By Lisa Abend, Alex Altman, Theunis Bates, Gilbert Cruz, Andrea Dorfman, Charles Duerr, Laura Fitzpatrick, Andréa Ford, Sean Gregory, Lev Grossman, Peter Ha, Barbara Kiviat, Jeffrey Kluger,...

More outwardly reputable middle-class people are shoplifting to cope with the economic downturn. Researchers say it may be hard to break them of the habit

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, one of the enduring emblems of Veterans' Day, remains a symbol of the ultimate cost of war

So how much pop was in the King of Pop's funeral? The extravagant event's price tag is now public information

New data from a long-term survey suggests that U.S. teens are no less active today than they were in 1991. Yet they've gotten increasingly heavier over the same period

Though he's best known for his role on The Muppet Show (and his romantic involvement with swine), Kermit the Frog mesmerized young audiences on Sesame Street in 1970 with the tender tune "Bein'...

California's medical dispensaries are so well run that dime baggers don't stand a chance

When TIME sent photographer Anthony Suau to cover the opening of the border between East and West Berlin, he knew it would be the story of a lifetime

More people play Mafia Wars than live in Australia. Or maybe it's playing them

Commitment-phobic? Don't tell that to Clarksville, Tenn., resident Hee Orama, 34, who decided she'd had enough of her boyfriend's equivocating on the way to the altar. Orama made repeated calls to...