CNN

Time.comCNN.comSearch Archive Wednesday, August 15, 2007
HOME U.S. WORLD BLOGS BUSINESS & TECH HEALTH & SCIENCE ENTERTAINMENT PHOTOS MAGAZINE SPECIALS
VIDEO: A First Look at Madden '08
To test the game out, TIME's Sean Gregory challenged New York Giants center Shaun O'Hara to a duel. Guess who won?


India's Most Influential
As India celebrates 60 years of independence, TIME looks at the people who are shaping the country's next six decades

Seven Years in India


A Giant 'Golfball' for Missile Defense
The SBX radar may look like a Bond-movie spoof, but its backers say it can protect the U.S. against missile attack. If they can get the kinks worked out


Navigating the World of Student Loans
Amid widespread misconduct in the student-loan industry, college kids are learning about private lending the hard way

Special Report: Back to School


A Chinese Toymaker's Mea Culpa
Amid mounting recalls, a factory owner's apparent suicide highlights pressure on China over food and product safety

Mattel Announcing 2nd China Recall
TOP STORIES 1 2 3 4 5 LATEST HEADLINES
11:15PM ET
Iraq Car Blasts Kill 175, Wound 200
HPV Vaccine: Best Taken Early
Back to the Brink in Turkey?
Hurricane Flossie Heads for Hawaii
Mattel Recalls More Chinese Toys
Yankees Legend Phil Rizzuto Dies
Terrorist Bomb Derails Russian Train
Speedy Bridge Timeline Questioned
Lindsay Lohan Sued Over Car Chase
YouTube May Question Jon Stewart
CNN Video: 1 Year of TSA Liquid Ban
PHOTOSRove and Bush
PHOTOSAsia's Monsoon

More BlogsBLOGS
Swampland
The Supreme Court's Role in '08
By Ralph Neas
The Supreme Court's lurch to the right following the addition of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito is beginning to catch up with Republicans running for re-election.

Real Clear Politics
The PM Line
By TOM BEVAN
Hastert may be retiring, CNN covers the triple suicide bombing in Iraq and D'oh-bama has set folks buzzing once again with comments about the U.S. military and foreign policy.

Tuned In
JPTV: What I'm Watching Tonight
By James Poniewozik
I'll admit, I haven't watched Dan Rather much since he went to HDNet for his post-CBS gig. But tonight he offers up an investigation of problems with electronic touch-screen voting machines. And really, doesn't news look truthier in HD?

The China Blog
A Toy Story (Part II): Mattel Recalls Again
By Bill Powell
How many parents in the U.S. and everywhere else in the world now equate safety problems with "Made in China?" Mattel's stock is getting hammered, but not as badly, I would guess, as China's reputation...
Pakistan at 60
Pakistan: A Country Divided Over Faith
By ARYN BAKER
Islam on the subcontinent is in the grip of a crisis over the religion's place and role in modern society. It is a crisis 150 years in the making



More PostcardsPOSTCARD FROM...
London
Caviar, Off the Back of a Truck
By Christopher Thompson/London
Nouveau riche Londoners flaunt their decadence by quaffing sturgeon roe wherever they can get it.

Bangkok
Why Thailand's Generals Will Root for Manchester United
By Hannah Beech
United is a very popular team in a country obsessed with English soccer. And, of course, its derby rival, Manchester City, is now owned by a certain Mr. Thaksin
More QuotesQUOTES OF THE DAY
If you didn't like Darfur, you're going to hate Baghdad.
Gen. DAVID H. PETRAEUS
warning of the consequences of an early troop withdrawal from Iraq
KATRINA TWO YEARS LATER
New Orleans Then and Now
Graphic: An intricate look at where people are living since the devastation of 2005 — and the levee system protecting them

Time Inc. Returns to New Orleans
TIME, People, Fortune, Sports Illustrated and a host of other magazines explore the storm's continuing toll

Features Click arrows to view more featuresMore features Arts
Jihad, the MusicalWorld
Mexico's Troubling Murder Spree
A surge in drug-related violence in Mexico is sparking fears that the killing could cross the U.S. border Photos
Wackiest College MascotsSports
Are Baseball Umpires Racist?
Umpires in Major League Baseball have a tendency to favor pitchers of their own race, a new study finds Rhetoric Watch
The Art of the Re-StartHealth
De-Criminalizing Mental Illness
The nation's prisons and jails are filled with people who don't belong there, but police from Memphis to Miami are stepping in to set them free Cartoons of the Week
August 5 - 12, 2007Going Green
Back to the Tap
Bottled water may be a commercial success story, but the environment pays a very heavy price Pictures of the Week
August 3 - August 9, 2007World
Iraq's Coming Robot Wars
In the war against IEDs, the Pentagon is looking for a few good bots. But the insurgents are aiming at them too U.S.
A Giant 'Golfball' for Missile Defense
The SBX radar may look like a Bond-movie spoof, but its backers say it can protect the U.S. against missile attack. If they can get the kinks worked out

The Post-Rove White House
The Art of the Re-Start
What Iowa's Straw Poll Tells the G.O.P.
Waning Hurricane Still Hawaii-Bound
Yankees Legend Phil Rizzuto Dies
See all
HEALTH & SCIENCE
HPV Vaccine: Best Taken Early
TThe drug helps protect teenage girls from the virus that can cause cervical cancer, but a new study shows it does little to halp women who already are already infected

What Now, Endeavour?
The High Cost of Campus Birth Control
Rethinking Organics
Hurricane Flossie Heads for Hawaii
Back to the Tap
See allWORLD
Terrorist Bomb Derails Russian Train
The posh Neva Express train, favored by senior officials and business people, was blown up by a homemade bomb in the Novgorod area en route from Moscow to St. Petersburg

Back to the Brink in Turkey?
A Chinese Toymaker's Mea Culpa
Mexico's Troubling Murder Spree
Afghan Talks Inspire Little Optimism
Iraq Car Blasts Kill 175, Wound 200
See all
BUSINESS & TECH
VIDEO: A First Look at Madden '08
To test the game out, TIME's Sean Gregory challenged New York Giants center Shaun O'Hara to a duel. Guess who won?

A Student Backlash Against Coke
Second Life's Real-World Problems
Mattel Recalls More Chinese Toys
Aspen vs. Vail: The War Turns Green
Celebrities Wanted, Dead or Alive
See allENTERTAINMENT
Elizabeth Murray, 1940-2007
Appeciation: In the 1970s and 80s, painting appeared to be a dying art. Murray, with her bright palette and curious shapes, brought it back to life

Finding Comedy in Terrorism
Who Killed the Love Story?
Underage is All the Rage
Paris Not for Lovers
Imus Settles With CBS Over Contract
See all
Get TIME RSS Feeds
Get TIME on your Mobile Device
Most popular1. De-Criminalizing Mental Illness
2. The Post-Rove White House
3. The Worst Jobs in America
4. Karl Rove's Flawed Vision
5. Are Baseball Umpires Racist?
6. Baby Einsteins: Not So Smart After All
7. The War Next Door
8. What Now, Endeavour?
9. No-Tell Motels
10. A Giant 'Golfball' for Missile Defense
Current Issue

Table of ContentsBilly Graham, Pastor In Chief
Rudy in the Heartland
The War Next Door
We've Come Undone
Back to the Tap
No-Tell Motels
Become a Nurse, Get a Tan
Second Life's Real-World Problems
Rethinking Organics