April 16, 2007

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'I Know What You're Thinking—I'm Fat!'

Happily Living Out of the Spotlight, Valerie Bertinelli Emerges to Talk About Being a Stay-at-Home Mom, Letting Herself Fall in Love After Her Split from Eddie Van Halen and Why She's Decided to Go on a Very Public Diet

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Six Months After a Gunman Killed Five of Its Schoolchildren, An Amish Town Opens the Doors to a New Schoolhouse and Tries to Put the Past to Rest

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Overboard!

Two Spring-Breakers Fell Off a Cruise Ship in the Dead of Night—and Vanished for Four Hours—before the Ship's Captain Pulled Off An Extraordinary High Seas Rescue

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The Green Party

Stars Had the Slime of Their Lives at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

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Miraculously Cured by the Pope?

Sister Marie Simon-Pierre Says John Paul II Aided Her Recovery from Parkinson's

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Good Boy!

Toby, a 2-year-old Golden Retriever, Saved His Owner's Life by Performing His Own Version of the Heimlich Maneuver

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My Life in Pictures ... Richard Gere

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Hayden Panettiere

With a Hit TV Show, a Debut Album and High School Graduation on the Horizon, the Heroes Star Has Plenty to Cheer About

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In a Coma-Like State for Six Years, a Stunning Awakening

Christa Lilly Awoke from Her Coma-Like State—but Only for a Few Tantalizing Days

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Why I Had a Double Mastectomy

First, TV Anchor René Syler Lost Her Job at CBS's The Early Show. Then She Underwent Surgery to Remove Both Breasts. How She Got Through "the Most Difficult Time in My Life"

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Sidney Poitier's Daughter: Name of the Father

The Acting Legend's Little Girl Sydney Tamiia Poitier Is All Grown Up and Starring in the Sex-and-Violence-Filled Grindhouse

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Kate & Owen, the Real Deal

After Months of Playing It Cool, Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson Turn Up the Heat on Their Romance—with His Brother Luke's Blessing

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Abducted, Enslaved—and Now Talking About It

Five Years Ago Alicia Kozakiewicz Was Taken Away and Tortured by a Man She Met on the Internet. Now She Tries to Save Other Teens

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The Heiress's Struggle

Fashion Designer Donatella Versace Says Her 20-year-old Daughter Allegra Has Been Fighting Anorexia for Years

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Girl Power!

From Teaching Young Women to Defend Themselves to Keeping Foster Kids' Hopes Alive, These Four Amazing Teens Make the World a Better Place

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American Idol, Where Are They Now?

Nikki Mckibbin's Getting Married, Julia Demato Cuts Hair, and Jon Peter Lewis Is Still Singing His Heart Out. Catch Up with Idols of Seasons Past in This Excerpt from the New People Book American Idol, Where Are They Now?

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2001: A Space Odyssey

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'I Know What You're Thinking—I'm Fat!'

Happily Living Out of the Spotlight, Valerie Bertinelli Emerges to Talk About Being a Stay-at-Home Mom, Letting Herself Fall in Love After Her Split from Eddie Van Halen and Why She's Decided to Go on a Very Public Diet

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