Michael Skakel are enough, think again. Len Levitt, a reporter for Newsday and a longtime chronicler of the case, is working on a fourth. Judith Regan...

Military Bases: In the Cross Hairs.(efforts taken by communities to prevent military base closures)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Rebecca Sinderbrand As Pentagon spending increases and military action in Iraq looms, talk of downsizing the armed services may seem a bit out of step. But the next round of base closings is only two years away--and the campaign by...

Marketing: Using the Fear Factor.(anti-aging claims)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Katherine Stroup In the entire sordid history of male-female interaction, not a single prospective suitor has ever uttered the phrase "Hey, check out the gums on that one." But ad execs hope that's about to change. Vanessa...

Books: Spreading The Word.(best sellers)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Susannah Meadows There are good books. And then there are books so good you have to tell someone--or everyone. And just like that, a friendly suggestion sets off a chain reaction of book buying, the likes of which no amount of...

Las Vegas: One Hot Mamma?(Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino)("Mamma Mia")(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Steve Friess The shows that become Vegas staples--think Siegfried and Roy and Cirque du Soleil--dazzle guests, then dump them at the blackjack tables. Tourists here don't like to sit still. But next month Mandalay Bay Hotel &...

Online: You Are My Friend.(web site allows people to send personalize greetings)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Seth Mnookin At first it seems as if someone has gone to great--even weird--lengths to proclaim his fealty. "There are over 6 billion people alive today," the personalized Web site proclaims. "Out of all those, I consider Seth...

The Spirit Of America: As a society, we seem to adapt to unexpected change better than most others. Looking forward, we may find a need for this resilience.(Column)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Robert J. Samuelson We Americans, charter members of a get-with-it-now society, don't have much use for history. But we should. In this new year, we face momentous uncertainties: war (or wars), a weak economy. Although the past...

The Okinawa Way: The grandparents live past 100, but after too many burgers, the islands' next generation may not make it to middle age.
January 13, 2003... Byline: Hideko Takayama Every morning Seiryu Toguchi rises at 6, washes his face and exercises in the lush front yard of his home in Okinawa. He prepares a breakfast of rice and miso soup with spinach and egg. Then he tends his nearby...

Spaced Out: A group that believes life on earth was created by aliens claims to have made the first human clone. Who are the Raelians and where are they hiding 'Eve'?
January 13, 2003... Byline: Jerry Adler Two thousand years ago a Judean carpenter changed the course of history by offering humanity a path to eternal life. About a week ago a French-born sometime journalist and race-car driver who calls himself Rael tried to...

HEALTH: New Year, New Breasts?(breast enlargement; selecting a plastic surgeon)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Karen Springen Renae Waestman, 27, had always wanted the perfect hourglass figure: she thought her small breasts didn't go well with her slender waist and ample hips. It's not that she wanted the bust of Pamela Anderson--Catherine...

FITNESS: Fitness For Less.(fitness clubs - evaluating)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Barrett Indulge in too many treats during the holidays? You're not alone. For many people, losing weight is an annual New Year's resolution. That's why the post-holiday period is the most popular for joining gyms. "It's...

English Cottages.(travel)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Adapted from Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel As Robert Browning wrote, "Oh, to be in England now that April's there." To truly appreciate the joys of springtime in England, try renting a rural stone cottage. How to find them:...

Not Much On Looks.(Honda Element)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Tara Weingarten It isn't pretty, but the new Honda Element has its charms. For starters, there's the $16,560 base price. And the "suicide doors" (they swing open from the center with no pillar between them) make it easy to load...

Family: Do As I Say, Not As I Do.(teaching children about money management)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Karen Springen After a month spent watching you sprint through the mall brandishing your well-worn credit card, is it any wonder your kids don't know the value of a dollar? This new year, maybe it's time for them (and you, of...

Ask Tip Sheet.(odds for winning lottery jackpot)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Sally Atkinson With those huge Powerball jackpots, do the odds of winning change substantially between buying $1 and $5 in tickets? -Dustin Ivanic, Gilbert, Ariz. Unlike a raffle, with Powerball your chance of winning isn't...

