Newsweek articles from July 2006

Newsweek archives from July 2006

Unfinished Symphony; A stunning best seller about WWII--by a writer who didn't survive it.("Suite Francaise" by Irene Nemirovsky)(Biography)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan Stories about World War II seem to occur in black and white, all grainy and bleak. That makes the stunning novel "Suite Francaise," about the German occupation of France, all the more remarkable. As the book opens...

Books: From Our Staff.("Winkie" by Clifford Chase)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 3, 2006... Winkie by Clifford Chase If your teddy bear were brought to trial under charges of terrorism, what would the verdict be? That's the whimsical premise behind "Winkie," the debut novel from NEWSWEEK's Clifford Chase (who wrote the memoir...

Market Forces; Japanese convenience stores arrive in America.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Christian Caryl and Akiko Kashiwagi (With Tara Weingarten in Los Angeles) America's 140,000 convenience stores are just that, and little more. Best known for slushy drinks, microwaved burritos, harsh lighting and stickups, what...

FIRST SUSHI, and Now ... Cream Puffs?(Japanese bakery chain "Beard Papa" in United States)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Chrissy Balz Asia's megacities are infested with American fast-food franchises. Payback has turned out to be sweet, just a tad flaky and more than a little addictive. We're talking about the cream puffs from the Osaka-based Beard...

Thanks for the Memories Edition.(brief satirical comments on current events)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Bush team adds banking to snooping portfolio. But court-approved tracking of terrorist funds actually makes some sense. Oops, they're doing it again: Congress teeing up meaningless symbolic votes as fuel for November attack ads. Bush ...

Letters to the Magazine.(Letter to the editor)
July 3, 2006... Iraq's Most Wanted Terrorist Is Gone The death of terrorist Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi drew expressions of relief from readers of our June 19 cover story. "This man was a brutal and barbaric enemy," said one. Another added, "I'm thankful they...

Civil War in Connecticut; Although the Iraq war obviously is a weight in the Republican Party's saddle this year, it also is bedeviling Democrats in several ways.(congressional candidates)(Viewpoint essay)(Column)
July 3, 2006... Byline: George F. Will Hartford, Conn.--Ned Lamont, who is 52 and looks younger, is the reason Joseph Lieberman must be feeling all of his 64 years. Lamont wants Lieberman's U.S. Senate seat because he opposes Lieberman's support for the...

In the Footsteps of Zarqawi; The Taliban's bloodthirsty top commander in southern Afghanistan scares almost everyone--even his allies and underlings. A profile in brutality.(Mullah Dadullah Akhund)(Biography)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Ron Moreau and Sami Yousafzai If you hoped his June 7 death might be the end of the line for Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, you really don't want to see the newest recruitment videos for the Taliban. Although they never mention the...

Why We Don't Get No Respect; 'It's not a real conversion,' remarks one senior European politician. 'It's a product of failure.'(international view of United States foreign policy)(Column)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Fareed Zakaria (Write the author at comments@fareedzakaria.com.) The Bush administration must wonder these days if it has a Rodney Dangerfield problem. No matter what it does, it can't seem to get any respect. Secretary of State...

This Week Online.(country singer Merle Haggard)(Interview)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Brian Briaker; For Brian Braiker's full interview, go to xtra.NEWSWEEK.com. Merle Haggard NEWSWEEK: You won a Grammy for "Politically Uncorrect," your duet with Gretchen Wilson this year. You also had a song on your last album...

The Editor's Desk.(news coverage of those who work to help others)(Editorial)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Mark Whitaker When we assembled six of our Giving Back Award winners for a cover shoot in Los Angeles, we expected the movie star, Brad Pitt, to be the center of attention. But Ruby Jones, a heroic hospice nurse from New Orleans,...

A Flying Leap; Bryan Singer ditched the 'X-Men' to direct 'Superman Returns.' He talks about budget rumors, panic attacks and resurrecting the Man of Steel.(movie director)(Interview)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Sean Smith two years ago Bryan Singer walked away from the "X-Men" franchise he had created to direct "Superman Returns." Good call. Early reviews, including NEWSWEEK's, have been raves. As the film begins, Superman (Brandon Routh)...

We Didn't Need the Past--Or So I Thought; Once I gave up the fear of losing my daughters, I better understood the family who had let them go.(Personal account)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Meredith Resnick (Resnick lives in Irvine, Calif.) Last year my husband and I were in St. Petersburg, Russia, meeting the family who had given up our daughters for adoption. I didn't want to go. I didn't want my daughters to go...

