PICKS & PANS 17
THE INSIDER 51
PASSAGES 128
FIRST LOOK 140
PUZZLER 148
CHATTER 174
STAR TRACKS 8
Ashley Judd duets with Michael Bolton. Bruce Springsteen takes offense at a proposition. Heather Locklear fashions her image, and more
UP FRONT
52 In a stirring turn of events, Joe Torre's Yankees win the World Series, while his brother Frank gets a heart transplant
56 In a fight over ancient California redwoods, activist Darryl Cherney has vowed to end Texas tycoon Charles Hurwitz's chopping spree
60 From Jenny McCarthy to Frank Sinatra, Hollywood's A-list turns out for the ritzy, rollicking Carousel of Hope charity ball
HAPPY 65
After an eight-month romance—and with memories of ex-hubby Emilio Estevez long gone—Paula Abdul weds designer Brad Beckerman
TRIBUTE 66
A funnyman both in real life and on TV with Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke, comic Morey Amsterdam is dead at 87
SPLIT 71
After 18 years of marriage, high school sweethearts Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson go their separate ways—for now
KIN 74
With his band Wallflowers, singer and songwriter Jakob Dylan performs in an intimidating shadow
HEIRS 77
CEO Tom Bloch walked away from his job at H&R Block—and a $618,000 salary—to teach math at a struggling Kansas City, Mo., school
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? 86
George Lindsey—Mayberry's Goober—has made peace with the character he grew to hate
PAGES 91
In a new autobiography, singer Patti LaBelle tells of the deaths of her three sisters and her own fight to carry on
FAMILY 95
Most of America's soaring female prison population are mothers like Sue Kennon and Jody Vest. What happens to their kids?
HEROES 105
Friends had no idea that Agnes Plumb was sitting on a fortune until she died, leaving most of her $107 million estate to charity
UPDATE 107
The FBI clears Richard Jewell in the Atlanta bombing case, leaving the security guard battling to rebuild his reputation
ON THE MOVE 113
Since her role as a stripper in Independence Day, Vivica A. Fox finds the same old grind quite alien
COVER 118
His carousing days behind him, Ransom star Mel Gibson, now 40, seems happiest drinking in the joys of family life and film work
SEQUEL 143
Dorothy, the 5-year-old daughter of Virginia Rep. James P. Moran Jr., may owe her recovery from brain cancer in part to alternative medicine
TO THE TOP 153
In Stephen King's Thinner, villainess Kari Wuhrer is no shrinking violet
INVENTOR 157
Funeral director Terry Dieterle helps keep loved ones near with a new line of cremation jewelry
OUT OF THE PAST 159
More than 50 years after an American B-17 crashed near Belfast, Alfred Montgomery reunites a widow with her husband's wedding ring
ON THE JOB 163
O.J. Simpson's lead civil trial lawyer, Robert Baker, has a reputation for being a tiger in the courtroom. So far, he's living up to it
ROYALS 167
In South Africa, Princess Di's brother Earl Spencer is sued for "alienation of affection" by a man who claims the peer purloined his wife
SCENE 168
His first novel isn't wowing critics, but the fans who showed up for Ethan Hawke's D.C. book signing clearly thought he had the write stuff
WINNERS 170
Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider's newfound success comes from some old-fashioned Rules
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