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...some dirt on him--they were college roommates--and the Carlyles' brilliant daughter Vanessa is obsessed with a cold case from 30 years ago involving a white girl who may or may not have been killed by a black teenager. It will all, the reader can be grimly certain, fit together and will somehow dovetail with the old amusement park haunted by p-p-p-pirate ghosts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black and Blue-Blooded | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...Waxman staffer says Ralston's performance in May was "cooperative" and "candid." So where does loyalty to Rove or Abramoff fit in this game? "They're just bosses that she had," says a source familiar with the case. Some Democrats, though, still suspect the cagey Ralston is trying for the ultimate testimonial trifecta: getting immunity, satisfying investigators and protecting Rove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Secretary Testifies | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...Number of passengers that can fit in the A380. The double-decker will debut on commercial carriers later this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 2, 2007 | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

...very intriguing mystery that we don't understand yet," says Stefanick. "We don't have all the answers, but we're trying to get those answers now." So stay tuned. There will be more studies on hormone therapy, but at least they're starting to fit together and make sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Boost for Hormone Therapy | 6/20/2007 | See Source »

...unconditional love. "To take something that is only a statistical tendency," says historian E. Anthony Rotundo, "and turn it into a cultural imperative -- fathers must do it this way and mothers must do it that way -- only creates problems for the vast number of people who don't fit those tendencies, without benefiting the children at all." While researchers have found that children whose fathers are involved in their early rearing tend to have higher IQs, perform better in school and even have a better sense of humor, psychologists are quick to say this is not necessarily a gender issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Archive: Where Are All the Fathers? | 6/16/2007 | See Source »

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