STAR TRACKS 6
Kelsey Grammer and Ted Danson kiss off. Johnny Carson joins the party. The Baywatch begins with Pamela Anderson's new tattoo, and more
UP FRONT
40 After a Massachusetts judge ordered them to live apart, 10-year-old identical twins Sheena and Tara Raymond are left brokenhearted
44 One of baseball's greatest pure hitters, Ted Williams, battles back from a series of strokes
48 In an Italian restaurant in northern England, artist Michael Browne re-creates the glories of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel
50 Nicholas Leeson's unauthorized decision to gamble $27 billion busts the great Barings Bank of England
SCREEN 55
The name may not be familiar, but Brady Bunch actress Christine Taylor's face rings a bell-bottom with fans of the revival movie
LEGACY 59
After dying in a car crash, high school student Soo Yeun Kim is named a finalist in the prestigious Westinghouse Science Talent Search—with a little help from her friends
ON THE JOB 63
Legal eagle Greta Van Susteren has made a mission of demystifying the law for CNN's estimated 15 million O.J. addicts
FAMILY 66
Stunt doubling for his big brother in the megahit Forrest Gump, Jim Hanks almost ran away with the movie
CONTROVERSY 69
As he heads for his Senate confirmation hearing later this month, embattled Surgeon General nominee Henry Foster girds for the fight of his professional life
WINNERS 72
Former math teacher Richard Garfield proves to be master of his domain as his fantasy collectible trading-card game Magic bewitches millions of young fans
COVER 76
With the death penalty suddenly a real possibility, some residents of Union, S.C., are rethinking their attitude toward hometown girl—and admitted child killer—Susan Smith
JOCKS 86
An unknown three years ago, pool champ Jeanette Lee, once a rebellious teen from Brooklyn, is putting the competition behind the eight ball
TO THE TOP 89
Computer whiz Stafford Huyler's Net Boy, a toon with a 'tude who tickles techies, is the Internet's king of comedy
SEQUEL 91
After battling drink and degradation, '70s porn star Georgina (The Devil in Miss Jones) Spelvin revels in monogamy and her healthy life off the screen
KIN 94
Electronics engineer—and part-time tenor—Victor Lanza's claims that he is the secret son of singing great Mario Lanza aren't music to the ears of Mario's children
TUBE 97
The X-Files, Fox TV's weekly exercise in goose bumps, brought actress Gillian Anderson a close encounter of the personal kind, followed by marriage and a baby
BYTES 101
Once a nerd immortalized in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, best-selling computer author Andy Rathbone puts a successful spin on his same old self
TRIBUTE 104
Veterinarian-author James Alfred Wight—better known by his pen name, James Herriot—never strayed far from his familiar fields
ADVENTURE 109
Inspired by Roald Amundsen, Norway's Liv Arnesen journeyed to the South Pole—on skis and alone
PARTY 112
It was a SAG state of affairs for Tom Hanks, Jerry Seinfeld, Helen Hunt and others who went trophy collecting at the Screen Actors Guild Awards
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 13
CYBERCHAT 37
THE INSIDER 39
STYLE WATCH 62
PASSAGES 75
PUZZLER 106
CHATTER 114
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