64 Up Front
The nation was stunned when Kayla Rolland was shot by a 6-year-old classmate. But Rolland's was just one tragedy. That same week, 33 other young people died from gunfire
81 Update
Confirmation that Madonna is again pregnant leads to new speculation: Will she marry the father, British director Guy Ritchie?
85 Medics
The bad news: A relative's pet tiger tore off Jayton Tidwell's arm. The good news: A surgical team happened to be nearby
89 Tube
Once a victim of height-phobic casting directors, 6-ft. Allison Janney towers over lesser mortals as The West Wing's White House press secretary
93 Heroes
Move over, Norma Rae. Erin Brockovich takes on a Goliath—and Julia Roberts plays her in the movie
100 Kin
His father, Thurgood, was a judicial legend. Now John Marshall, the new director of the U.S. Marshals Service, is making some history of his own
106 Cover
Paul McCartney's long and winding road as a lonely widower reaches an end, thanks to his new girlfriend, model Heather Mills
115 Happy
Compton, Calif., school principal Faye Sarfan-Styvaert made a bet to dye for: If her students read enough books, she would turn her hair green
117 Book Bonus
In his new memoir, Sidney Poitier recalls how racism and blacklisting nearly derailed his rise as the first black male superstar
128 Tragedy
Mia Farrow mourns daughter Tam, adopted during the course of the actress's bitter breakup with Woody Allen
131 Teachers
Kim Gattone's sixth-grade class will be watching via Webcast from Santa Fe as she gives a lesson in perseverance from the slopes of Mount Everest
135 In His Own Words
LASIK eye surgery can work wonders on a variety of vision problems, says specialist Richard Abbott. But it's no cure-all
143 Trouble
Falling further into the shadow of his stepbrother Leonardo DiCaprio, actor Adam Farrar is arrested after he allegedly assaulted a girlfriend
173 Crime
They sought adventure, but 19-year-olds Emily Howell and Emily Eagen met a grisly death in a remote Costa Rican forest
180 Scene
Why is 4'2" Matt Roloff a giant to his kids? Because he built an amusement park for everybody his size
4 Mailbag
8 Star Tracks
16 Scoop
25 Online
31 Picks & Pans
63 Insider
105 Passages
164 Puzzler
167 Style Watch
184 Chatter
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