Newsweek articles from September 2006

Newsweek archives from September 2006

Showstoppers Spectacle; Our picks of the season in museums and theaters--something old, something new, Mary Poppins and Dylan, too.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Writers/researchers: Jac Chebatoris, Claudia Adrien, Joshua Alston 'Treasures: The Arts in Latin America, 1492-1820' The period between the landing of Columbus and Simon Bolivar's fight for independence is a big chunk of...

Word Perfect: Books; The coming book season promises hotly anticipated novels, landmark biographies--and Virgil's 2,000-year-old man.(Book review)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Writers/researchers: Jac Chebatoris, Claudia Adrien, Joshua Alston 'A Spot of Bother,' by Mark Haddon: Critics loved Haddon's best-selling debut, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." In his punningly titled...

Managing Change: A Vegas-Size Bet On China; Steve Wynn's moving into Asia, and his casino competitors think that he's got the right idea.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Steve Friess With Jessica Ramirez Casino mogul Steve Wynn has just come from his daily two-hour Chinese lesson. In addition to learning the basics, he says he's studying phrases he might need for his new venture: "Welcome to our...

The Cruncher; The Truth About Buffett's Tax Bill.(Warren Buffett)
September 4, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: Correction: Allan Sloan in "The Truth About Buffett's Tax Bill" (The Cruncher, Sept. 4) reported that Warren Buffett's federal income-tax savings from his big charitable gifts will be about 0.0005 of 1 percent. The...

Guns of August Edition.
September 4, 2006... Iran blows off the United Nations on nuke shutdown, and it looks like the allies are folding. Munich, anyone? Bush - Spokesman Snow suggests Bush Senior's failure to take Baghdad led to 9/11. Hey, W, are you blaming Dad? ...

Letters to the Magazine.
September 4, 2006... An Aging Evangelist Reflects Readers commented on Billy Graham's depth of spirituality and wisdom in our Aug. 14 cover story. The reflections of the influential evangelist resonated for many. "It's comforting that amid the shrill,...

The Editor's Desk.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Jon Meacham Early in the 20th century, scientists were on the hunt for a theoretical "Planet X," which they believed lay beyond the known boundaries of the solar system. In fact, "X" didn't exist, but in 1930 they did find a...

This Week Online.(psychological aspects of Hurricane Katrina survivors)(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Julia Reed Katrina's Despair Researchers at the University of New Orleans found that among city residents, "symptoms of depression have at a minimum doubled"--and the survey responders were all homeowners and apartment...

Living Legend; Singer John Legend prepares to release a gorgeous, uplifting sophomore CD. Pop music can use the inspiration.
September 4, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: CORRECTION: In "Living Legend" ("Music," Arts Preview, Sept. 4), we reported that John Legend went to Penn State, when in fact, he attended the University of Pennsylvania. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. ***** ...

Music to Sample.(Bibliography)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Writers/researchers: Jac Chebatoris, Claudia Adrien, Joshua Alston Beyonce, 'B'Day' Every day is a "B'Day" for the diva (far right), whose new CD celebrates young womanhood and all its drama. The single "Deja Vu" reruns her...

Worlds Away; As Hollywood starts getting heavy again, the intense, globe-trotting 'Babel' tries making art out of tears and fears.(Movie review)
September 4, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: CORRECTION: In "Worlds Away" ("Movies," Arts Preview, September 4), Cate Blanchett said that "The Pianist" took place in Berlin. The film's setting was Warsaw, though parts of the movie were filmed in Berlin. NEWSWEEK...

Movies to Screen.(Movie review)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Writers/researchers: Jac Chebatoris, Claudia Adrien, Joshua Alston 'All the King's Men' This take on Robert Penn Warren's classic novel stars Sean Penn (as Louisiana Gov. Willie Stark) plus Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Anthony...

Friendship, Advice and A Roll of the Dice; My mother's raucous dice games annoyed me as a child, but they taught me what luck is really about.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Amy Paturel; Paturel lives in Seal Beach, Calif. It was 11:30 on a school night and my mother and her friends were keeping me up. Again. The women--with their Farrah Fawcett hairstyles and bell-bottom pants--had been gabbing,...

