Newsweek articles from September 2005

Newsweek archives from September 2005

A 'Diplomat of Grief'; A 9/11 widow's remarkable memoir makes a much-covered public event into a riveting private narrative.("A Widow's Walk" by Marian Fontana)(Book Review)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Cathleen Mcguigan Marian Fontana had just dropped her little boy at kindergarten and was waiting in a Brooklyn coffee shop to meet her firefighter husband; it was their eighth wedding anniversary, and they were going to spend the...

Conventional Wisdom; FEDERAL DISASTER EDITION.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Nothing can prevent a huge natural tragedy like Katrina, but how to explain the scope of poverty amid plenty that the storm exposed? CW Bush - Late, lackadaisical and largely oblivious to the enormity of the mess. ...

Mail Call.(Letter to the Editor)
September 12, 2005... Taking Aim at a Dread Disease Readers responded to the new research and more-effective treatments in our Aug. 22 cover story about lung cancer. One wrote, "I hope that early detection and gene therapies will boost the survival rate, but...

Leviathan in Louisiana.(the national wreckage of Hurricane Katrina)(Column)
September 12, 2005... Byline: George Will Americans tend to believe in God and to disbelieve in government. Time will tell how many are moved to rethink one or both of those tendencies in the aftermath of Katrina. It is, however, likely that the storm's...

Iraq; Terror on the Tigris.(religious pilgrims killed when crowd panics)(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... As the procession crossed the bridge toward Baghdad's Kadhimiya shrine, Hussein Abbas heard murmurs around him. Within seconds the whispers turned to panic. Someone said there was a suicide bomber. People ran. "I fell, and people fell over me,...

The Editor's Desk.(coverage of Hurricane Katrina)(Editorial)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Jon Meacham For Catharine Skipp, the moment with the baby was one of the worst. Catharine, a Miami-based reporter of ours who spent last week in New Orleans, was watching a bus fill with refugees. A woman carrying an infant had...

Hurricane Katrina: How You Can Help.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... The following organizations are providing disaster relief for hurricane victims or are Web sites where you can obtain information about making a contribution: American Red Cross 800-HELP NOW (435-7669), or redcross.org America's...

They Did It Their Way; A band so contrary that it rebelled against rebellion.(Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Lorraine Ali They're named after Marlon Brando's roustabout gang in "The Wild One," and their new record, "Howl," takes its title from the indelible Allen Ginsberg poem. Their hair is a mess and they look as if their jeans and...

Steely Man; It's taken Warner Bros. 11 years to get 'Superman Returns' off the ground. Not exactly faster than a speeding bullet. Now 'X-Men' director Bryan Singer's at the helm in Australia. An exclusive visit.(Interview)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Sean Smith Surely they're not going to kill Superman. Inside a soundstage in Sydney, Australia, Brandon Routh, as the Man of Steel, crawls across a black, wet wasteland, pursued by the evil Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) and Luthor's...

Some Lessons From The Assembly Line; Sweating away my summers as a factory worker makes me more than happy to hit the books.(Column)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Andrew Braaksma (Braaksma, a junior at the University of Michigan, wrote the winning essay in our "Back To School" contest.) Last June, as I stood behind the bright orange guard door of the machine, listening to the crackling hiss...

The Lost City; What Went Wrong: Devastating a swath of the South, Katrina plunged New Orleans into agony. The story of a storm--and a disastrously slow rescue.(Cover Story)(Correction Notice)
September 12, 2005... ***** CORRECTION: Editor's Note: The original version of this report incorrectly stated that Air Force One flew over the disaster area on Tuesday. In fact, President Bush first saw the scene on Wednesday, Aug. 31.In "The Lost City" (Sept....

Hope In The Ruins; 'Battered But Proud': A New Orleans partisan on the spirit of her hometown--and why it will endure.(New Orleans, Louisiana)(Cover Story)(Column)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Julia Reed In 1719, a year after Jean-Baptiste le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, established New Orleans as the capital of the fledgling French colony of Louisiana, a hurricane wiped out the handful of palmetto huts that comprised the...

