November 06, 2000

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Siren Song

In Her Gritty New Autobiography, Singer Natalie Cole Details How Drugs Led Her to Stealing, Check Fraud and Counterfeiting-and Almost Took Her Life

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Fifty-One Years Ago, Moldovans Were Stripped of Their Farms. Today, American Patricia Orlowitz Helps Them Reclaim Their Property—and Their Pride

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Unlucky Lady

Already Plagued by Back, Hip and Weight Problems, Liza Minnelli Contracts Viral Encephalitis

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That's a Wrap

With New Lives—and Loves—Beckoning, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Separated Since 1998, Finally Make It Official and File for Divorce

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Heavy Metal

Lead in Ludwig's Locks May Explain Mystery Maladies

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Hi, Old-Timer!

Honey, There's a Mastodon in the Garden: Homeowner Larry Lozier Discovers a Boneyard in His Backyard

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Judgment Day

After 15 Years, a Surgeon Stands Convicted of Killing His Long-Missing Wife

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Frank Account

In a New Book, Tina Sinatra Admits Her Dad Knew Mobsters and Fires Both Barrels at Her Stepmom

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Close Call

Lauren Hutton Survives a Motorcycle Crash in the Desert

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Tee for Two

Designers Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy Hit It Big with Their Colorful, Form-Fitting Juicy T-Shirts

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Back to Good

Overcoming a Troubled Past, Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas Rocks on

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Small Miracles

Cord-Blood Pioneer Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg Improves the Odds for Some Kids with Cancer

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Working Girls

A Line of Career Dolls Tells Kids There's More to Life Than a 3½-Inch Waist

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A Family of Neighbors

Brenda Krause Eheart Paired Foster Kids with Retirees in a Remarkable Community

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Jump Start

In Sync with His Backstreet Boy Brother, Aaron Carter, 12, Takes Off

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Another World

Her Square Pegs Costar Sarah Jessica Parker Stayed in the Limelight; Amy Linker Chose Life Without Cameras

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Death on the Nile

A Trip to Egypt with Boyfriend John Allan Proved to Be Cheryl Lewis's Final Mistake

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Alive! Again

Peter Frampton, the Angelic Guitar Slinger Behind the Monster '70s Album Frampton Comes Alive!, Looks Back in Wonder at the Long, Strange Trip It's Been

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Trash Talker

Linda Cobb, the Self-Styled Queen of Clean, Sweeps into the Big Time with Spotless Timing for a Book on Dirt

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No Holds Barred

Continuing a 56-Year-Old Rivalry, Missouri Twins Run (Amok) for a Coroner's Job

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Winning Streak

The Cal Ripken of Education, Alphonse Dattolo Hasn't Missed a Single Day of Teaching in 28 Years

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Smooth Operator

In a New Film and Sitcom, Saturday Night Live Vet Tim Meadows Makes His Moves

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Bridge Builder

James Perkins Jr. Takes Over as the First Black Mayor of Selma, Alabama, Scene of the Bloody March He Has Never Forgotten

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Show Stopper

Dancing to Husband Bob Fosse's Choreography, Gwen Verdon Gave Broadway a Kick Still Felt Today

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The Contender

Michelle Rodriguez Scores a TKO (Theatrical Knockout) in Girlfight

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Hope Chests

No One Had to Whisper 'Plastics' in Her Ear for Martha Williams to Know They Held Her Destiny

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Sharing the Wealth

Charlie Butcher Sells His Floor-Polish Business and Gives His Workers $18 Million

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Lessons in Fear

Former Hare Krishna Children, Angry and Suing, Charge They Suffered Physical and Mental Abuse in Sect Schools

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Senior Citizen

At 28, Long After Most College Athletes Have Hung Up Their Cleats, Quarterback Chris Weinke Enters His Golden Age

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Meet Mister Right

The Yuppie Bill Buckley? Pundit Tucker Carlson Lives to Zing Liberals

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Card Sharp

Actor John High Has Something to Write Home About: the World's Largest Collection of Antique Silk Postcards

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Powerless

Dependent on An Oxygen Machine, Martha Brown Died Just Days After a Utility Company Cut Off Her Electricity

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Crunch Coach

Admissions Guru Howard Greene Helps High School Seniors Get into the College or University of Their Choice

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Sheep Shape

Shari Lewis's Daughter Mallory Tarcher Hands Lamb Chop a New Life

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Refresher Course

Elizabeth Trindade's Strollercize Program Makes Losing Post-Pregnancy Blahs as Easy as a Walk in the Park

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Loud Crowd

Understated? Overrated. With Gold, Glitter and Glam to Spare, Stars Made Some Noise at the Vh1/Vogue Fashion Awards

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Siren Song

In Her Gritty New Autobiography, Singer Natalie Cole Details How Drugs Led Her to Stealing, Check Fraud and Counterfeiting-and Almost Took Her Life

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