March 04, 2002

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Life or Death

Does Andrea Yates, on Trial for Murder in Houston, Deserve Mercy for Drowning Her Five Kids? Or Is She, as Prosecutors Argue, Fully Responsible for the Crimes They Say She Had Contemplated for Months?

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Awarded the Gold After a Scandal That Rocked the Olympics, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier Share Their Love Story—on and Off the Ice

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Bitter Pill

One Hit of Ecstasy Killed 16-Year-Old Brittney Chambers, Whose Sad Case Fuels a New Antidrug Campaign

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Witness to History

From World War II to Watergate, Newsman Howard K. Smith Called Things His Way

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Gee Rated

Saying No to Sex and Drugs, Teen Singer Mandy Moore Celebrates the Good Life in A Walk to Remember

Pg. 59

And Now: 10 Lives?

Curiosity Clones a Cat, Offering Hope to Pet Owners but Alarming Animal Welfare Groups

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Her Bronze Mettle

Following Her Turn in Sixteen Candles, Blanche Baker Sculpted a Life Beyond Hollywood

Pg. 65

True Colors

To the Delight of Commuters, Jeffrey Orth Waves Old Glory Across the Golden Gate—Five Mornings a Week

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Bono's World

Part Rocker, Part Policy Wonk, U2's Singer Calls Himself 'The Thinking Man's Perry Como'

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What's My Cue?

Judging Amy's Kevin Rahm Proceeds with Caution—Except at Parties

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An Outlaw's Last Stand

Waylon Jennings Deserves a Moment of Silence from Every Honky-Tonk Jukebox in America

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Positive Approach

Sheri Kaplan Gives Heterosexuals with HIV a Place to Celebrate the Joys of Life

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Fellow Traveler

Hunky Anson Mount Hitches a Ride in the Britney Vehicle Crossroads

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In Living Color

Ruth Lande Shuman and Her Army of Student Painters Turn Bleak Schools into Many-Splendored Things

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Farm Girl Makes Good

Part Soccer Mom, Part Actress, Sissy Spacek May Reap An Oscar

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A Fare to Remember

Andrew Vollo, Teacher and Epic Optimist, Runs a Charm School for New York Cabbies

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Reassuring Voice

Psychologist E. Mavis Hetherington Finds That Divorce Leaves Most Kids Unscarred

Pg. 119

In the Dead of Night

A State Department Worker Is Charged with Trying to Kill Her Best Friend's Ex-Husband

Pg. 123

Mercy! It's Percy!

Joan Collins, 68, and Husband No. 5, Theater Exec Percy Gibson, 36, Pledge Eternal Love Amid Orchids, Champagne, Foie Gras and Roger Moore

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2001: A Space Odyssey

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Life or Death

Does Andrea Yates, on Trial for Murder in Houston, Deserve Mercy for Drowning Her Five Kids? Or Is She, as Prosecutors Argue, Fully Responsible for the Crimes They Say She Had Contemplated for Months?

Table of Contents

2001: A Space Odyssey

Joe Aims High

Katherine's Birthday Girl

J.Lo's Sound Check

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

David Beckham's Boys Day Out

Tim McGraw Bares His Sexy Arms