The War's Left Front; The Daily Kos thinks the politics of Iraq will help him shape the Democratic Party.(blogger and political activist Markos Moulitsas Zuniga)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Darman (With Richard Wolffe, Holly Bailey and Debra Rosenberg in Washington, and Lee Hudson Teslik in New York) Markos Moulitsas Zuniga is sitting on his back porch in Berkeley, Calif., listening to the hummingbirds and...

The Right: The Next Big Thing? Conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt marries the power of talk radio with the reach of the 'netroots.' Watch out, Kos.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Andrew Romano Hugh Hewitt is a master of multitasking. Week after week, the sanguine, persistent pundit hosts his "center-right" talk radio show from a nondescript office in Orange County, Calif.--and more than a million people...

How To Beat 'Cut And Run'; If Rove can successfully con Democrats into ignoring Iraq and reciting their laundry list of other priorities, Republicans win.(campaign manager Karl Rove)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Alter For more than a quarter century, Karl rove has employed a simple, brilliant, counterintuitive campaign tactic: instead of attacking his opponents at their weakest point, the con-ventional approach, he attacks their...

Black versus Brown; Can the venerable black-Latino coalition survive the surge in Hispanic power?
July 3, 2006... Byline: Ellis Cose (With Andrew Murr) Leticia Vasquez calls hers a "typical immigrant story." Her parents, poor strivers from Mexico, raised five splendidly thriving children--one of whom, Leticia, 34, is now mayor of Lynwood, Calif., the...

Terror Plot Takedown; The Feds foil a homegrown plan. Will the charges stick?(sect members of National Moorish Movement arrested)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Mark Hosenball (With Carmen Gentile and Rebecca Wakefield in Miami) Day and night, the seven young men hung out at the rundown Miami warehouse, talking, studying religion and practicing martial-arts moves. They called the place...

Newsmakers: Christopher Walken, Nicole Kidman.(Interview)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Nicki Gostin, Joshua Alston, Jac Chebatoris Christopher walken costars in Adam Sandler's latest high-concept comedy, "Click." The actor spoke with Nicki Gostin. Do you have control of the remote at home? I have a remote...

Perspectives.(quotations drawn from current events)
July 3, 2006... "We pre-empted their plot." FBI Deputy Director John S. Pistole, on the seven accused "homegrown" terrorists who allegedly sought to blow up the Sears Tower "It just isn't in me to sit around doing nothing." Former CBS news anchor...

North Korea and Iraq: Trumped-Up Threats?
July 3, 2006... Byline: Mark Hosenball After provoking debate over new intelligence on North Korea and Iraq, the Bush administration last week found itself tamping down the hyperbole it initiated. Reports from North Korea indicated that Kim Jong Il's...

Edwards: Getting Ready to Run?(former senator and vice presidential candidate John Edwards)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Richard Wolffe In the Senate, Democrats were bogged down debating troop withdrawals from Iraq. But across town last week, an ex-senator was talking about a different war: the war on poverty. John Edwards, the former veep candidate,...

Hollywood: Hello to 'Hairspray'.(actor Zac Efron to appear in movie remake)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts Zac Efron is going from basic cable to the big screen. Efron, who plays basketball-star-cum-crooner Troy Bolton in the Disney Channel megahit "High School Musical," tells NEWSWEEK he's landed the role of Link...

White House: Washington's Frequent (Freebie) Fliers.(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Holly Bailey As Congress debates a crackdown on members' and their staffs' accepting travel paid for by outside interests, newly filed records show Capitol Hill lawmakers aren't Washington's only frequent fliers. According to...

Beliefwatch: God's Girls.(women clergy, United States)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Holly Rossi and Lilit Marcus When Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori this month became the head of the U.S. Episcopal Church, she wasn't just the first presiding bishop of that faith--she became the first woman in American...

Fast Chat: Starting a New Slate.(Michael Kinsley, journalist and founder of online magazine)(Interview)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Jerry Adler In 1996, in a move that rocked the mainstream media, editor and commentator Michael Kinsley relocated from Washington, D.C., to Seattle to found an online magazine backed by the Microsoft Corp. The magazine, Slate, is...

