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Pill Puzzle

There are several antibiotics you can use to combat anthrax--but only one gets all the ink: Cipro. We profile Bayer's suddenly hot drug and look at why it has become the anthrax fighter of choice. time.com/cipro

ONLINE CHATS

Each week TIME writers, editors and correspondents chat on AOL about what's happening in the news. This week the talk is about anthrax anxiety, the danger of truck bombs and how small-town America is coping with post-9/11 life.

LISA BEYER has been doing double duty editing World as well as writing pieces on Osama bin Laden and his network and the roots of Muslim rage toward the U.S. Lisa spent most of the '90s as TIME's Jerusalem bureau chief. Talk to her on AOL, Keyword: Live, on Thursday at 8 p.m. E.T.

JOHN CLOUD has been part of the team covering the investigation into 9/11 and has written about Mohamed Atta, the terrorists' European connections and, in this issue, the possibility of a truck-bomb attack. Talk to him about what may be next on AOL, Keyword: Live, on Monday at 8 p.m. E.T.

ELAINE SHANNON covers the FBI and the Justice Department from our Washington bureau. She's been all over the 9/11 investigation and this week has been reporting on the urgent efforts to prevent a second and third wave of attacks. Talk with her on Wednesday at 8 p.m. E.T., on AOL, Keyword: Live.

AMANDA RIPLEY normally writes on the social issues of the day, but for the past month she's been visiting towns around America to find out how people have been affected by 9/11. She wrote from Oklahoma City this week. Chat with her Tuesday at 8 p.m. E.T. on AOL, Keyword: Live.

ASK OSAMA

With the Saudi terrorist offering to take questions from CNN, we polled TIME.com readers to find out what they'd ask. The question most repeated was a variation on this one from a reader in Texas: "If you believe that the highest honor is to die for Allah, why are you directing others to die for the cause while you hide in a cave?" For a selection of reader questions, go to time.com/askosama

THE TIME.COM TOP FIVE

Our online archives contain every TIME article since 1985. The five articles most purchased last week are:

1."If You Want to Humble a Nation"--Lead story in the special issue on the Sept. 11 attacks. Sept. 14, 2001

2."How Bush Got There"--Story on how President Bush arrived at his compromise on stem-cell research. Aug. 20, 2001

3."The Low-Carb Diet Craze"--Cover story on the safety and effectiveness of dieting on eggs and meat. Nov. 1, 1999

4."Facing the End"--Tales of bravery, luck and tragedy on Sept. 11. Sept. 24, 2001

5. "The Lure of Ecstasy"--Cover story on how a fad drug is affecting the country. June 5, 2000

WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT US?

Every Friday on TIME.com we run our World Wide Web Review, a quick survey of the most interesting opinions and editorials from newspapers and websites around the world--like this excerpt from the Moscow Times: " The inaccuracy and unpredictability of bioweapons make them the perfect terrorist weapon that may kill few, but is guaranteed to terrify all." For more, go to time.com/worldwide

WITH THE NORTHERN ALLIANCE

TIME's Moscow bureau chief, Paul Quinn-Judge, has spent much of his career on the battlegrounds of Afghanistan, Chechnya and the collapsing Soviet Union. Shortly after 9/11, he took up residence with the Northern Alliance forces. Paul notes that the dangers come not so much from the Taliban as from the less-than-ideal living conditions: "Salmonella, giardiasis, amoebic dysentery, tonsillitis and various fevers are the first things that come to mind when I look around at my wretched neighbors." Read his online war diary at time.com/Quinn-Judge