A country up for grabs
Myanmar’s military toppled the civilian government. Now the country’s diverse population is banding together in protest
Star makers, heartbreakers
Some Christian groups, desperate for sensational conversion stories, may be hurting those who switch sides
Back to despair
In the spring of 1997, Eric Harrah descended on State College, Pa., the leafy, church-filled little college town that is home to Penn St...
Notebook
Culture
Culture
Censoring 'Kum Ba Ya'
We all know that some courts have been zealous in upholding the "no establishment" clause of the Constitution, which they interpret as demanding the dismantling of nativity scenes, the removal of ...
Culture
Our 'tailor-made' universe
Pick a universe, any universe. How many hypothetical universes would support life? Possibly only one, say the authors of a new study. Published in the July issue of Science, the report says...
Culture
Computer Games
1 DIABLO II $52Blizzard Entertainment PC (CD Win 95/98/2K) ...
Culture
Video Rentals
1 REINDEER GAMES $5.87 million 1 week in release $5.87 million to date ...
Dispatches
Quotables
Quotables
If fans are sitting in the stands, and they want to branch out and say the Lord's Prayer, or some prayer to Allah or whoever, they can do that. Jim Keith, attorney for the Bogue Chitto, Mis...
The Buzz
The Buzz
Gore slips past the Independent Council again; slips by Bush with a sizeable convention bounce On a roll? Some weeks, everything just seems to go your way. On Aug. 23, Attorney General Janet...
The Buzz
Ups & Downs of the Week
KISSING DEMOCRATS: Pols once gained votes by kissing babies; we've come to a sorry, post-Clinton time when public wife-kissing is crucial. The three-second Gore liplock at the Democrat convention ...
The Buzz
Faces
After noticing a small boy scavenging for food in a nearby dumpster, Texas mother of five Beatriz Salazar began a local food drive to feed 12 children in her apartment. Ten years later, her effort...
The Buzz
No Comment Zone
With deer-hunting season fast approaching, Tennessee car dealer Greg "Lumpy" Lambert announced plans to offer vouchers for a bolt-action, 8 mm deer rifle with every car sold. Gun control activists...