--- title: May 18th, 2009 | Vol. 173, No. 19 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/3570946/may-18th-2009-vol-173-no-19-u-s/ og:title: May 18th, 2009 | Vol. 173, No. 19 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e2a0294ef6457c8/6987677e55a8595c75a83f79/15504368.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # May 18, 2009 | Vol. 173 No. 19May 18, 2009 | Vol. 173 No. 19  Issue name May 18th, 2009 | Vol. 173, No. 19 | U.S. Issue date May 18, 2009 Location U.S. Related categories [Government](/vault/subject/government/) [U.S. Government](/vault/subject/u-s-government/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/2009-05-18/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [One Year Ago: The Republicans in Distress](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896736,00.html)[Elizabeth Edwards: How I Survived John's Affair](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896772,00.html)[The Fire This Time: Is This Health Care's Moment?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896723,00.html)[How the Republicans Can Come Back](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896771,00.html)[Extreme Parenting on TLC](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896734,00.html)[Do-It-Yourself Heroes](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896722,00.html)[Israel's Netanyahu: Taking a Turn Toward Pragmatism?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896731,00.html)[The Montana Town That Wanted to Be Gitmo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896743,00.html)[A Brief History Of: Supreme Court Nominations](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896727,00.html)[The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896732,00.html)[Verbatim](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896738,00.html)[The World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896739,00.html)[Marilyn French](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896747,00.html)[The Moment](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896748,00.html)[Pop Chart](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896751,00.html)[Milestones](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896752,00.html)[Jack Kemp](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896774,00.html)[How to Prepare for a Pandemic](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896728,00.html)[Building a Better Vaccine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/pdf/20090518%5Fpandemic%5Ftreatment.pdf)[Sanjay Gupta on the Vitamin D Debate](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896749,00.html)[Eating Local Before It's Too Late](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896750,00.html)[Rocking Out at Denny's?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896744,00.html)[Pope Benedict on the Question of Judaism](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896735,00.html)[How to Invest for an Economic Rebound](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896740,00.html)[Here's the Best Way to Save Even More](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896741,00.html)[Recession Bee](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896724,00.html)[Up, Up and Away: Another New High for Pixar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896737,00.html)[Glee: A Chorus of Laughter](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896729,00.html)[He Could Not Stop for Death](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896726,00.html)[The Un-Idol](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896746,00.html)[Short List](https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1870628%5F1897060,00.html)[The TIME 100 Gala](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896742,00.html)[Inbox](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1896745,00.html) May 18th, 2009 | Vol. 173, No. 19 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"May 18th, 2009 | Vol. 173, No. 19 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/3570946/may-18th-2009-vol-173-no-19-u-s/"}]}]} ```