New Orleans Blues; Charged with rebuilding his city and decisively re-elected six months ago, Mayor Ray Nagin remains an elusive character and a controversial leader--and miles of the Big Easy are still uninhabitable.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Evan Thomas, Jonathan Darman and Sarah Childress (With Arian Campo-Flores, Lee Hudson Teslik, Holly Bailey, Karen Breslau and Mark Hosenball) Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, had been avoiding a group of particularly...

It's Cheaper to Go Dutch; The Netherlands is expert at keeping itself dry. So why aren't U.S. bureaucrats seeking more of its help rebuilding the levees?
September 4, 2006... Byline: Mark Hosenball The Dutch know a thing or two about staying dry. Most people in the Netherlands live below sea level, and the country's major cities are in continual danger of being washed away. Or they would be, if Dutch engineers...

Evidence of Obsession; New clues about Karr's lurid fascination with the murder of JonBenet.(John Mark Karr)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Andrew Murr (With Jennifer Ordonez, Paul Tolme, Melanie Lasoff Levs And Frederick Burger) Wendy Hutchens may be the first person to have suspected that the thin, intense man she met in 2001 was JonBenet Ramsey's killer. John Mark...

The Man Who Said Too Much; A book coauthored by NEWSWEEK's Michael Isikoff details Richard Armitage's central role in the Valerie Plame leak.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Michael Isikoff In the early morning of Oct. 1, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell received an urgent phone call from his No. 2 at the State Department. Richard Armitage was clearly agitated. As recounted in a new book, "Hubris:...

When the Cameras Left; Days after Katrina, a young mother got a hug and a promise of help from the president. Here's what happened next.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Holly Bailey Bronwynne Bassier was desperate. Roaming the streets of her Biloxi, Miss., neighborhood four days after Katrina, scavenging for food and clothes for her 2-year-old son, Bassier stumbled upon the one man who presumably...

Still Blind to the Poverty; How could George W. Bush have blown the aftermath of Katrina? It's not as if he lacks confidence in the power of his office.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Alter A year ago, in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, NEWSWEEK published a cover story called "Poverty, Race and Katrina: Lessons of a National Shame." The article suggested that the disaster was prompting a fresh look...

Risky business--can Tom survive a studio snub?(Tom Cruise)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Sean Smith and Johnnie L. Roberts In the end, it may be the best thing that could have happened to Tom Cruise. Viacom billionaire Sumner Redstone told The Wall Street Journal last week that his studio, Paramount, was not renewing...

Q & A Jack Black.(Interview)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Devin Gordon The actor-rocker will host the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 31. He spoke with Devin Gordon about the gig, his upcoming Tenacious D movie and his new son. You're a man who treasures his sleep. How's that square...

Perspectives.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom, left to right: Ap, New York Times (2) Reuters, The Washington Post, L.A. Times, Mumbai Mirror, Ap, Chicago Tribune, SAWF News "I may go down in history as the guy who killed Pluto." Scientist...

London Plot: U.K. Suspect Released.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Mark Hosenball and Emily Flynn Vencat The British investigation into a plot to bomb flights from Britain to the United States using homemade explosives took a strange twist last week when authorities set free a supposedly key...

Elections: Shays' Sudden Shift.(Christopher Shays)(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Eleanor Clift Connecticut Republican Christopher Shays has long been an ardent backer of the war in Iraq. But after returning last week from his 14th trip to the country, the congressman reported that little progress had been...

New Plan For Plan B.(emergency contraception)(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Julie Scelfo When the food and Drug Administration announced last week that Plan B emergency contraception would be available "over the counter," but would be kept behind the counter because of the drug's 18-and-over age...

Transition: Joe Rosenthal.(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: David Gates Joe Rosenthal, 94 You may not recognize his name, but you know the picture he took on Iwo Jima in 1945. Even Cartier-Bresson, who spoke of "the decisive moment" in photography, never captured a more astonishing...

BELIEFWATCH Thou Shalt ...(religious aspects of ethics)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Laura Sheahen The Ten Commandments are generally cut and dried, but--let's face it--other religious rules and customs can be hard to grasp. BELIEFWATCH's Laura Sheahen answers readers' religious-etiquette questions: I'm not...

Keep On Truckin'.(In-Cab University offers college credits for truck drivers)(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: William Lee Adams Stephen Fraser, 38, is earning a college degree--and without even leaving his Freightliner. He's one of 500 students enrolled at In-Cab University, the first accredited college catering to the trucking community....

