54 COVER
Who will win? Inside American Idol's frenzied finish

60 UP FRONT
It's a brave Keanu world at premieres for The Matrix: Reloaded

62 Behind climber Aron Ralston's bold rescue

67 Wedding
Designer Shoshanna Lonstein sews up her man in style

68 Crime
David Taylor accuses wife Lynda of trying to harm him—with perfume

71 Family
Actor B.D. Wong tells the story of his son's traumatic birth

75 Update
Tragedy leads Carole and Francis Carrington to help others

79 Trouble
Stephanie Spiwak survives a brutal high school hazing

83 Sequel
Missionary Gracia Burnham relives her hostage horror

89 Body
How good do Extreme Makeover's winners look today?

93 Controversy
Murder charges against a Harvard student roil Boston

98 Royals
Prince William look-alike Marc Rattigan hams it up

101 Look Back
Say cheesy! Peek at the past with these celebrity prom photos

105 Triumph
Paralyzed track coach Bev Kearney vows to walk again

109 Out of the Past
A new book suggests JFK too dallied with an intern

110 Animals
Cat lover Jennifer Conrad fights to make declawing illegal

114 Milestone
The verdict is in: Law & Order rules as it hits episode 300

118 Couples
To propose, some romantics pull out all the stops

127 Pages
Fashion authority André Leon Talley honors his inspirations

131 Tube
CSI's Jorja Fox has a simple plan: Don't worry, be hippie

134 Jocks
Annika Sorenstam takes on golf's guys

153 Entrepreneurs Betsy McLaughlin gives plus-size girls a place to buy cool clothes

156 Introducing
"Iceman" Shawn Ashmore sizzles in X2

159 Switch
Katie Couric cracks jokes, and Jay Leno gets serious

160 Update
Katy Soulas sues Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein—and wins

163 Spotlight
Flirting is all in a day's work for 24's Penny Johnson Jerald

164 Style
Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor channel '60s chic

MAILBAG 6
PEOPLE.COM 8
STAR TRACKS 10
SCOOP 19
PICKS & PANS 29
INSIDER 53
HEART MONITOR 97
PASSAGES 113
PUZZLER 136
STYLE WATCH 39
CHATTER 166