Yet Another Gulf War; Up Against It: Buffeted by Iraq, gas prices and the fury over his response to Katrina, Bush faces a new storm of his own.(U.S. President George W. Bush)(Cover Story)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Richard Wolffe (With Holly Bailey and Eleanor Clift) The members of the world's most exclusive club gathered in the Oval Office in a state of disbelief. Between them, they could draw on decades of experience of hurricanes and...

Critical Condition; The Health Crisis: Contaminated water. Dysfunctional hospitals. The city's medical challenge is just beginning.(New Orleans, Louisiana, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina)(Cover Story)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Sarah Childress (With T. Trent Gegax) It's the people Gary Peters couldn't save who haunt him. An emergency medical technician from northern Louisiana, Peters spent last week evacuating scores of patients from New Orleans's flooded...

How To Save The Big Easy.(New Orleans, Louisiana, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina)(Cover Story)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Alter Cities are not forever. They are delicate organisms that require a proper balance of nutrients. You don't have to be Percy Shelley to know that history is littered with the debris of dead cities, though Pompeii is...

'This Is A National Disgrace'; A civil-rights leader mourns an African-American population left behind.(wreckage of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana)(Cover Story)
September 12, 2005... Byline: John Lewis (LEWIS is the U.S. congressman from the Fifth District of Georgia.) I was headed to New Orleans as a Freedom Rider in May of 1961. It would've been my first visit, but we were arrested in Jackson, Miss., and never made...

Transition: Hail to the Chief; He helped pull the court to the right in a fractious age. The life, times and legacy of a Supreme presence.(Chief Justice William Rehnquist)(Obituary)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Evan Thomas and Stuart Taylor Jr. (With Debra Rosenberg and Daniel Klaidman) His voice was distorted and strained by thyroid cancer and a tracheotomy, and inside the packed courtroom that day in June, there was a sense of unease....

Newsmakers.(reality television program "Skating with Celebrities")(actor Dominic Monaghan on his role in "Lost")(Interview)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh, Marc Peyser Careers on Thin Ice You've seen them dance and diet, but the most delicious has-been reality show is yet to come. Fox's "Skating With Celebrities" is in production right now, and the network hopes it...

Perspectives.(quotations drawn from current events)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom, Left To Right: The Washington Post (2), Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, AP, New York Times, Detroit Free Press (2) "We were so grateful. And now we are in hell." Rochelle...

John G. Roberts: What Answers Is He Going to Give?
September 12, 2005... Byline: Debra Rosenberg, Stuart Taylor Jr. and Daniel Klaidman In 39 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, John G. Roberts earned a reputation as an unflappable advocate for his clients. But this week, when Roberts testifies before the...

Plan B: Elusive Solution.(Food and Drug Administration's delay in approval of morning-after contraceptive pill)(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Susannah Meadows and Debra Rosenberg When the Food and Drug Administration announced Aug. 26 it was again delaying a decision on whether to make Plan B--the morning-after pill--available over the counter for women 17 and older,...

Al Qaeda: A Link to London?(investigation into terrorist bombings, London, England)(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Mark Hosenball American and British investigators say a new video featuring a July 7 London subway bomber and Qaeda chief deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri is authentic. These counterterror officials, who asked not to be named because of...

CEO'S: A Downside to Being an Insider.(corporate boards are tending to hire outsiders when replacing chief executive officers)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Daniel McGinn It's been a hectic year for America's chief executives. In the first seven months of 2005, 777 CEOs left their jobs, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That's 90 percent ahead of 2004's pace. To replace them,...

China: Better Watch Your Step.(sex on college campuses)(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Quindlen Krovatin Administrators at Beijing's top universities are enforcing new rules to curb promiscuity in dorms. Beijing University no longer distributes free condoms. Last month Britain's daily Telegraph reported that...

