November 24, 1997

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Reversal of Fortune

Just Days After Being Convicted of Murder and Facing a Life Sentence, British Au Pair Louise Woodward Walked Out of Court a Free Woman as the Controversy Around Her Raged on

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L.a. Plastic Surgeon Steven Hoefflin Faces Off with Claims That He Exposed and Photographed Famous Patients Asleep on the Operating Table

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Stayin' Alive

Two Decades After Saturday Night Fever Ignited a Disco Inferno, Cast Members Recall Boogie Nights and the Post-Polyester Days That Followed

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Sheer Insanity

Underwear and Taxis, but Not Stars, Were in Short Supply at New York City's Spring Fashion Shows

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Precious Moments

An Ex-Football Star Makes the Most of His Dying Baby Son's Brief Time on Earth

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Found Money

For a Florida Teenager, Honesty Pays Dividends

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Dead Friendly

Bernie Tiede Admits He Killed Marjorie Nugent, 81; Many Neighbors Still Say He's a Darn Nice Guy

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Perils of Athina

Reports of a Kidnap Plot Swirl Around the World's Richest Child

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Arch Angel

Anastasia Soare Is the Plucky Lady Behind Hollywood's Highbrows

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The Write Stuff

After Years of Cranking Out Hits for Nashville's Finest, Matraca Berg Is Singing Her Own Tunes

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'who Killed My Daughter?'

An Eight-Year-Old Unsolved Slaying Still Plagues Writer Lois Duncan

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Royal Watch

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Critter Patter

Do Prairie Dogs Talk? One Professor Thinks So

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When the Bough Breaks: Four Tragedies

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Golf & Western

For Russell Houston's Cowboys, Roughing It Takes on New Meaning

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Mischief or Murder?

In a Rural Iowa Town, Residents Battle Over the Fate of Two Cat-Killing Teens

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Good as Gold

After 75 Years, Isadore and Sarah Rosenthal Are Bound Together by Love and a Well-Traveled Ring

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Morgan Glory

Soap Stalwart Debbi Morgan's Acclaimed Star Turn in Eve's Bayou Has Ushered in a Bright New Day

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American Tale

Washington Governor Gary Locke Explores His Roots in Jilong, China

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Jeopardizing Washington

Fear and Gloating Stalk the Nation's Capital as Jeopardy! Comes to Town

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Whale of a Tale

Keiko, Free Willy's Star Orca, Finds Himself Adrift in a Battle for Control

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Reversal of Fortune

Just Days After Being Convicted of Murder and Facing a Life Sentence, British Au Pair Louise Woodward Walked Out of Court a Free Woman as the Controversy Around Her Raged on

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