January 10, 2005

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Half Their Size

No Magic Pills, No Surgery, No Private Chefs—and No Giving Up. Nine Regular People Who Lost Loads of Weight Tell How You Can Too

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A Lost Boy Found, a Parent's Heartbreaking Search, a Husband's Grief, a Couple's Reunion: In Tales That Echo Across Continents, Survivors Recount the Horror of Asia's Deadly Tsunami

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Return Engagement

One Year After Calling It Quits with Ex-Fiancé Andrew Firestone, Jen Schefft Gives Love Another Try as the Bachelorette

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Ashanti: Take Two

Back After a Career Slump, the Singer Has a New CD, Three Acting Roles And, Says Her Mom, a Really Good Chicken Recipe

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Amber Tells Her Story

Amber Frey Thought Her Bad Luck with Men Would Change When Her Best Friend Set Her Up with Handsome Scott Peterson. Instead, That Dream Date Soon Lead to a Nightmare of Heartache, Lies and Murder

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Copied Cat

First There Was Nicky. Now Meet Little Nicky, the Cat Making History as the First Cloned-to-Order Pet

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Topher Grace

That '70s Show's Mild Child Plays the Boss—and Charms the Critics

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Alias' Mia Maestro

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Looking for Love in Alaska

I Shot, Fished, Snowmobiled-and Bought Myself a Great Date

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Blood, Secrets and Money

After His Grandmother's Deathbed Revelation, Texas Doctor Ray Fernandez Declared Himself a Rightful Heir to One of the Lone Star State's Biggest Fortunes—and He Plans to Dig Up a Body to Prove It

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Paz Vega

Already a Big Star in Spain, the Actress Makes Her U.S. Debut in Spanglish—and Teaches Adam Sandler a Few Choice Words

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How Could She Do It?

Cops Say Lisa Montgomery Killed Bobbie Jo Stinnett for the Baby in Her Womb. But Why?

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Kenan Thompson

The SNL Comic Gets a Big Break in Fat Albert. Now If He Could Just Find An Apartment

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On a Mission

Survivor Sweethearts Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca Kick Around in Africa to Raise Awareness About AIDS

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Beyonce + Katy = Hot Awards Show

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Half Their Size

No Magic Pills, No Surgery, No Private Chefs—and No Giving Up. Nine Regular People Who Lost Loads of Weight Tell How You Can Too

Table of Contents

Beyonce + Katy = Hot Awards Show

Pam: Malibu's Most Flaunted

Kellan's Hot Shot

Brad's Tokyo Drift

5 Funniest Moments from Daytime TV

Kristin Cavallari Goes Clubbing

Mya Proves She's a Dancing Queen