Pants: Against The Grain.(entrepreneur Chris Lindland forms online clothing company "Cordarounds")(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Brad Stone Yes, the lines on that pair of corduroy pants are indeed horizontal. Former dot-comer Chris Lindland of San Francisco got the idea for his new clothing company, Cordarounds, after ribbing a friend who worked at the Gap...

Hollywood: Nun of Her Business.(former nun Barbara Nicolosi offers courses in screenwriting)(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Elise Soukup Getting kicked out of a convent isn't the typical way to jump-start a Hollywood career, but it worked for Barbara Nicolosi, a nun turned screenwriter. In a move she calls "my 'Sound of Music' moment," in 1994 she was...

Fast Chat: Bloomin' Onion.(editor Keith Phipps of The Onion's A.V. Club)(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Nick Summers The Onion's A.V. Club--the smart, not-made-up pop-culture complement to the weekly's signature fake news items--gets home-page placement in a redesign of theonion.com; a print edition face-lift is scheduled. Nick...

Publishing: 'Chick Lit' Goes Gray.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Alice Fishburn When Rexanne Becnel started writing her latest romance novel, "it was just such a pleasure to write about thunder thighs and varicose veins," she says. Hardly sexy stuff. But books like Becnel's "Old Boyfriends" are...

Hitting the Economy; The Fallout: The hurricane's shock waves are already hurting at the gas pump. But the ultimate price tag depends on how fast America's energy hub can recover.(Cover Story)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Robert J. Samuelson We're getting a painful lesson in economic geography. What Wall Street is to money, or Hollywood is to entertainment, the Gulf Coast is to energy. It's a vast assemblage of refineries, production platforms,...

Snap Judgment: Music; Go Betty Go 'Nothing Is More'.(music group "Go Betty Go")(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Lorraine Ali It's one of the only girl bands to play the dude-infested Warped Tour two years in a row, so Go Betty Go deserves your undivided attention. This L.A. pop-punk quartet (two are sisters) probably hate being called cute...

Snap Judgment: Books; Our Critics Steer You Straight.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Malcolm Jones, Nicki Gostin, Nisid Hajari Indecision By Benjamin Kunkel Near the end of this striking first novel, its 28-year-old hero, Dwight Wilmerding, delivers a rambling, idealistic speech at his prep-school reunion. His...

An Unexpected Reprieve; Thanks to new treatments, people with cystic fibrosis now have adulthoods they could never have imagined.
September 12, 2005... Byline: Ben Whitford When 6-month-old Tiffany was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in 1972, her doctor warned her mother not to let her play with dolls. The girl would die before her 5th birthday, he said; why stir up maternal instincts she...

Google to Microsoft: Watch Your Desktop.
September 12, 2005... Byline: Steven Levy If Bill Gates ever had reason to doubt that the brash young billionaires of Google were out to get him, the time for such uncertainty is now officially over. Last month's dramatically revised version of its program...

Blog Watch; A mainstream-media peek at the best and worst of the world of Weblogs.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... What's the difference between looting and finding? According to the captions for two wire photos of New Orleans residents, the race of the subject plays a big part. See boingboing.net. If you're looking for some good news in these days of...

Ask The Technologist.
September 12, 2005... Byline: Steven Levy (Submit Questions at asklevy.newsweek.com) I heard they're planning to turn the power grid into a broadband network. Is this true? And when can we expect it to reach the market? -Larry Gist, Indianapolis

Money Guide: A Cash Course For Kids.
September 12, 2005... Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) How to teach kids about money... hmm, that ought to be easy. In just a week, I piled up a stack of tools: cute piggy banks, kiddie debit cards, advice books, money DVDs and...

