INSIDE PEOPLE 4
MAIL 14
PICKS & PANS 17
THE INSIDER 39
PASSAGES 112
PUZZLER 138
CHATTER 148

STAR TRACKS 6
Fergie carries on after her jewels are lost and found in the U.S. Hugh Grant makes Sense. Jerry Seinfeld and Shoshanna Lonstein step out, and more

UP FRONT

40 Before she died of cervical cancer, Karin Smith, 29, called the misreadings of her Pap smears a crime—and in similar cases nationwide, grieving families and tough DAs agree

48 With rumors linking her to her latest movie costar, Whoopi Goldberg files for divorce—and keeps it a secret for over a month

50 Rehearsing for a TV special, King of Pop Michael Jackson collapses on a New York City stage and is rushed to a hospital

SCREEN 53
Late-night host Greg Kinnear moves from NBC's Later to the movie Sabrina with Harrison Ford—another medium well done

UPDATE 57
Forty years after she changed history, civil rights legend Rosa Parks is teaching her lessons to a new generation

JOCKS 61
Combination football coach and motivational wizard, Gary Barnett takes lowly Northwestern from the Big Ten basement to the Rose Bowl

PAGES 65
In a quiet study next to her English garden, novelist Ruth Rendell writes of sickos, wackos and homicidal scum

CRUSADER 73
Only 10 when his dad, Robert Kennedy, was assassinated in 1968, Michael Kennedy is out to stop handgun violence

SEQUEL 81
After 20 years of marriage, the Captain and Tennille show they're still in tune—with their first CD and a renewal of their wedding vows

TUBE 85
Former All My Children star Kim Delaney has a new beau and a new show—NYPD Blue—where she's an arresting sight indeed

KIN 89
Turning 80 this week, Frank Sinatra gets a gift from daughter Nancy: a bio that she says throws out the "garbage" told about his life

TROUBLE 95
Three years ago his parents put him into foster care, saying he was "uncontrollable." Now 17, Dan Weber is suing to visit his sister Megan, 4

LEGACY 99
A bitter New York miser, Anne Scheiber, stuns Yeshiva University—a school that had never heard of her—by leaving it $22 million

CONTROVERSY 101
In the first international war-crimes trial since Nuremberg, Serb Dusko Tadic will be tried for atrocities against his Bosnian Muslim neighbors

COVER 104
Waiting to exhale, beleaguered superstar Whitney Houston says she's sticking with much-troubled husband, singer Bobby Brown—for now

ANGELS 115
Doug and Robbie Smith steer wayward teens through rough waters at their Safe Harbor Boys Home in Jacksonville, Fla.

CRIME 129
Angered by a settlement that gave his wife custody of their four daughters, Jack Cox kidnapped the girls and went on the lam—twice

FAMILY 135
David Saltzman died when he was 22, but thanks to his children's book—and his family's determination to see it published—his spirit is still alive

ROYALS 141
Branded a cad by the press, Princess Diana's former paramour James Hewitt goes into hiding as the bidding soars on his cache of love letters

PARTIES 146
On opposite coasts, celebs like Nicolette Sheridan and Kathy Najimy at the CableACE Awards and Madonna and Chrissie Hynde at the VH1 Fashion & Music Awards shared common ground: great getups