September 08, 2003

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Justice for Laci

In a Case Rife with Rumor and Speculation, PEOPLE Gets a First Look at Some of the Hard Evidence That May Decide Scott Peterson's Fate

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2 Soldiers, 6 Kids, 1 Exhausted Grandmother

Major Conflict in Iraq May Have Ended, but for Families Like the Holcombs, with Both Parents Overseas, the Battle Continues at Home and Abroad

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Last Blast!

Making the Most of the Waning Days of Summer, Katie, Bruce, Beyoncé and Other Sun-Kissed Stars Make a Splash

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Touched by a Star

When Celebrities Shine Their Luster on a Cause, Small Miracles and Big Research Dollars Often Follow

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The O.C.'s Benjamin McKenzie

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Ashton Kutcher: The Man, the Mysteries

So My Boss's Daughter Bombed. He's Still the It Boy Du Jour. How Cool Is He? How Hot Are He and Demi Moore? Is His Restaurant Any Good? Here, 10 Burning Questions That Have Been Keeping People Up at Night

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God, Law and Alabama

Judge Roy Moore's Ten Commandments Display Ignites a Firestorm in Montgomery

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All Talked Out

After Nine Years of Marriage and Two Kids, Ricki Lake Separates from Her Husband

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Game Over

An Emotional Pete Sampras Quits Tennis for a New Racket—Being a Full-Time Father and Husband

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Time Served

The Parole of Radical Kathy Boudin, Jailed for Her Role in a Brutal Triple Slaying, Prompts Joy and Condemnation

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Send in the Clones

Biologist Robert Lanza Has a Plan to Help Endangered Species Fight Extinction

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Christopher Paolini

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Here's the Scoop!

A PEOPLE Panel Gives America's Hometown Ice Creams the Sweet Test and Names the Very Best

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Baby, Take a Bowwow

Sit! Roll Over! Cash the Check! Bash Dibra Seeks Out the Dog Stars of Tomorrow

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Not a Pretty Picture

Ruined Gallery Owners Call Painter Thomas Kinkade a Double-Dealer

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You Call This Work?

Some Lucky So-and-Sos Make Their Living Doing Things Anyone Would Love

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Eye for An Eye

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy's Carson Kressley Gets a Taste of His Own Makeover Medicine as Imagined by Three Fashion Experts

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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Justice for Laci

In a Case Rife with Rumor and Speculation, PEOPLE Gets a First Look at Some of the Hard Evidence That May Decide Scott Peterson's Fate

Table of Contents

Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

Selena's Holiday Animation

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Usher Has a Sing-A-Long

V's Morris Chestnut & Elizabeth Morris: It's a Geek Debate!