Glitter's Gone.(NFL bans playing of Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2" in stadiums)(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Mark Starr and Johannah Cornblatt The NFL has effectively banned stadiums from playing Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2" after the Brit rocker was convicted of molesting underage girls in Vietnam, prompting a search for a...

Can OutKast's Marriage Be Saved?(Concert review)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Lorraine Ali Seersucker slacks, saddle shoes, a crisp white jacket--why has Andre (Andre 3000) Benjamin, the eccentric half of the rap duo OutKast, worn this to drop into their pot-smoke-permeated, pit-bull-friendly Stankonia...

Publishing The Book With No Name.(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Karen Springen A forthcoming HarperCollins book is a real whodunit--but not because it belongs on the mystery shelf. The publishing house is shopping a new title to booksellers--with a 300,000 initial press run--but the company's...

Wal-Mart's A Diversion; On any list of the nations major concerns, the giant retailer would not rank in the first 50. So why are Dems spending so much time talking about it?
September 4, 2006... Byline: Robert J. Samuelson It's not surprising that, as the new york Times reports, leading Democratic politicians have latched onto bashing Wal-Mart as a "new rallying cry" that "could prove powerful in the midterm elections and in...

Embryonic War; Scientists and ethicists put the latest stem-cell 'breakthrough' under the microscope.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Claudia Kalb and Debra Rosenberg (With Jonathan Mummolo) It was heralded as a scientific milestone. Published in an advance online version of the scientific journal Nature, it was touted on the front pages of newspapers across the...

A Delicate Balance; Why Bush and science may yet meet in the middle.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Michael Gerson (Gerson was a speechwriter and policy adviser to President Bush. He now is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a NEWSWEEK contributor.) The issue of stem cells was the first test of the infant Bush...

Of Cosmic Proportions; Astronomers decide Pluto isn't a real planet anymore. Why they did it--and how our view of the universe is changing.(Cover story)
September 4, 2006... ***** CORRECTION: CORRECTION: In "Of Cosmic Proportions" we identified David Stevenson as an astronomer at Cornell. He is actually at Caltech. NEWSWEEK regrets the error. ***** Byline: Jerry Adler (With Mary Carmichael in Boston,...

Going Beyond Massage.
September 4, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Barrett A regular spa-goer since she was a teenager, Geraldine Weiner has been indulging in rubdowns, manicures and facials for years. But lately, her selection of services has gotten much more sophisticated. A few...

The Checklist; Our top picks for the week ahead.
September 4, 2006... Rent 'Akeelah and the Bee' This family-friendly movie about a spelling bee (with Laurence Fishburne and breakout star Keke Palmer) is totally C-U-T-E. MX Revolution ( $100; amazon.com). Logitech's better mouse has an accelerating...

Whole New World.(Saturn Sky)(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Tara Weingarten Remember when General Motors launched the Saturn brand 16 years ago and everyone went nuts for its no-haggle pricing? Yeah, that was a cool gimmick but there wasn't much else to snare buyers, and the brand limped...

Treating Attacks.(asthma)(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Barrett For the more than 6 million children who suffer from asthma in the United States, the back-to-school season is one of the toughest times of the year. The sudden exposure to allergens and contagious colds and...

Back To School For Gramps.(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Linda Stern The 529 college savings plan isn't just for kids. Adults who want to continue their education can use it, too. The strategy makes sense, says education-funding expert Joseph Hurley, since the new pension law makes the...

Calling All Pigskin Players.(Sprint and Mobile ESPN offer fantasy football on cell phones)(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Meltzer Ready for some football? Now you can dial into the big game on your phone. Two cellular providers, Sprint and Mobile ESPN, are kicking off ways to catch up on fantasy football on the run. NFL Mobile (free with...

In Her Shoes.(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Meghan McCain When most women think of comfortable shoes, Birkenstocks come to mind. Of course, any fashionista would rather be caught in shoulder pads. But sometimes bad heels ruin more than just your outfit. "High heels can cause...

ASK Tip Sheet:.(Brief article)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Meghan McCain How come British drivers travel on the left side of the road? --Edward Mitchell, Pine Bush, N.Y. There's no definitive explanation, according to the British Consulate in New York. But here are some of the...