Ask The Pro; Fadi Baradihi, President of The Institute For Divorce Financial Analysts.(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Linda Stern You might need more than a lawyer and handholding buddies when divorce threatens. The new go-to guy is a financial expert who can find hidden bank accounts and split them fairly. TIP SHEET's Linda Stern asked Baradihi...

Retirement: When It's Time To Cash In.
September 12, 2005... Byline: Linda Stern Every week for the next 18 years, some 88,500 baby boomers will turn 59-1/2 and become eligible to pull money out of their retirement accounts without penalty. Whoo-hoo! Time to parrrr-tay! Um, not so fast. Happily,...

More For Your Money:Stop Flatlining.(savings)(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Linda Stern Long-term rates have been falling, despite the Fed's having pushed up short-term rates aggressively in the past year. That creates what's called a "flat yield curve"--where long- and short-term interest rates are within...

Credit Cards: No More Late Fees!(Correction Notice)
September 12, 2005... ***** CORRECTION: In "No More Late Fees!" (Tip Sheet, Sept. 12) we said that the Chase Cash Plus Rewards Visa card did not have an annual rebate limit. In fact, it caps cash rebates at $300 a year. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. *****...

Net Interest; There's a ton of timely money talk online, if you know where to look. Here are the hottest Web sites and Weblogs.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... www.dividendachievers.com Like stocks that earn dividends and make money? You'll find a list of them here. Fatlens.com So many tickets, so little time. Comparison-shop for the best seats at the best prices for concerts, sporting events and...

Taxes: The Early Bird Saves.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Linda Stern You've got four solid months to position yourself for the lowest possible tax bill. Why not use the fall to get ready? That tax preparer who was too busy to chat in April is available for a consult now. "You'll get them...

Investing: Buying In To Energy.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Linda Stern Here's one way to strike it rich: climb into a time machine, head back to 2004 and buy energy stocks. With oil and natural gas at record levels, these companies already have climbed 50 percent in a year. But it's still...

The Grill Next Door; Folksy Rachael Ray whips up love--and loathing.(Interview)
September 12, 2005... Byline: Marc Peyser Rachael Ray would like everyone invited to her wedding this month to know that it's OK to dress casually. "You can come in blue jeans if you want," says Ray, who's tying the knot in an Italian castle. "I'm going to wear...

Laugh Riot; Thought you'd seen the last of the sitcom? This fall, comedy makes an unexpected recovery with three charming shows. Now, if only they can stay on the air.(Critical Essay)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Marc Peyser The awards won't be presented until Sunday, but it's already clear that this will be the year of the Desperate Emmy. For starters, the ceremony is desperate for a laugh. This year the show features something called Emmy...

Don't Mess With Mother.(questions raised by Hurricane Katrina)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Anna Quindlen The dark aftermath of the frontier, of the vast promise of possibility this country first offered, is an inflated sense of American entitlement today. We want what we want, and we want it now. Easy credit. Fast food....

Fast Company; The author of 'Bee Season' returns with a daring second act.(Myla Goldberg)(Interview)
September 19, 2005... Byline: MALCOLM JONES Myla Goldberg talks so fast and so intensely that after 10 minutes with her you feel you've known her forever. Over lunch in a Brooklyn diner you learn--before the food arrives--that she hates to repeat herself as a...

A GM Discount for Kerkorian? Nope.(Kirk Kerkorian's investments in General Motors stock)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Allan Sloan The big consumer news out of General Motors lately has been employee-discount pricing, the buy-low program that GM said last week is drawing to a close. But GM's biggest shareholder, Kirk Kerkorian, has taken quite a...

Conventional Wisdom; ALL WET EDITION.(humorous comments on current events)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... Harry Truman: "The buck stops here." The Bushies say, "Let's not play the blame game." CW Bush - Turned FEMA over to political cronies then had his flunkies blame local Dems. Cheney - Finally emerges...

