December 12, 1994

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The Final Victim

Haunted by His Grim Legacy of Murder and Cannibalism, Jeffrey Dahmer, Like the Families of Many of His Victims, Felt He Deserved to Die

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Billy Best, 16, Fled Home to Escape Chemotherapy and Found New Friends and a Fresh Perspective in Texas. So What Will Happen Now?

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Radical Evolutionary

Yippie-Turned-Yuppie Jerry Rubin Hawked Peace, Products—and Himself

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Doubling Up

At Twins, the New New York City Eatery, All the Hiring Is Done Two by Two

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Baby on Board

A Precocious Preemie Makes An In-Flight Arrival

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A Fleeting Freedom

Former Beirut Hostage Frank Reed Becomes a Captive of the Demons Within

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No Marital Artist

The Fourth Mrs. Jean-Claude Van Damme Delivers a Swift Kick to Their 10-Month-Old Marriage

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Soleful Endeavor

Ryka Ceo Sheri Poe, Recovered from a Rape and Bulimia, Makes Fitness Shoes Just for Women

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The Blood Knot

A Computer Search Finds Two Kmart Coworkers—Pals—are Long-Lost Sisters

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Homicide Takes a Holiday

TV Detective Clark Johnson Says 'I Do,' and His Costars Are on the Case

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Couch Potato King

Master of His Domain—Conan O'Brien's Sofa—Andy Richter Emerges as Late Night's Couch Potato King

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Nothing but Blue Skies

Irving Berlin's Loving Daughter Remembers the Music Man

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Theo Then and Now

In His Post-Cosby Fife, Malcolm-Jamal Warner Is Living Well and Definitely Not Doggin' It

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The Best Medicine

Back from the Mire of Manic Depression, Comic Shecky Greene Learns How to Laugh Again

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The Stepmother Murder

A Young Wife Eliminates a Rival for Her Husband's Affections—His Son

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The Avenger

Ken Hamblin, Whom Critics Call the Black Rush Limbaugh, Baits Liberals and Hooks Listeners

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Mere Apparent

Isabelle Adjani and Daniel Day-Lewis Have Great Expectations

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The Gospel Truth

Touched by Scandal, Christian Singer Michael English Is Reborn as a Pop Star

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The Long Way Home

At Last, Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn Has Her White Picket Fence

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Caseying the Joint

How Actor Brian Evans Talked Himself into Jail

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Shaq Attaq

Basketball's Superman Disses the Dad Who Abandoned Him

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Two for the Show

Patricia Kalember and Daniel Gerroll End Their Bicoastal Grind as He Takes a Part in Sisters Too

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The Wiz Biz

Oz Creator L. Frank Baum's Great-Grandson Roger Follows Him Down the Yellow Brick Road

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Raising Her Voice

Sweet Honey in the Rock's Bernice Johnson Reagon Sings Out for Change

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Mighty Mouth

Radio's Don Imus Has a Best-Selling Novel and a Date at the Altar

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Shelf Employed

Ex-Store Clerk Kevin Smith Turns a Bad Job into a Hit Movie, but Still Slacks Off at His Convenience

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The Rap Stops Here

While Awaiting a Verdict in His Sexual Assault Trial, Rapper Tupac Shakur Is Shot in New York City

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Let It Be—Again

Fab Even Now, 30 Years Later, the Beatles Launch a Fresh Assault on the Charts with Live at the BBC

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Finding the Link

Tim White Pushes the Frontier of Human Ancestry Back 1 Million Years

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Lights, Camera—Bradys!

Polyester Be Damned, the New Brady Bunch Is Hamming on Hallowed Ground and Loving It

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Stars' Silly Faces: Whose Is Best?

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The Final Victim

Haunted by His Grim Legacy of Murder and Cannibalism, Jeffrey Dahmer, Like the Families of Many of His Victims, Felt He Deserved to Die

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