Falling for Fall: What's Cool and Coming Your Way; Summer's ending. Get over it. Here's a look at the riches of autumn. First up, 'West Wing' creator Aaron Sorkin rides again with the terrific TV drama 'Studio 60.'.(Television program review)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Marc Peyser When we say that Aaron Sorkin's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" is this season's big newTV show, that's not "Fall Preview" hype. We mean that literally. Did you see that title? Or the cast? Matthew Perry, Bradley...

Television To Surf.(Television program review)
September 4, 2006... Byline: Writers/researchers: Jac Chebatoris, Claudia Adrien, Joshua Alston 'Justice' The trend this season is to make dramas more serialized, like "24," but don't tell Jerry Bruckheimer. The super producer's latest crime procedural...

It's Sweet Home Chicago For a Silicon Valley Vet; Under CEO Ed Zander, Motorola is gaining on phone giant Nokia. Can the new Motofone help close the gap?
September 11, 2006... Byline: Brad Stone After two and a half years as CEO of Chicago electronics maker Motorola, Silicon Valley vet Ed Zander is no longer a fish out of water. He's piloted Motorola to 10 straight profitable quarters, increasing the company's...

Healing War's Wounds; The Pentagon is testing a new approach to mending the growing number of severely injured soldiers: extreme sports. A ride on the rugged road to recovery.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Karen Breslau Hey, have any of y'all seen the crocodile that got my arm?" U.S. Army Maj. Anthony Smith hoists his prosthetic hook, tied to a paddle, as he floats down Idaho's Salmon River in a large blue raft, manned by a cackling...

Q & A 'We Understand We're in Trouble'; Bill Ford Jr., CEO, Ford.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Keith Naughton Talk about your Motown meltdown. The full-throttle crisis afflicting General Motors has suddenly moved across town to Ford Motor Co. It's not that GM is fixed, it's just that Ford is more of a wreck at the moment. It...

Bush's Books Edition.
September 11, 2006... First we hear Dubya read Camus over the summer. Now he tells Brian Williams he also read "three Shakespeares." What a piece of work is man... Bush - Tries to spin his two disasters with Katrina visit, charge that Iraq critics...

Letters to the Magazine.(Letter to the editor)
September 11, 2006... Readers responded passionately to our Special Report on what the country has learned five years after September 11. Several took notice of our cover photo. "It is sad that a plane taking off is now a frightening image," one wrote. Many took...

The Last Word: Japan's Move To Normality; Many Japanese want their nation to rise from the post-1945 apologetic crouch that has made even patriotism problematic.
September 11, 2006... Byline: George F. Will A dragonfly flitted in front of me and stopped on a fence. I stood up, took my cap in my hands, and was about to catch the dragonfly when... --From "Children of the Atomic Bomb: Testament of Boys and Girls of...

Hizbullah's Worrisome Weapon; Imagine if terrorists got hold of car bombs with wings. Now they can.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Dan Ephron (With Kevin Peraino in Jerusalem) Hizbullah's chief, Hassan Nasrallah, spent the past two years bragging about a remote-control aircraft that could carry an explosive device to strike a target anywhere inside Israel. He...

The Year of Living Fearfully; He has gone from being an obscure and not-so-powerful politician to a central player in the Mideast, simply by goading the United States.(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Fareed Zakaria (Write the author at comments@fareedzakaria.com.) It's 1938, says the liberal columnist Richard Cohen, evoking images of Hitler's armies massing in the face of an appeasing West. No, no, says Newt Gingrich, the Third...

This Week Online; Online Excerpt.(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Elizabeth Warren NEWSWEEK: A year after Congress passed the new bankruptcy law, many bankruptcies now being filed result from medical debt. So the stereotype of debtors with big-screen TVs is false? Harvard law professor: It's right up...

The Editor's Desk.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Mark Whitaker The mother of two sons nearing their teen years, Peg Tyre, who suggested and wrote this week's cover story, remembers when first grade wasn't quite such a pressure cooker. But Lisa Miller, who edited the story,...

My Declaration of ... Well, Dependence; As much as I value being self-sufficient, I found that assisted living comes with advantages.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Angelo Devitis (Devitis lives in southern Florida.) I live in an old-age home. It's not called an old-age home, of course. It has a fancy descriptive title that includes the words "classic" and "luxury." Homes such as mine like to...