Outdoors: Good Will Hunting?(World Hunting Assocation to hold tournament using tranquilizer darts instead of bullets)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Alicia Barney This fall, the World Hunting Association, a new competitive league, will feature 10 hunters in a deer-hunting tournament... not shooting bullets at anything. In an attempt to lure viewers who may be turned off by...

Games: Lost in Space--And The Screen.(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Meghan McCain Why fight the debate over evolution when you can play it? Spore, an upcoming PC game from the creator of The Sims, offers this new twist in the playing-God genre of gaming: instead of managing a family, you now design...

Privacy: Cell-Phone Sanctuaries.(new telephone booths developed for cell phone users, Salemi Industries of Woburn, Massachusetts)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Mummolo It may sound like an oxymoron: "A phone booth for the mobile world." But that's the slogan Salemi Industries of Woburn, Mass., is using to push its "cell-phone booths" to libraries, stadiums, nightclubs and...

A Requiem For Pensions; I want to speak up for the value of corporate pension plans, which are slowly slipping away. The country hardly seems to care.(Column)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) Younger workers would rather invest in 401(k)s (pensions carry a musty smell). At retirement, older workers often reject their plan's offer of a monthly income for life in...

Snap Judgement: Movies.(Movie review)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: David Ansen The Devil Wears Prada Directed by David Frankel Never raising her creamy voice, Meryl Streep is scarily sensational as magazine editor Miranda Priestly, the tyrannical, all-powerful arbiter of New York fashion....

The giving Back Awards: 15 People Who Make America Great; With this issue, we launch our "giving back awards" in recognition of people who, through bravery or generosity, genius or passion, devote themselves to helping others. From hundreds of nominations, these folks were chosen for imaginative approaches to difficult problems. We hope they remind you of someone--maybe yourself.(Cover story)
July 3, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: Corrections: In our profile of Brad Pitt ("15 People Who Make America Great") we stated that Global Green USA has received more than 3,000 submissions for its sustainable-architecture competition. In fact, some 3,000...

Reader's Choice.(appreciations)(Cover story)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Alice Azania-Jarvis Reader's Choice Sometimes the most generous are the hardest to find. We asked readers to nominate people who they believed deserved a salute. You responded with dozens of candidates; we picked six to...

All Predators, All the Time? Maybe Not. The thrill of seeing potential child molesters punk'd has drawn high ratings for 'Dateline.'
July 3, 2006... Byline: Steven Levy Dateline NBC's" "To Catch a Predator" series is can't-take-your-eyes-off-it television. The format is familiar by now: lured by the promise of sexual contact with a minor discovered in an Internet chat room, one creepy...

BlogWatch; A mainstream-media snapshot of what's hot (and what's not) in the ever-widening world of Weblogs.(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... The Web site for Rolling Stone magazine started a new blog at rollingstone.com/rockdaily. Kevin Federline, beware. Declining veterans Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning and Gary Payton rode Dwyane Wade to the NBA title, and the fans at...

The NASCAR Network; Dozens of cars, dizzying speeds, split-second calls. Welcome to the toughest gig in TV sports.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Devin Gordon There are three notable differences between watching a NASCAR race from the grandstands and watching it in the Fox Sports production truck parked just beyond the speedway. In the truck, it's a crispy 60 degrees, not...

Rebuilding Your Body.(joint replacement surgery)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Raina Kelley At 42, Sally Seeley was barely able to walk. Diagnosed with osteoarthritis in her late 20s, she tried a range of treatments from water aerobics to Vioxx. But her condition only got worse. Finally, an orthopedic surgeon...

The Checklist; Our top picks for the week ahead.(music, videos, and more)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... SEE Madea's Family Reunion' ($30 on DVD, June 27). Tyler Perry is so funny, he'll make your forget all about Martin Lawrence and "Big Momma's House 2." WATCH Pink's music video 'Who Knew' (music.aol.com). Set at a carnival, yet with more...

Road Test: Gallardo Spyder; Vroom, Vroom!(from Automobili Lamborghini USA Inc.)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Tara Weingarten Subtle it's not. Hit the ignition and hear a roar from its massive exhaust pipes that could wake the dead. But was it music to my ears? Well, duh. The Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder's strident sound complements this...

Money: Hiding The Lettuce.(putting cash aside in case of a natural disaster)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Linda Stern In an emergency, you can't charge your way to safety--at least not with a credit card. Experts recommend you stash some cash in case a disaster knocks out the ATMs in your area. After all, you might need a few bills to...

