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...Graeme, whose sister suffered worse brain injuries when their family SUV hit a patch of black ice, was making an appeal for President Bush to reconsider his veto of legislation that would have expanded the program designed to provide health coverage to children of the working poor - those who are too rich to qualify for Medicaid but unable to afford private insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Swift-Boating of Graeme Frost | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

...period, initiating what some have called a "fast-track" canonization process. The first major step, the establishment of her "heroic virtue," proceeded quickly. However, verifiable reports of posthumous miracles have apparently been scarce. Teresa was beatified after the first one in 2003. But on Sep. 5 Teresa's successor, Sister Nirmala, told Agence France Presse that "We are waiting for a second miracle for sainthood to the Mother." The cure of Fr. Thomas, who had reportedly known Mother Teresa for 18 years before her death, occurred that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mother Teresa and the Kidney Stone | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...gross-out comedy. But Gosling infuses Lars with a gentleness and a sense of wonder, and instead the film unfolds as a subversive romance. "Ryan managed to have a relationship with her that didn't seem ridiculous, embarrassing or weird," says Emily Mortimer, who plays Lars' aggressively loving sister-in-law Karin. "The other thing that dumbfounds me and irritates me a tiny bit is that he managed to be sexy. How can you be playing this weird, overweight guy in galoshes who's socially inept and somehow be a movie star as you're doing it?" It takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oddball | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...careers of Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. "I was confident," Gosling says. "I would do these supersexual moves. They confused my inappropriateness for talent, and once they realized there was no more I could do, it was too late." By then Gosling, his mother and his older sister had packed up and moved to a trailer park in Orlando...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oddball | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

...ordered her alleged assassination. But the one piece of evidence that could reveal Prince Philip's true feelings about Diana is missing: a set of letters that he wrote to her. Burrell, who Baker "hopes" will give evidence during the inquest, says he saw them. And Diana's sister, Lady Sarah McCorquodale, says she had conversations with Diana about them. But nobody knows where they are. "It seems probable that there were such letters, but where they went and whether they still exist remains a mystery," Baker said. And then, touching on what could become the theme for the entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diana Inquest: Three Key Questions | 10/3/2007 | See Source »

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