USNews.com: Issue: 8/14/06: Table of Contents

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

8/14/06

Cover Story
	We may never know the answers to some of history's most baffling questions, such as why Stonehenge was built or what happened to Amelia Earhart. But when it comes to other groundbreaking achievements, we may just never agree on who deserves the credit
	Who was first to the top of the world? And why it may not matter
	The mystery of 4,000 miles
	Digging for old treasures
	The signs still point to Ross
	Washington? Get in line
	Gliding into history
	Did Darwin get scooped?
	Shining light on the "dark lady of DNA"
	The sound and fury of HIV
	After lots of small steps, it adds up
	No, it was not Al Gore
	Contrary to myth, baseball may have had no single inventor
	The most influential song you have never heard
	A very tasty debate
	Musings for the millions
	When famous beats first
	Places of our dreams
	Does being first matter?

Nation & World
	Despite the burden of war, neither Israel nor Hezbollah is folding--yet
	Letter from Havana: My dinners with Fidel Castro
	The man Hezbollah wants: A long-ago horror is linked to the current war
	The open Maryland Senate seat could go red or blue, but from Baltimore to Bethesda, the talk is black and white
	Gay-rights activists are rethinking tactics after a series of setbacks nationwide
	Can those immigration reform bills really deliver?
	Why the seamy Duke lacrosse scandal may be too hot to be true
	Gloria Borger: Mel's PC plea

Money & Business
	Companies struggle with an onslaught of deposits from Internet accounts
	Construction strikes the right note for one woman

Health & Medicine
	With their unique ability to distract, educate, and entertain, video games are increasingly being used to help heal and soothe the sick
	Plan B: to shelve or not to shelve
	Earlier surgery, better recovery; too darn hot to eat Pacific oysters; CPR: stumped, not stressed out; an international wrinkle fighter

Editorial
	Mortimer B. Zuckerman: A matter of timing

Whispers
	Washington Whispers: Nobody says "No," not even Sinatra; paying the tab for freedom flights; top Dem finally dumps dial-up; mmm, nice, warm bottled water; a look at life after the White House; the doctor was in, kind of, sort of; yo, evangelicals: Nobody gets a pass; looking for an exit, not strategery

Cartoon
	Gary Markstein cartoon on Mel Gibson and Hezbollah

The Week
	Awaiting Castro's final act
	Susan Schwab, free-trade evangelist

Letters
	U.S. News readers write about history lessons, Joe Lieberman vs. the left, road map relic, pondering prenups, airline merger magic, debating a sad saga, like a surgeon, will 50 states add up? A clarification and a correction