Outdoors: My Grill Is Better.(barbecue grills)(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Raina Kelley Imagine you're about to toss a few dogs on the grill. Suddenly, something catches your eye in a neighbor's yard. Something shiny. Something big. Something with a prep table, six burners and a rotisserie that can roast...

Drinks: Summer Cocktails.(Brief article)
July 3, 2006... Byline: Tara Weingarten Break out the tiny umbrellas and tiki highballs: it's time for the ultimate summer backyard cocktail party. This year's "must taste" tipple: rum (just don't serve it with Coke). Add the ingredients in order and...

ASK TIP SHEET.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Jessica Ramirez Can you explain the offside rule in soccer in the simplest terms? -Peter Hengstenberg, Stone Ridge, N.Y. The rule was created to prevent offensive players from hanging out near the opponent's goal. You're...

Smarter Choices.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Dean Ornish, M.D. For the past 30 years, my colleagues and I at the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute and the University of California, San Francisco have conducted research showing that comprehensive lifestyle...

Putting a Spell on Us; Aaron Spelling, TV's most prolific producer, dies at 83.
July 3, 2006... Byline: Marc Peyser Aaron spelling was the McDonald's of TV producers--no one ever accused him of being a master chef, but he sold more shows than anyone. Spelling, who died last week of a stroke at 83, was never deluded by where the likes...

Watching the Watchers; Media companies want to know who's doing what in the brave new world of online video. The early answers are in.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Johnnie L. Roberts A guy--let's call him Brad--longed for the company of his wife, so he took his iPod to bed. Confiding in an NBC researcher, Brad tells how he inserted his earplugs, nestled down beside his bride and got lost in...

'In 2007, We Will Be Generating Cash'; Mel Karmazin, CEO, Sirius Satellite Radio.(Interview)(Correction notice)
July 17, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: Our July 17 Leadership & Innovation Q&A with Mel Karmazin reported that Sirius Satellite Radio announced it had added 600,000 new subscribers in the past four months--exceeding the growth of its larger rival, XM, for the...

The Devil Shoots Missiles Edition.(brief humorous comments on current events)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Instead of waiting, the CW now bequeaths its corpus of misguided arrows to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Now it's their problem. Bush = What's he get for hitting the big 6-0? Missiles from North Korea, and court...

Letters to the Magazine.(Letter to the editor)
July 17, 2006... An Unlikely Superstar Makes Box-Office Gold Our June 26 cover story on Johnny Depp drew kudos from his fans. "Thank you!" said one. "I've been a fan of Johnny's ever since 'Edward Scissorhands.' I knew that someday he would get his due."...

An Analysis Of Roveology; There are not just two Americas--the Red and Blue states. There are countless constituencies to be courted with niche marketing.(Column)
July 17, 2006... Byline: George F. Will The Sunday before the 2004 election, some Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Russia living in the Cleveland area gathered at a suburban party center to eat deviled eggs and dark bread and hear Russian-language...

Sharon's Shadow; As the crisis builds, Israelis are asking what the legendary general would have done. Can Olmert lead on his own?(Ariel Sharon, Ehud Omert)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Dan Ephron and Christopher Dickey (With Joanna Chen in Jerusalem) Ehud Olmert's voice quavered as he spoke at the U.S. Embassy's Fourth of July party last week. Behind the Israeli prime minister was an American flag made of colored...

Going Ballistic (Sort of); Kim's missiles are meant to deliver a message.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Michael Hirsh (With Mark Hosenball in Washington, Sarah Schafer in Beijing and Christian Caryl in Tokyo) Is Kim Jong Il wacky? No American diplomat has talked to the North Korean dictator for years. But there have been moments when...

Bound to the Tracks; On the maiden run of the train to Lhasa, where environmentalism travels first class--but human rights do not.
July 17, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: In "Bound to the Tracks" (July 17) we incorrectly said Golmud was the capital of China's Qinghai Province. It is Xining. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. ***** Byline: Melinda Liu The Beijing-Lhasa express is...

Haves and Have-Nots; Mexico's election--its closest-ever race for president--exposes a new split between the rich and the poor.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Joseph Contreras and Monica Campbell The words on his t shirt read smile, we're going to win, but Abraham Flores was all frowns. Earlier in the day, the 24-year-old moving-company employee had voted for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador,...

The Editor's Desk.(Editorial)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Mark Whitaker When yale professor Charles Reich published the original "The Greening of America" in 1970, it was a generational call to arms: against corporate materialism, in favor of the hippie lifestyle. Of course, we know what...

