12 Scoop
Where's George Michael's mug shot? What was O.J.'s bad joke? Have Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly reunited?
52 Cover
America chooses—Oprah or Rosie? Leonardo or Jack? Jay or Dave?—in the 1998 PEOPLE Readers' Poll
67 Style
For celebs like Vivica A. Fox and Kim Basinger, designer Amsale Aberra's stunning gowns are to sigh for
70 On the Job
Even the Marines weren't as tough as Dave Young's current gig, where getting maced is business as usual
73 Trouble
Oops! Turns out that the Beardstown Ladies' stock tips were not quite tops
76 On the Move
Sci-fi fan Fred Barton builds high-tech replicas of movie and TV robots
78 Inventor
Ray DeMarini made a better bat—and Softball players went batty over it
81 Angels
Secundina Curtinez got a precious gift from her late son, Ivan—a cornea that restored her sight
85 Song
Tim McGraw adds family man (his wife is singer Faith Hill) and nine Academy of Country Music Awards nominations to his résumé
93 Controversy
Emily Rosa, 11, is cited in a top medical journal for her slap at therapeutic touch, a type of alternative healing
98 In the Money
Kaile Warren Jr., the founder of Rent-a-Husband, fixes up homeowners with tall, dark and handy men
101 Pages
Motivated by a Titanic love, Briton Simon Hewitt reprints a book that seems to have eerily predicted the great ship's sinking
106 Family
Justin LiGreci was born with HIV—but he and his adoptive mother didn't find out for 11 years. Now he's the focus of a landmark lawsuit
115 Peacemaker
Away from wife and baby, former Sen. George Mitchell brings hope to an embattled Northern Ireland
119 Spirit
Challenging scientific tests that debunked it 10 years ago, a new study claims the Shroud of Turin could indeed be a true relic of Jesus
125 Update
Two decades after he and Tommy Chong first lit up the screen, Paulie star Cheech Marin is proudest of his homegrown family
129 Tube
NYPD Blue's Andrea Thompson strikes a balance between her roles as gritty cop and gentle mom
132 Farewell
Former shock-rocker Wendy O. Williams takes her own life at 48
135 Screen
Chinese actress Gong Li, a star in Asia, looks toward the West with her first English-language film, costarring Jeremy Irons
139 Happy
Michael Boatman isn't a gay man, but he plays one on TV—Spin City's outspoken if uptight mayoral aide Carter Heywood
142 Kin
ABC newswoman Cokie Roberts recalls growing up as a daughter of high-powered politicos. Plus: an excerpt from Roberts's inspirational new book about juggling career and family, We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
156 Out of the Past
Now out of the headlines' glare, Joey Buttafuoco, Jessica Hahn, Bob Packwood and Donna Rice have a message for today's scandalmakers: Been there, done that
4 Inside People
8 Mailbag
18 Star Tracks
27 Picks & Pans
51 Insider
97 Style Watch
105 Passages
153 Puzzler
155 Royals
160 Chatter
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