The 'Islamofascists'; Bush's new national-security offensive has been plagued by debate over what to call the bad guys.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Richard Wolffe and Holly Bailey Last fall White House aides were grappling with a seemingly simple question that had eluded them for years: what should the president, in his many speeches on the war on terror, call the enemy? They...

Walking the World Stage; What makes Barack Obama, a man with a meager public record, light the fires of hope from here to the far corners of Africa?
September 11, 2006... Byline: Ellis Cose It is not too early to pronounce Barack Obama a political phenomenon unlike any previously seen on the American scene. He proved that last week in Kenya, where he was received in a manner more befitting a messiah than a...

The Polygamist's Life; Escaping Warren Jeffs's controversial religious sect.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Andrew Murr Polygamous leader warren Jeffs banished Sam Icke for kissing a girl. Icke, then 17, had been doing his best to follow the rules of Jeffs's insular Mormon sect--listening to the leader's taped sermons, avoiding even...

Newsmakers: Lionel Richie, Katie Couric, Ivanka Trump.(Interview)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Nicki Gostin, Jac Chebatoris, Ramin Setoodeh Lionel Richie He's a chart topper again with his new CD, "Coming Home"--and not just because he's Nicole Richie's father. He spoke with Nicki Gostin. Who do you think has been...

PERSPECTIVES.(Mahmoud Ahmadinejad)(Mark Origer)
September 11, 2006... "The Iranian nation will not accept... any bullying." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on a U.N. demand that his government halt production of nuclear fuel "Once again, we face similar challenges in efforts to confront the rising...

Tomlinson: Horsing Around at the Office?(Kenneth Y. Tomlinson)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Mark Hosenball Congressional Democrats are weighing their next move in the wake of a State Department inspector-general report alleging that the politically connected chief of the board that oversees the government's foreign...

IRAQ: A Sweeping, Secret New Report.(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Mark Hosenball Bush administration policymakers and their congressional backers may get some unwelcome news from a new analysis on Iraq that the office of intelligence czar John Negroponte will soon produce. In late July, leading...

MIDEAST RELATIONS: After His Son's Death, A New Life's Work.(Judea Pearl)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Matthew Philips Judea pearl, father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, and former Pakistani diplomat Akbar Ahmed are among the winners of the inaugural Purpose Prize, an award created by think tank Civic Ventures...

Beliefwatch: Separated?(church and state)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Steven Waldman When U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris recently told a religious journal that separation of church and state was "a lie," many critics cited this as another sign she was out of the mainstream. But, experts say, she was...

Fast Chat: Tooned in to Politics.(cartoonist Mike Luckovich)(Interview)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Mummolo Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist Mike Luckovich has mocked every president since Reagan (and even Carter, if you count his high-school sketches). His latest book, "Four More Wars!" takes direct aim at the current...

Books: Is This Mike On?(Rise and Shine)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 11, 2006... Byline: David Gates "Rise and Shine," Anna Quindlen's fifth novel, kicks into motion when top-rated morning chat-show host Meghan Fitzmaurice has a didn't-know-the-mike-was-still-on moment after interviewing a big-deal politician....

Exercise: Pilates for The People.(Kim Caruthers teaches Pilates in South-Central Los Angeles)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Allison Samuels Kim Carruthers has taught Pilates to Tyra Banks and Patricia Arquette, but a highlight of her career was helping Jamila Ofumbi fit into her prom dress. Ofumbi, a 17-year-old from South-Central L.A., had read in a...

Weddings: You, Me and Poochy.(incorporating pets in wedding ceremonies)(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Byline: William Lee Adams Fido's more than man's best friend: increasingly, he's the best man or a groomsman, too. Incorporating pets into wedding ceremonies has become this year's hottest wedding trend--and one that experts predict is...

Home Front: March of the 'Flat' Soldiers.(Maine National Guard Family Program has life-size cutouts for families of members overseas)(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Jonathan Mummolo Though he's serving in Iraq, Maine Army National Guard member Troy Gardner still goes with his family on trips to the supermarket, attends birthday parties and visits his kids at school--or at least his image does....

The New First Grade: Too Much Too Soon; Kids as young as 6 are tested, and tested again, to ensure they're making sufficient progress. Then there's homework, more workbooks and tutoring.(Cover story)
September 11, 2006... Byline: PEG TYRE (with Matthew Philips, Julie Scelfo, Catharine Skipp, Nadine Joseph, Paul Tolme and Hilary Shenfeld) Brian And Tiffany Aske of Oakland, Calif., desperately want their daughter, Ashlyn, to succeed in first grade. That's why...