Mail Call: Searching for Deeper Spiritual Meaning.(Letter to the Editor)
September 19, 2005... Our Aug. 29/Sept. 5 Special Report on spirituality drew heartfelt letters from readers of diverse religious and spiritual persuasions. "I was baptized Methodist, confirmed Congregationalist, married Catholic and am now practicing Tibetan...

'A Very Fateful Step'; The Israeli and Palestinian leaders, both facing tough opposition, differ on what is needed to advance peace talks.(Interview)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Lally Weymouth Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who once encouraged Israelis to settle in Gaza and the West Bank, recently did an about-face. At the age of 77, he ordered the military to uproot all Israeli settlements in Gaza and to...

The Editor's Desk.(Editorial)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Mark Whitaker It's an old reflex of the American press, strengthened by 9/11. After the horror of a national tragedy, we look for uplifting stories of redemption. And so it was last week in New Orleans, as troops and police and aid...

I'm an Artist, But Not The Starving Kind; We have as much training as other professionals. Imagine if we had their business sense, too.(Column)
September 19, 2005... Byline: J. D. Jordan (Jordan lives in Roswell, Ga.) "I could get an art student to do it for $35 and a six-pack." I remember the first time a prospective client said that to try to intimidate me into accepting dramatically reduced fees for...

How Bush Blew It; AFTER-ACTION REPORT: Bureaucratic timidity. Bad phone lines. And a failure of imagination. Why the government was so slow to respond to catastrophe.(political fallout of Hurricane Katrina)(U.S. President George W. Bush)(Cover Story)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Evan Thomas (With T. Trent Gegax, Arian Campo-Flores, Andrew Murr, Susannah Meadows, Jonathan Darman and Catharine Skipp in the gulf coast region, and Richard Wolffe, Holly Bailey, Mark Hosenball, Tamara Lipper, John Barry, Daniel...

A STORM-TOSSED BOSS; HARD RAIN: Team Bush scrambled to regain traction. But a NEWSWEEK Poll shows Katrina has blown them off course.(political fallout of Hurricane Katrina)(U.S. President George W. Bush)(Cover Story)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Howard Fineman (With Anne Underwood) In September 1965, a massive hurricane hit New Orleans. By the next day the president--a Texan in a time of war--was in the city, visiting a shelter. With no electricity in the darkness there,...

THE OTHER AMERICA; AN ENDURING SHAME: Katrina reminded us, but the problem is not new. Why a rising tide of people live in poverty, who they are--and what we can do about it.(Hurricane Katrina)(Cover Story)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Jonathan Alter (With Joseph Contreras and Sarah Childress in New Orleans, Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Anne Underwood in New York and Pat Wingert in Washington Graphic by Josh Ulick) It takes a hurricane. It takes a catastrophe like...

A PLACE WORTH CALLING HOME.(rebuilding New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina)(Cover Story)(Column)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Ellis Cose The New Orleans we all thought we knew is dead; and that is unspeakably tragic. To find anything remotely comparable, "You've got to go back to Pompeii," observed former mayor Marc Morial. Pompeii, however, was buried...

Newsmakers.(comedian D.L. Hughley)(celebrities offer aid to hurricane survivors)(memoir by Christopher Kennedy Lawford)(Interview)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Allison Samuels, Devin Gordon, Nicki Gostin D. L. HUGHLEY One of the original kings of Comedy has a new talk show, "Weekends at the DL," on Comedy Central. Hughley spoke with NEWSWEEK's Allison Samuels. On the ads for...

Perspectives.(quotations drawn from current events)
September 19, 2005... Byline: QUOTATION SOURCES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: CNN, AP, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, AP, NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS, USA TODAY, ROLLING STONE, AP "Washington rolled the dice and Louisiana lost." Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu, in a floor...

SUPREMES: Roberts--And Then the Real Battle.(John Roberts, nominee to the Supreme Court)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Debra Rosenberg, Daniel Klaidman, Tamara Lipper and Stuart Taylor Jr. The confirmation battle over Judge John Roberts is about to take center stage. George W. Bush quickly nominated Roberts to serve as chief justice--a move the...

