February 16, 2004

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O What a Party!

America's Favorite Billionaire Celebrates Her 50th in Surreal Style with the Birthday Blowout of the Year

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Janet Jackson: The Fallout

Her Over-the-Top Super Bowl Stunt Was Crude and Lewd. Could It Also Be Shrewd?

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Her Nemesis

Finally, Jurors in the Martha Stewart Case Hear Tough Testimony, from Her Broker's Ex-Assistant

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Turning Up the Heat

New Twists May Spell Trouble for Kobe Bryant—and His Accuser

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He Shoots, He Scores

Hollywood Vet, Goldie's Guy and Grandpa to Kate Hudson's New Son, Kurt Russell Skates into the Rink of Dreams with His Feel-Good Hockey Movie Miracle

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Paying Back a Hero

Fifteen Years After Pilot Al Haynes Saved Their Lives, Flight 232 Survivors Rally to Help His Daughter

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The Average Joe Diet

Losing the Girl Helps Inspire Reality-TV Player Sean Pashley to Lose 70 Lbs.

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You've Got Love (Again!)

Find a Lost Love After 20 Years? Forty Years? Sixty Years?!? Meet Three Couples Who Did It—by Scouring the Internet and Letting Their Computers Play Cupid

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Grammy's Fun Couple

With Six Nominations, Great Beats and Kaleidoscope Clothes, OutKast—the Hottest Act in America—is Anything but

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Dying for Crystal

Crystal Meth Is Cheap to Make, Lucrative to Sell—and Quickly Destroying the Soul of Hundreds of Rural Communities Like Jackson County, Arkansas

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On the Road Again

Wherever in the World He Goes, Matt Lauer Can't Wait to Return to His Family

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House Music

Zade Dirani Hopes to Enlighten Americans About Arabs, One Home at a Time

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Justice Delayed

After Fighting a 19-Year Battle to Put Her Rapist Behind Bars, Laura Neuman Helps Others Avoid the Same Harrowing Wait

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All About Eve

Eve Ensler Turns The Vagina Monologues into a Global Campaign to End Violence Against Women

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Frock'n'roll

No Doubt's Gwen Stefani Goes Solo—as a Designer

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Rolling With the Stones in 1969

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O What a Party!

America's Favorite Billionaire Celebrates Her 50th in Surreal Style with the Birthday Blowout of the Year

Table of Contents

Rolling With the Stones in 1969

J.Lo's Sound Check

Kim: A Real Cutie-Pie!

Katy & Russell's Movie Date

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

David Beckham's Boys Day Out

Project Runway's Irina Wins It All