Ten Ways to Prepare Your Child for School.(Cover story)(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Dominic Gullo, Queens College, N.Y. For Kindergarten 1Read To Them Pull out the board books, get cozy and channel Mr. Rogers. Kids love repetition and there's no such thing as reading too much to your child. 2Talk To...

Interview: What Would Big Bird Do?(interview with Rosemarie Truglio of Sesame Street)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Julie Scelfo "Sesame Street" began in 1969 with a revolutionary idea: learning could be fun. The cast of furry Muppets and their inimitable songs became so popular among kids of all backgrounds--and not just the disadvantaged kids...

The New Naysayers; In the midst of religious revival, three scholars argue that atheism is smarter.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Jerry Adler Americans answered the atrocities of September 11, overwhelmingly, with faith. Attacked in the name of God, they turned to God for comfort; in the week after the attacks, nearly 70 percent said they were praying more...

Will You Let Them Store Your Dreams? Even if the search companies are careful to protect the information, there's reason for you to worry.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Steven Levy What could be more revealing than a list of one's search queries? The efficiency of finding what we need on the Web encourages us to quest away--whether we're researching a car purchase, puzzling out some medical...

BlogWatch; A mainstream-media look at what's hot (and what's not) in the ever-widening world of web logs. For full links go to NEWSWEEK.com.(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Gawker.com is amused and appalled by Sean (Diddy) Combs's YouTube broadcasts of his eating, grooming and--ugh--bathroom habits. If you are so obsessed with football that even intricate discussions of the salary cap give you a rush,...

Retirement: Cracking Open The Nest Egg.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Jane Bryant Quinn (Reporter Associate: Temma Ehrenfeld) When you think about retiring, you run your mind over your "pile"-- the savings and investments that you're building up. But the size of your pile represents only potential...

Credit: Playing Your Cards Right.
September 11, 2006... Byline: Linda Stern Bad news for anyone who likes a freebie. Credit-card companies are cutting back on their rewards. In the last month, Citibank and American Express have ended the 5 percent and double-cash-back rebates offered for...

Ask the Pro.(credit card debt)(Interview)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Linda Stern Susan C. Keating, CEO of the National Foundation For Credit Counseling, spoke to Linda Stern about the current credit crunch. How much debt trouble are we in? Seniors, many of whom are on fixed incomes, are...

Brokers: Dealing With New Deals.(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Linda Stern Still using the same online broker you had when Cisco was the hot new stock? It's time to take another look. Firms are chopping fees to grab new clients; they've even made it easier to get out. Most of the Web-centric...

Net Interest.(online resources with money management information)(Brief article)
September 11, 2006... Get smarter about your money with online resources. Here are some good sites to check now: nesteggscore.com How are you doing? Compare your financial habits with the rest of the country's with this A. G. Edwards quiz. moneycafe.com...

Rosie's New View; After a four-year hiatus, O'Donnell returns as part of TV's most beloved coffee klatch. An exclusive talk about her career, her critics and the Star Jones mess.(Rosie O'Donnell)
September 11, 2006... Byline: Marc Peyser You might think that Tom Cruise doesn't have a single fan left, but you would be wrong. We found one. Her name is Rosie O'Donnell. Rosie may not be the last person who still loves Cruise--Katie Holmes? his mother?--but...

Frightening- And Fantastic; We live at a time when we can't afford to let them accept the Samaritan's ride. But we also can't afford to think that Samaritan's don't exist.(Viewpoint essay)(Column)
September 18, 2006... Byline: Anna Quindlen In may, as part of a program to prepare them for college, the seniors at my daughter's high school heard from a nationally recognized expert on date rape. In August, as part of their introduction to life on campus,...

This Land Is Your Land; 'Cold Mountain' author Charles Frazier returns with a mesmerizing novel about a white man fighting to save a Cherokee tribe's home. An exclusive interview.
September 18, 2006... Byline: Jeff Giles Not far from Cherokee, North Carolina, Charles Frazier pulls to the side of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and points off into the Smokies. "OK, you're sort of looking into the territory of the novel now," he says. The novel in...