This Week Online.(Newt Gingrich)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Newt Gingrich NEWSWEEK: Your travel schedule includes a lot of places that have early presidential contests, like Iowa. Are you running? Former House Speaker: If it's clear next October that we can create a national movement that would...

Fan's Notes; With his generation turning 60, a critic takes a personal look back at the long, strange trip from Elvis to Eminem and beyond. Not every boomer wore tie-dye, but no generation ever took pop so seriously. Did they change music, or did music change them?(Personal account)
July 17, 2006... Byline: David Gates My parents had no idea what they'd given me when that plastic Admiral radio showed up on my night table. It was 1956, in a small Connecticut town; I was 9. Late at night, in the dark, when I thought they couldn't hear,...

10 Indispensable Albums.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Carly Simon (Simon's new album, "Into White," is coming out in October.) Pick 10 albums that everyone should own? Your editors have asked me to do something that is impossible. Now, why would they do a thing like that? I know they...

Geezer-Pleasers; How can boomers find new bands they'll actually like? The Web has some very surprising answers.(Web sites that help music lovers discover new music)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Steven Levy There's an upside and a downside to being a music-loving baby boomer. The upside is that you had a chance to see Jimi Hendrix, the Doors and maybe even some of the original Motown groups. The downside is that every day...

The Pickup Game As a Model for Peace? Sure, there are fouls and penalties, but the spirit of the soccer match brings all races together.(soccer)(Column)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Nicholas O'Connell (O'Connell lives in Seattle.) Whenever I travel, I always pack a pair of soccer cleats, an unofficial but universal identity card recognized and honored throughout the world. I've played in pickup games in...

The Gitmo Fallout; The fight over the Hamdan ruling heats up--as fears about its reach escalate.(Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Michael Isikoff and Stuart Taylor Jr. (With Daniel Klaidman) David Bowker vividly remembers the first time he heard the phrase. A lawyer in the State Department, Bow-ker was part of a Bush administration "working group" assembled...

One Hug at a Time; John Edwards is back--with a retooled resume and a lot of love for Iowans.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Darman It's friday night in iowa and an old politician is trying some new tricks. John Edwards is back--back, with the familiar deep drawl, dark tan and honeyed hair. Gone, though, are the old catchphrases--"two Americas"...

A Gang War With a Twist; Gangbangers in L.A. on trial for deadly hate crimes.(Los Angeles, California)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Andrew Murr Kenneth wilson was murdered looking for a parkingspot in Latino gang territory. Driving in the working-class Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park in 1999, the African-American man passed a stolen van filled with...

Murder on Their Minds; The Columbine killers left a troubling trail of clues.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Susannah Meadows For months Eric Harris had been writing in his journal about murdering all the people who'd ever snubbed him. "Everyone is always making fun of me because of how I look... well I will get you all back," he wrote...

Newsmakers: Heidi Klum, Wynonna Judd.(Interview)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh, Sean Smith The German supermodel is back as host of "Project Runway," which enters its third season this week. She spoke to Ramin Setoodeh. You're pregnant again. What are you craving? I don't really crave...

Perspectives.(quotations drawn from current events)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... "Our military will continue with missile-launch drills." A North Korean Foreign Ministry statement on the nation's recent missile tests "I'll be honest, I felt an urge to squeeze him like a kitten and that led to the gesture I made....

Terrorism: From Al Qaeda--Plots and Promos.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Mark Hosenball How real was the latest alleged New York terrorism threat? Several federal and local counterterrorism officials confirmed to NEWSWEEK that Lebanese authorities in April arrested a suspected Islamic militant for...

Money: Did Ken Lay Take It With Him?(former chief of Enron Corp.)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Julie Scelfo The former enron chief's death raised questions about what assets he still had--and whether anyone can get their hands on them. Prosecutors are likely to drop criminal proceedings--standard procedure when a defendant...

Iraq: A Deadly Name Game.(identification cards and religious conflict)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Sarah Childress In Iraq these days, the wrong name can get you killed. By law, all Iraqis carry jinsiya s, or national ID cards. But in a country where your ethnicity can make you a target, a jinsiya can become a death warrant. If...

Justice: Immune?(Coalition Provisional Authority Order 17 and the case of U.S. soldier Steven D. Green)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Malcolm Beith and John Barry The arrest of former U.S. Army Pfc. Steven D. Green--for the alleged rape of an Iraqi woman and the murder of her and three relatives near the town of Mahmudiyah--brought apologies from U.S. officials....

