As Obama's inauguration approaches, seven icons of the civil rights movement reflect on their progress and setbacks, the meaning of January 20 to African Americans and what King would make of the country Obama will soon lead
As the Sundance Film Festival kicks off, TIME critic Richard Corliss looks back on the best work from the event's 25-year history.
As police arrested Marcus Schrenker, the Indiana businessman who reportedly crashed a plane in attempt to fake his own death and avoid financial ruin, TIME explores some of history's most famous disappearances
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Fifty years after the founding of the iconic record label, TIME takes a look at some of the best Motown performances to be found
The auto show returns to the Motor City, but this time with a focus on electric models, hybrids, batteries and fuel economy
A fond look back at George W. Bush's less-than-articulate moments in Office
On the 10th anniversary of Bill Clinton's impeachment trial in the Senate, TIME catches up with the main figures in the scandal
Big Love is back on TV, Silent Light arrives in theaters, Beat the Reaper offers readers an unexpected anatomy lesson, and more
As the United States Senate denies Roland Burris the seat he claims is his, TIME takes a look at other political kerfuffles.
As the Dakar Auto Rally held this year for the first time outside of Africa kicks off, TIME looks at other notable tests of human stamina.
To celebrate the 50th birthday of "The Last Frontier," TIME examines the state's most memorable residents
The U.S. Government has committed trillions of dollars to its many bailout efforts. Some actions deserve an A, but there's a D and an F on this report card, too
For having the confidence to sketch an ambitious future in a gloomy hour, and for showing the competence that makes Americans hopeful he might pull it off, the President-elect is TIME's Person of the Year.
Who and what got us into this financial mess? Here's my far-from-exhaustive list of the guilty
Sometimes stories like that of Holocaust survivor Herman Rosenblat are indeed too good to be true. Here, some of the literary world's most shocking fakes
On the fiftieth anniversary of the historic Colts Giants NFL Championship game, TIME takes a look at the roster of players, coaches, referees and announcers who helped turn pro football from a niche sport into the true national pastime
In honor of the latest hound flick to grace the holiday silver screen Marley & Me, based on the bestselling memoir by John Grogan, opens Christmas Day TIME takes a look back at film history's most memorable dog adventures
Seven films to while away the holiday, from Brad Pitt's Benjamin Button to Tom Cruise's Valkyrie
While you're wrapping gifts and preparing to feast with family and friends, ponder these bizarre Christmas facts
There's a thin line between a heartwarming and heartrendingly bad Christmas flick. TIME film critic Richard Corliss sets his sights on the latter.
From a Claymation Christmas to Frosty, Rudolph and the Grinch, TIME finds many of our most beloved holiday TV specials on YouTube. Watch them all here
John Walsh founded America's Most Wanted after police failed to nab the person who killed his son, Bryan. But on Dec. 16, police revealed the killer's identity and officially closed the case
Mickey Rourke's critically acclaimed role in The Wrestler is just the latest in a long line of Hollywood comebacks. TIME looks at the most memorable.
From a groundbreaking American President to a historic economic collapsewith everything from the Olympics to Puppycam in betweenhere's TIME's comprehensive look at the year that was