48 Cover
For those Princess Diana left behind, the year since her death has evoked a mixture of courage, compassion and controversy
61 Update
Disappointed, angry—but never defeated—First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton once again chooses to stand by her man
77 Angels
Helping to organize book drives since he was just 8, Brandon Keefe, now 13, has collected more than 10,000 volumes for needy schoolkids
81 Kin
Mia Tyler—daughter of Aerosmith's Steven and half sister of actress Liv—is living large as an up-and-coming plus-size model
84 Farewell
Los Angeles sports columnist Jim Murray won a Pulitzer Prize—and generations of worshipful readers—with his elegant prose and acid wit
87 Style
Tarina Tarantino's insect jewelry has taken flight with such fashion-conscious celebs as Minnie Driver and Ashley Judd
99 Tube
With 7th Heaven riding high on the WB network, the family drama's costar Beverley Mitchell becomes TV's latest teen queen
103 Screen
Leading off with Hollywood's new romantic drama How Stella Got Her Groove Back, actress Regina King is enjoying a stellar year
106 Inventors
Skeptics said he was all wet, but Rod Blair didn't let them sink his dream—an inflatable spheroid that lets free spirits walk on water
109 Jocks
Killer smile, sleek bod, model girlfriend—tennis star Patrick Rafter has them all, plus enough skills on the court to get him a No. 3 world ranking
116 Happy Birthday
Hearty, healthy and seemingly unfazed by time, famous folks from Madonna to Drew Carey are fearlessly entering their 40s
126 Donor
Although his owner recently died, Ming the cat has some claws for celebration—a new family and a $200,000 trust fund
129 Triumph
After losing her left leg in a collision with a truck, Susan Silberman overcomes tragedy, climbs back on her bike and rediscovers the important things in life
149 In Her Own Words
Author Marcelle Clements finds that today's single women are making choices and taking chances on lives that don't always include men or traditional notions of motherhood
157 Controversy
A relative novice in the courtroom, New Orleans lawyer Gladstone Jones III leads a small town's antipollution battle against a corporate giant
162 Scene
Far from the hatred of their homelands, Middle Eastern teens learn how to get along at Seeds of Peace camp in the woods of Maine
6 Mailbag
10 Scoop
16 Star Tracks
25 Picks & Pans
47 Insider
115 Passages
144 Style Watch
154 Puzzler
166 Chatter
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