Beliefwatch: Camping.(Christian summer camps teaching creationism)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Rebecca Phillips and Dena Ross The battle over evolution is moving beyond the courtroom and into summer camp. The Christian Camp and Conference Association says 50 percent of its member camps--which include summer camps and...

Fast Chat: Back to School.(Caesars Palace employee visits college campuses)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Chrissy Balz Steve lake is spending his summer at school--but not in class. The 56-year-old Caesars Palace pit boss, who set a goal in 1984 to visit 500 colleges, joins scores of high-schoolstudents touring campuses this summer. He...

Shopping: Give Them a Hand.(biometric payment technology from Pay By Touch)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Lynn Waddell and Arian Campo-Flores Need to buy milk but forgot your wallet? No worries if you are one of the 2.5 million subscribers who've signed up to use biometric technology by Pay By Touch that links a photocopylike scan of...

Security: She's a 'Door Person'.(female bouncers)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Mummolo It's a common problem in the nightclub industry: the burly bouncer meets the intoxicated patron, male egos flare and someone gets hurt. Solution? Less testosterone. At least that's the thinking of a growing number...

Books: On the Road Again.(Magic School Bus series continues)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Karen Springen The "Magic School Bus" series is flying back onto shelves. After a seven-year absence, the beloved series about an airborne schoolbus that takes kids on farfetched educational field trips is celebrating its 20th...

Social Networking: It's a Dog-Meet-Dog World.(Web sites for pet owners)(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Malak Hamwi According to her online profile, Anastasia, an attractive and petite blonde, likes car rides, walks through Nashville's Centennial Park and "stalking small creatures." Anastasia's no psychopath; she's a miniature...

What We Need is Policy; We are swilling oil faster than new fields are being discovered.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) Going green is fine, but it didn't stop drivers from hitting the road on the Fourth of July. Nor were they stopped by the high price of gasoline, despite all the screaming a...

Will the 'Tail' Kill The Water Cooler? Increasingly, we're eschewing blockbuster trends to pursue our own quirky interests.
July 17, 2006... Byline: Steven Levy It used to be that taking a break from work to fill up our Dixie Cups at the water cooler was a ritual accompanied by harmless conversation about a predictably limited number of pop-culture subjects. We had access to...

BlogWatch; A mainstream-media snapshot of what's hot (and what's not) in the ever-widening world of weblogs.(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... Blog empire Gawker Media fires editors at gizmodo.com and gawker.com . Looks like the blogosphere is just as cruel as the MSM. Ann Coulter: flame-throwing blowhard or lazy plagiarist? Both, according to allegations from plagiarism expert...

Going Green; With windmills, low-energy homes, new forms of recycling and fuel-efficient cars, Americans are taking convservation into their own hands.(Correction notice)(Cover story)
July 17, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: Clarification: In "Going Green" we wrote that by bicycling part of the way to work, Kelley Howell saved three fifths of a gallon of gasoline and avoided 15 pounds of carbon dioxide pollution. Several readers questioned...

The President: Shades of Green; George W. Bush thinks of himself as a conservationist, but activists call his policies destructive to the environment.(Cover story)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Richard Wolffe (With Karen Breslau) Before moving into the White House, George W. Bush built the kind of vacation home that Al Gore might have designed. His Texas ranch captures rain and wastewater for landscaping. Solar panels line...

Travel: Jump Onboard--Quick!(air travel)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Tara Weingarten The longest lines this summer may not be at Disney World but on your way home. Ah, welcome to the airport--packed with all the vacationing crowds trying to get out of town. After 9/11, heightened measures sometimes...

The Checklist; Our top picks for the week ahead.(brief comments on movies, products, and more )(Brief article)
July 17, 2006... WATCH 'Weeds: Season One' ($40). What, this show's not about gardening? You'd better catch up before new episodes debut Aug. 14. SEE 'Lizards & Snakes: Alive!' See them in the flesh--make that scales --at a new exhibit at the Museum of...

Road Test: Volvo C70; Soak up the sun.(Product/service evaluation)
July 17, 2006... Byline: Tara Weingarten Volvo's new C70 isn't just a fun open-air convertible, it's also a work worthy of the Museum of Modern Art. It's not so much the car's looks that demand attention, though it's stylish enough. Rather, at the push of...