IRAQ: Planning For Pullout.(U.S. forces in Iraq)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Mark Hosenball Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency have begun war-gaming scenarios for what might happen in Iraq if U.S. force levels were cut back or eliminated, say counterterrorism and defense sources. The officials, who...

KATRINA: A Credit Concern.(economic fallout of Hurricane Katrina)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... Byline: CHARLES GASPARINO The morning after Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, State Treasurer John Kennedy faced a different storm: Standard & Poor's, the credit-rating agency, warned that the hurricane had also damaged the state's...

DELAY: Is He Home Free?(Representative Tom DeLay)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... Byline: MICHAEL ISIKOFF Has Tom DeLay dodged a bullet? Texans for a Republican Majority--a group he organized and raised money for--was indicted last week for soliciting $120,000 in corporate donations to influence state elections. But the...

SPECIAL SERIES: A Flood of Compassion After a Tragic Storm.
September 19, 2005... Byline: Elise Soukup, Alice Fishburn and Staci Semrad Not all of the stories springing from Hurricane Katrina have been tales of horror or hopelessness. In the weeks since the hurricane struck, countless groups and individuals have stepped...

BOOKS: The War in Watercolor.(Baghdad Journal: An Artist In Occupied Iraq)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Elise Soukup Steve Mumford was hidden behind a wall in Baghdad when the sniper began shooting. But the New York City artist didn't draw a weapon: he drew a picture. "That's one of my favorite paintings," he says. "The bullets were...

PHOTOS: Fake Sweat Included.(high school student photos)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Karen Springen Cindy Glover, 41, remembers her high-school yearbook photos: "All the girls wore wool blazers." But for her son, Austin, 17, a senior from Spencer, Iowa--and many of his peers nationwide--it's another story....

DOGS: People Out, Pooches in the Pool.(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Susan Moran The closure of public pools is one of summer's sad bookends--unless you're a dog. Before shuttering their pools for winter, several cities are now offering dog-only swims. Pooches can plunge off diving boards, fetch...

WHY CHEAP GAS IS A BAD HABIT.(Cover Story)(Column)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Robert Samuelson What this country needs is $4-a-gallon gasoline or, maybe, $5. We don't need it today, but we do need it over the next seven to 10 years via a steadily rising oil tax. Coupled with stricter fuel-economy standards,...

SOME ARE FOUND, ALL ARE LOST; LITTLEST VICTIMS: The luckiest ones are merely displaced. The unlucky still can't find their parents. For every one, the trauma will last a lifetime.(Hurricane Katrina)(Cover Story)(Correction Notice)
September 19, 2005... ***** CORRECTION: In "Some Are Found, All Are Lost" (Sept. 19) we misspelled the name of the Louisiana parish of Terrebonne. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. ***** Byline: Barbara Kantrowitz and Karen Breslau (With Karen Springen,...

Boy Brains, Girl Brains; Are separate classrooms the best way to teach kids?
September 19, 2005... Byline: Peg Tyre Three years ago, Jeff Gray, the principal at Foust Elementary School in Owensboro, Ky., realized that his school needed help--and fast. Test scores at Foust were the worst in the county and the students, particularly the...

Honey, I Shrunk The iPod. A Lot. Apple replaces the mini with something more mini.(the iPod nano)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Steven Levy Ever since it was clear that Apple's 2001 foray into digital music would be a smashing success, naysayers have been proclaiming that it was only a matter of time before competitors would catch up to and eventually...

FAMILY TRAVEL: ARE WE AT MACHU PICCHU YET?(children and travel)
September 19, 2005... Byline: ALICE FISHBURN Not many nursery-school kids can identify Easter Island's famous monoliths. So when Alexander Schellenberg raised his hand in story time last year and said, "Those are the Moai statues and I've seen them," his...

