132 Health
Battling pain and anguish, survivor Salvatore Fortunato has waged war on AIDS for more than 20 years
139 Where Are They Now?
Let's Make a Deal model Carol Merrill swapped the game show for a Hawaiian hideaway, a surfer husband and healthy living
145 Adventure
Alvah and Diana Simon put themselves to the ultimate test: marooning their boat for months in the Arctic ice
151 Teachers
Psychologist Dennis Emory's Peace Builders program helps turn schoolyard bullies into model citizens
157 Happy
To toot his own horn, John Suta, 77, hangs out with a younger crowd: the local school band
161 Song
From street-corner hustler to million-record seller, rapper Jay-Z takes it all in stride
164 Arts
In a New Jersey warehouse, model-railroad buff Bruce Zaccagnino has created his own parallel universe
167 Pols
Rep. Tom Lantos, subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, survived the Holocaust to forge a remarkable life
175 Jocks
Hot golfer David Duval appears cool to a fault, but a lot of emotion lurks behind his trademark shades
179 Stage
While Wit, her first play, is dazzling New York audiences, teacher Margaret Edson's favorite venue remains her Atlanta kindergarten class
181 Tragedy
David Strickland, 29, Brooke Shields's genial Suddenly Susan costar, dies—an apparent suicide at a Las Vegas motel
185 Oh, Baby!
At 65, Larry King has another go at fatherhood as his new wife, Shawn, bears a son
188 Crime
After a monthlong search for three missing tourists near Yosemite National Park, the FBI discovers two bodies
190 Winners
With surprising ease, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones round the globe in a balloon and rise to one of the last great challenges of aviation
58 Cover
Understated elegance was the dominant motif at L.A.'s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on March 21 as stars such as Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep put tasteful threads on display during Hollywood's night of nights, the 71st annual Academy Awards
3 Mailbag
10 Scoop
18 Star Tracks
25 The Way We Were
29 Picks & Pans
57 Insider
131 Passages
158 Puzzler
192 Chatter
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