Uncorked / Eisweins.(wines)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Eiswein grapes are freaks of nature, harvested after they've actually frozen on the vine. The icy pellets yield only a tiny amount of sugar-rich juice, but its flavor is complex, sweet and tart. These wines are rare and expensive, but sip one...

Style: Sporty Spice.(trendy shoes)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Christopher Dickey We at Tip Sheet strongly resist the notion that just because something is cool in Paris, it'd be cool here. (It is, after all, a place where cheese is considered dessert.) Sometimes, though, those Parisians get...

Photography: Hints For Prints.(web sites that provide photofinishing services )(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Tanaka Once you figure out how to get images into your digital camera, the next question becomes: how do I get them out? Printing at home is one way to go, but the convenience may be costing you more than you realize....

Money: Call Now to Save.(ways to save money on long-distance telephone calls)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Linda Stern Long-distance rates went up almost 20 percent last year, with AT&T, MCI and Sprint all charging as much as 35 cents a minute for daytime calls. All three offer cheaper rates in the 5- to 7-cents-a-minute range if you...

Cheat Sheet: Super Bowl XXXVII.(evaluations of football teams that may play in the Super Bowl)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Mark Starr Everyone may love an underdog, but the NFL schedule doesn't do them any favors. Since the playoffs expanded to 12 teams in '90, only four teams from wild-card weekend have ever made the big game. The Super Bowl...

Finance: Down With Debt.(web sites help people address debt problems)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2003... Byline: Jennifer Barrett Between holiday gifts and post-holiday sales, it's hard to hold on to your money this season. On average, U.S. shoppers buy about one third of their total annual purchases during the holiday season, and often spend...

Spinsterhood is Powerful: 'The Bachelor' gets a sex change and a suffix. Trista gets her pick of Mr. Rights. TV gets real.
January 13, 2003... Byline: Marc Peyser Bad news, "Bachelor" fans. Reality TV's hottest dating show may not survive its sex-change operation. Not that ABC has shared even a minute of "The Bachelorette," which debuts this week. But talk to Trista Rehn, the...

Books: Mother Lode of Invention: A smart new textbook brings American history into focus through the lens of innovation and technology.("Inventing America")(Book Review)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Malcolm Jones As soon as you start reading the new college textbook "Inventing America," you wonder just how far the authors are going to go. They promise to tell the story of America, complete with bewigged Founding Fathers,...

This Cut Won't Pay Dividends.(proposal to elimate double-taxation of dividends)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Allan Sloan Do you remember those happy bygone boom days when the stock market was going to save us from a variety of ills? Rising stock prices would solve the problem of Social Security shortfalls, boost federal, state and local...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
January 20, 2003... A photo caption accompanying the article "Do-It-Yourself DNA" (Tip Sheet, Dec. 23) misidentified the Web site for checking DNA genealogy. It is familytreedna.com. In our year-end double issue, we mistakenly credited the photo of Gen. Tommy...

Periscope: Special Extra Dividend Edition.(Brief Article)(Column)
January 20, 2003... The CW on tax cuts is they don't really help the regular guy. If fed taxes go down, state taxes go up. And don't forget about declining services. C.W. Tax Bill - Unaffordable, unfair and untimely. Even GOPs admit dividend...

Mail Call.(Letter to the Editor)
January 20, 2003... A Cool Redefinition of Action Filmmaking Fans of "The Matrix" were pleased with our Jan. 6 cover story's in-depth and exclusive look at the movie's two sequels, both slated for a 2003 release. Many added to our list of ideas influencing...

Once More, The Bullhorn.(economic initiatives of President George W. Bush)(Column)
January 20, 2003... Byline: George F. Will The President's economic policy announced last Tuesday in Chicago refutes the notion that today's disputes between the two parties express merely "the narcissism of small differences." The president spoke the day the...

A Better Way to Eat: Americans have grown fatter and sicker since the USDA Food Pyramid came out a decade ago. Is there a healthier, tastier diet?
January 20, 2003... Byline: Geoffrey Cowley Something is wrong, if not rotten, in the state of New York, the state of California and every state in between. While searching endlessly for just the right diet, we're consuming ever more calories, growing ever...

