October 28, 1996

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Labor of Love

After 12 Exhausting Hours, Madonna Gives Birth to Healthy Baby Girl Lourdes Maria Ciccone

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Bitter Lessons

School Days Aren't Golden Rule Days Anymore, and Some Parents Are Suing to Keep Their Kids from Being Abused

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Speed Bump

After Riding Through the Pain, Cycling Champ Lance Armstrong Is Diagnosed with Cancer

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Life with Portnoy

Claire Bloom Has a Few Complaints of Her Own

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Russian Dressing

The Stars Can't Say Nyet to the Sexy Designs of Evgenia Gvozdetsky and Elena Nazaroff

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Game for Anything

Wink Martindale Revives His Career as Contestants Go for Broke on Debt

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All the Right Notes

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Order in the Court

A No-Nonsense Judge Lays Down the Law in the O.J. Civil Trial

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Ready for His Closeup

After Sleepers, Jason Patric, Julia's Very Private Ex, May Wake Up Famous

Pg. 91

A Sense of Belonging

Separated from Their Mothers Four Decades Ago in What May Have Been a Widespread, Illegal Adoption Scheme, Three American Women Make An Emotional Journey to Greece in Search of the Families They Never Knew

Pg. 98

Breakthrough

A New Therapy Gives a Radio Host and Other AIDs Patients a Fresh Grip on Life

Pg. 103

Old Glory

A Vital 105, Henriette Bolané Starts Life Anew as An American

Pg. 108

Love Letters

In Her Son's Memory, Linda Bremner Sends Joy to Sick Children

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Crunch Time

There's No Chip on His Shoulder, but Cookie Mogul Michael Coles Thinks He's Got What It Takes to Boot Newt

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Injection of Hope

Dr. Alan Beer Offers a Controversial Treatment to Stop Miscarriages

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The Son Also Writes

Gautama Chopra Authors a Spiritual Fable

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Beating the Blitz

On the Field, Football's Brett Favre Is a Winner; Off It, Painkillers Threw Him for a Loss

Pg. 129

The King & Eye

Yul Brynner Left a Treasury of Photos of His Famous Friends

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Labor of Love

After 12 Exhausting Hours, Madonna Gives Birth to Healthy Baby Girl Lourdes Maria Ciccone

Table of Contents

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