STAR TRACKS 6
Melissa Etheridge steps up to the plate. Melanie and Don try some old time rock and roll. Dream comes true for Brian Benben, and more
UP FRONT
32 Steve Miller, Troy Miedona and other veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf War wonder why their babies have birth defects
38 Prince Charles's valet tells a seamy tale about royal romps with Camilla Parker Bowles
40 While Qubilah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X, stands accused of plotting to murder Louis Farrakhan, black leaders suspect the FBI set her up
TUBE 45
At 23, she was Mrs. Columbo. Now, the latest Star Trek spinoff, Voyager, gives Kate Mulgrew room to grow as the sci-fi franchise's first female skipper
SEQUEL 50
He danced his way around the NFL's end zones, but today Ickey Woods sells meat to make ends meet
OUT OF THE PAST 55
Oprah Winfrey sparks controversy with the on-camera revelation that she once smoked coke
COVER 56
No jive: In '95, sultry Brad Pitt is the Sexiest Man Alive
KIN 66
He doesn't use a camera, candid or otherwise, but like his dad, Allen, event-planner John Funt delivers the unexpected
SONG 71
With his American Music Award nominations and his laid-back rhymes, Warren G is at the top of the rap pack
TROUBLE 76
Prosecutor Tommy Pope makes the toughest call of his life—asking for the death penalty for confessed child murderer Susan Smith
FAMILY 78
Just days after getting into hot water with the White House, Kit Gingrich and her boy Newt take tea with the First Lady
ON THE JOB 81
Trainer Matthew Margolis makes sure Cher's, Whoopi's and Jimmy Stewart's canines don't go to the dogs
PAGES 82
Elvis as young meteor is the subject of Peter Guralnick's much-praised biography, Last Train to Memphis
TRAGEDY 86
Family and friends mourn Voni Lynn Wong, the first American known to perish in the quake that devastated Kobe, Japan
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 11
THE INSIDER 31
PASSAGES 65
PUZZLER 74
CHATTER 88
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