New Ideas About Halting Diabetes: Are dramatic changes in lifestyle an effective way to deal with the disease?
January 20, 2003... Byline: Anne Underwood When Neal Barnard was growing up in the 1960s, he witnessed the devastation of diabetes firsthand through his father, a physician who specialized in the disease. "I can't tell you how many people I saw going blind,...

Supplements: All About Vitamin Pills.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Adapted from "Vitamins," published by Harvard Medical School (health.harvard.edu/vitamins) Fifteen years ago, doctors believed that modern diets provided all the vitamins anyone needed. Unless you were threatened by scurvy, the...

Diet and Alzheimer's: Feeding the Aging Brain.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Adapted from the Harvard Mental Health Letter (health.harvard.edu) The risk factors for heart disease are well known and often controllable, but Alzheimer's disease is a more capricious foe. Beyond choosing your parents carefully,...

Get Up And Get Moving: Do you have to run an hour a day or is a 30-minute walk enough? Experts have some answers, and they're looking for new ways to help you shape up.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Claudia Kalb Karen Mayes, 45, is no marathoner, but she's in excellent shape. Almost every day for the last 10 years, Mayes has walked up and down the hills in her tree-lined neighborhood in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. A few years ago...

Concentrating on The Body's 'Core': Techniques that strengthen torsos are a hit with celebs and ordinary exercisers as well.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Karen Springen A few months after she gave birth to her son, New Yorker Abbe Aronson decided it was time to get back into shape. Following the lead of ultratoned celebs like Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Julia Roberts and Halle...

A Little More Willpower Can Change Your Life: Healthy living is not just an exercise in abstinence. It's about feeling better, looking better and living longer. It can be more pleasurable than rich desserts.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Michael Craig Miller, M.D. If music be the food of love, play on," Shakespeare wrote. For many of us, however, food is the food of love: it not only curbs our hunger but gives us pleasure, solace and contentment. We may know what...

Rx: Two Martinis a Day: Researchers say regular drinking lowers men's risk of heart attacks.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Mary Carmichael Just when you've gotten over your New Year's Eve hangover, there might be a good reason to belly up to the bar again--with your doctor's blessing. A study published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine...

Stacking Up the Perfect Diet: Science is providing new clues to the best ways to eat and exercise. It's never too late to change.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2003... The basic formula for good health is hardly a secret: eat right and get plenty of exercise. But what does that really mean? What exactly are we supposed to eat? How much exercise are we supposed to get? Figuring out how to get into shape can be...

The Former Face of Evil: Muammar Kaddafi on the Pan Am 103 bombing, the fate of Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction.(Interview)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Lally Weymouth In an exclusive interview in Tripoli last week, Libyan strongman Muammar Kaddafi revealed that Libya is now providing intelligence to the United States about Al Qaeda. Indeed, U.S. officials concede that the former...

Scolding the Dog, Beating a Chicken: Yes, Kaddafi has mellowed. But why? The lessons to be learned from an earlier war on terror.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Christopher Dickey The relics of eccentricity remain. In the heart of Tripoli, Libya, in the middle of a military barracks behind walls within walls, a camel grazes and the droppings of other livestock litter a cracked sidewalk...

Sweet Peas for North Korea: Let's face it. We have precious few threats that are credible. The only short-term solution is to talk to North Korea about de-escalating.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Fareed Zakaria While it appears divided and confused as to how to deal with North Korea in the short term, the Bush administration is sending out some signals about a possible relationship with Pyongyang in the long term. A senior...

The Editor's Desk.(Editorial)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Mark Whitaker Like a lot of Americans, I put on a few pounds over the holiday season. So after New Year's Eve, I resolved to shed the extra weight. A few years ago I had success slimming down by going on "The Zone" diet for a...

Hit or Miss: Sugar-coated pop is over. While a few cool new artists have emerged, the troubled record industry needs to face the music.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Lorraine Ali and Vanessa Juarez Ten-year-old Hallie Wilson used to be a Britney fan, but that was eons ago, when she was a kid of 8. Now, instead of dancing around her house in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Spears's syncopated beats, the fifth...