OVER THE RIVER...(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Anna Kuchment, Vanessa Juarez and Tara Weingarten The road to Grandma's house can be bumpy: parents squabbling over directions, kids whining that they're bored. To smooth the ride, TIP SHEET asked Parents executive editor Kate...

OUTDOORS: JUST LOOK UP AS YOU ROLL BY.(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Vicky Sama Autumn means it's time for leaf peeping. Hike, bike or drive to see our picks: Northeast: New England's famous sugar maples offer vibrant colors. In late September, drive New Hampshire's Kancamagus Highway through...

INTO THE WILD.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Raina Kelley Fall is here, and that means fewer bugs and no crowds--the perfect time for camping. Grab your tent (try the Eureka Titan, www.eurekacamping.com) and this cool gear and get backpacking. 1. Bear Bells Cool weather...

FOOD: THE MAC DADDIES.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Jim Leff Kids love macaroni and cheese. These restaurants, picked by Jim Leff and Chowhound.com , will delight even the most discerning chow-pups. Philadelphia: United House of Prayer (215-545-9098) serves soul-food dinners,...

CAMERAS: A CLEAR WINNER.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 19, 2005... Byline: George Hackett As digital cameras get ever smaller, they also get harder to hold. Unless you have a surgeon's steady hands, this can lead to blurry shots due to camera shake. Panasonic's Lumix DMC-FX9 ($399; panasonic.com ) solves...

SPORTS: CLUBBING AROUND.(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 19, 2005... Byline: BRAD TUTTLE Your kids will want to take a swing at these top mini-golf courses: Illinois: Par-King Skill Golf, Lincolnshire (par-king.com ; $6). Your ball takes a spin on a roulette wheel and rides an elevator. ...

PACKING: LIGHTEN UP YOUR LOAD.(momsminivan.com )(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Karen Springen Your bags are locked, the taxi's honking, but your 3-year-old won't leave home without her entire Barbie collection. To avoid this kind of glitch, Laurel Smith, founder of the kids' travel site momsminivan.com , asks...

ADVENTURE: THE NEED FOR SPEED.(Jim Hall Kart Racing School)(Jim Russell Racing School )(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Tara Weingarten So your junior Danica wants to be a race-car driver? She's got a lot to learn before she nails the driving test at 16. Start her off with one of these karting classes for kids. At Jim Hall Kart Racing School ($195...

MONEY: FLYING FOR THE MILES.(flyertalk.com )(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 19, 2005... Byline: Linda Stern Some people live to travel, and some people travel... just to amass frequent-flyer miles. It's a small subculture of road warriors who think it makes sense to go to Singapore for the weekend to snag those double bonus...

Color This Deal in Crimson and Green.(Harvard University's investment in the Korea Fund)(Sowood Capital Management)(Column)
September 26, 2005... Byline: Allan Sloan Mutual funds are designed to be the small investor's friend. By pooling their money and hiring a professional manager, the small fry can compete with the giant sharks that dominate the investment world. Or so the...

No money? No problem! How will we pay for Katrina (and the war in Iraq)? Easy. We'll borrow it.(Cover Story)(Column)
September 26, 2005... Byline: Allan Sloan Can the federal government afford to pay $200 billion or so to repair the damage from Katrina? Of course not--but we're going to spend it anyway. So how are we going to get the money? We're going to borrow it, primarily...

Cash and 'Cat 5' Chaos; The gold rush: Contractors and prospectors are flooding the Gulf Coast to grab their piece of the biggest reconstruction ever. If only FEMA could stop fumbling.(business in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina)(Federal Emergency Management Agency)(Cover Story)
September 26, 2005... Byline: Keith Naughton and Mark Hosenball (With Michael Isikoff, Charles Gasparino, Arian Campo-Flores and T. Trent Gegax) As his helicopter swoops low over rows of empty mobile homes destined for Katrina victims, Bob Spaulding looks...