STAR TRACKS 6
Madonna brings her risqué business to London. The joke's on Roseanne Arnold at the Friar's Club. Ringo Starr takes a regal turn, and more
UP FRONT
46 Thanks to a daring young man named Michael Dopheide, more than 30 people escaped the fiery wreck of Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which claimed 47 lives
50 Onetime boy wonder Barry Diller makes a brash and brilliant bid to buy Paramount—the company that he left in a dispute nearly 10 years ago
52 Lawyer Leslie Abramson is mounting a take-no-prisoners legal defense for client Erik Menendez and his brother, Lyle, who face the death penalty for shooting their parents
54 Just as she was planning to leave his camp, supermodel Naomi Campbell gets the boot from superagent John Casablancas, who calls her a "rude little girl"
ON THE MOVE 61
When Bill Clinton needed help with his health care act he turned to old F.O.B.—and fellow junk-food junkie—Ira Magaziner
TRENDS 66
Does Barbie know? A new Ken doll has a big following among gay men
TUBE 71
Twins Jeremy and Jason London, 20, have become Hollywood's hottest tag team: They have both played Nathaniel Bedford in TV's I'll Fly Away
DISCOVERY 75
West Coast biologist Margie Profet argues that menstruation has been misunderstood—its central role, she claims, is to prevent uterine infection
PAGES 81
After being Embraced by the Light during a brief visit to the beyond, author Betty Eadie returns with a glimpse of life after death
TRIBUTE 86
For four decades, World War II hero James Doolittle flew through the air with the greatest of ease
COMEBACK 91
Nearly killed in a tractor accident, One Life to Live's Clint Ritchie returns to his role as Clint Buchanan after an agonizing—but enlightening—recovery
COVER 100
Guests brought the beer and the cake, and Shannen Doherty invited boyfriend of two weeks Ashley Hamilton, and, oh, yeah, the two of them got married
TO THE TOP 109
With Native Americans and women as her heroes, Barbara Kingsolver writes a best-selling western devoid of gunfights and saloons
HOST 113
Actress Leslie Caron stars in a new show—the opening of her 17th-century inn
INVENTORS 117
With the help of his trusty computer, HAL, writer cum hacker Scott French revives the spirit of pulp queen Jacqueline Susann in a new novel, Just This Once
BIO 123
Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson warns that if we fail to preserve The Diversity of Life on earth, we will be the victims of our own folly
IN THE MONEY 128
Those cutups at the L.A. County Coroner's office are selling their own line of grim gifts
CRIME 131
Shilie Turner, one of the brightest high school track stars in the nation, seemed destined for stardom and the Olympics—until she was murdered
PARTY 136
Sylvester Stallone, Billie Jean king and Lily Tomlin turn out for a tennis and music gala to benefit Elton John's AIDS foundation
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
THE INSIDER 45
STYLE WATCH 96
PASSAGES 99
PUZZLER 120
CHATTER 138
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