A Good Time to Be an American in Egypt? My husband and I think so. Not everyone here likes us, but we're beginning to understand why.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Fran Hesser Three months ago, against the advice of worried friends and family, my husband and I moved to Egypt. We weren't oblivious to the volatility of the area (who wants to be in the Middle East if the United States goes to...

High Roller: Bush upped the ante with his bold tax plan. But the Democrats are also feeling lucky. Does the president have a winning hand?
January 20, 2003... Byline: Michael Hirsh And Tamara Lipper George W. Bush likes clarity, and he likes moral truth. Even when it comes to taxes. So on Nov. 26, the president gathered his top economic advisers around a table in the Roosevelt Room of the White...

Suffer the Children: Her boyfriend went looking for his boots. He found horror--starving siblings and their dead brother. Sadly, it's an all-too-familiar story. The fallout from a tragic case.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Suzanne Smalley and Brian Braiker Sherry Murphy seemed to realize it was just a matter of time. Hiding from police last week in the seedy Newark, N.J., apartment of a man who'd picked her up on the street, Murphy kept clear of the...

Meet the 'Missing Linc': Bush's fortunes in the closely divided Congress may turn on the whims of the Senate's least Republican Republican.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Howard Fineman In May of 2001, Senate Republicans were hoping to join hands behind President Bush's tax-cut bill. John McCain was a lost cause, as usual, but the leadership thought they had a chance to win over Lincoln Chafee. They...

A Leap of Fate: A governor's controversial last hurrah clears out Illinois's crowded death row.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Dirk Johnson Caged on death row for 16 years, Madison Hobley never stopped protesting his innocence. He said he never set the fire that killed seven people. He said the Chicago police tortured him into giving a false confession....

Newsmakers.(Column)
January 20, 2003... Byline: B.J. Sigesmund; Jac Chebatoris If I Were a Rich Man The guy makes only $19,000 a year, but the ratings were extravagant. Fox's "Joe Millionaire" drew more viewers last week than any other premiere of a new show this season....

Marching Off to War.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
January 20, 2003... Marine Sgt. Ted Galindo knew he was scheduled for a six-month assignment overseas. But the timing and location of his tour--he shipped out to the Persian Gulf on Jan. 6--makes a painful separation all the more difficult. By the end of the...

Perspectives.(Column)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom, left to right: The Washington Post, New York Times, amiannoying.com, New York Times, CNN, Yahoo News, Fox News, CNN, New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times "They are upping the ante." Han Sung...

Daschle: The Reasons Not to Run? Pizza, for One.
January 20, 2003... Byline: Howard Fineman On Monday, Jan. 6, Sen. Tom Daschle was busy making last-minute preparations for his presidential run, calling Democratic Party Chairman Terry McAuliffe about potential contributors, tracking down Robert Gibbs, the...

Gorillas In the Midst of an Outbreak?(Brief Article)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Tom Masland Apollo, the world's best-known gorilla, is missing, and the Ebola virus may be the culprit. The alpha male of a 24-member family hasn't been seen since early December, when two members of his family were found...

Turkey: Holding Its Ground.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Owen Matthews, Sami Kohen and John Barry Turkey's hesitation to allow U.S. troops to use its soil as a springboard for an invasion of Iraq has "stunned" the Bush administration, a senior U.S. official told NEWSWEEK. Washington wants...

Exclusive: No Help.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2003... Byline: John Barry We need more actionable intelligence," chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix repeated last week, appealing for help from--especially--America. Blix complains that Washington has been slow to pass evidence or leads on...

Humvees: Driving a Hard Bargain.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Kevin Peraino The seeds of capitalism have already sprouted in the Middle East. With the Pentagon hinting that journalists could have wider access to the battlefield than before, some reporters arriving in Kuwait are shopping for...

Conservation: Fueling Up on Guilt.(Brief Article)
January 20, 2003... Byline: Karen Springen Americans bought a record number of SUVs last year, but new campaigns are urging drivers to change their gas-guzzling ways. The guilt factor's at work: new TV ads airing this week ask, "What is your SUV doing to our...