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Hughes generated successful movie-comedy franchises as fast as other people wrote postcards. First the National Lampoon's Vacation films, with Chevy Chase as the harried nincompoop dad on some disastrous trip with his family. Then the teen movies, not strictly a series but with more or less the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Hughes, Chronicler of '80s Teens, Dies | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

As for Becky Cohn, last year she decided she had to try something different. Diets hadn't worked, and she wanted Molly - soon to enter the fifth grade - to be able to make good decisions on her own. In June, mother and daughter left their home in Birmingham, Ala., and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is My Child Really Overweight? | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

Since extinction tends to target groups of vulnerable species, conservationists would be smart to identify and focus their efforts on the most susceptible families. That means species that have a narrow geographic spread - always a risk factor for extinction, in case something happens to their habitat - and, interestingly, large body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Extinction 'Gene': Some Species Are More at Risk | 8/7/2009 | See Source »

But with some schools opening this month, a few decisions must be made. If the virus does not mutate into something more deadly, federal officials will urge local schools to stay open unless so many children or staffers are sick that teaching becomes difficult. This is a change from the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Fight Against a Flu Pandemic | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

The Administration's arguments for the substance of their proposals mask political concerns as well. With Obama's health-care reform and cap-and-trade legislation facing uncertain futures, the White House may need a win on one big issue by December. "What's [the media] going to say about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geithner vs. the Regulators: A Time for Swearing | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

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