42 Up Front
Valerie Bertinelli and her rocker husband, Eddie Van Halen, split after 20 years of tumult and tenderness
46 For a Byrd, a Monkee, a Fish and even a (Carole) King, turning 60 is but a midlife milestone
50 A troubling wave of identity thefts makes victims out of millions of Americans, including Oprah, Tiger Woods and CNN's Anderson Cooper
56 In the Spotlight
Mexico's Paulina Rubio tests the U.S. pop landscape with her first English-language album
59 Tribute
Actor Rod Steiger, dead at 77, brought his trademark intensity to classic films such as On the Waterfront, Doctor Zhivago and In the Heat of the Night
60 Screen
Teen rap prodigy Lil Bow Wow scores with the bouncy feel-good basketball flick Like Mike
63 Crime
After decades of watching Huntington's disease destroy her family, Georgia mom Carol Carr snaps—and kills her two terminally ill sons
68 Cover
In a Fourth of July stunner, Julia Roberts weds Danny Moder at her New Mexico ranch in a low-key ceremony shared by friends, family and a few coyotes
77 Tube
Physically challenged salesman Bill Porter's dogged door-to-door optimism over four decades inspires a TV bio
89 Animals
Wildlife rescuer Benjamin Kilham mothers abandoned black bear cubs—feeding and playing with them, and even letting them nibble on his ear—to ready them for their return to nature
92 Farewell
His son's decision to freeze the remains of Ted Williams, who died at 83, overshadows the baseball hero's remarkable legacy
94 Scene
Families of triplets, quads and other multiple-birth children find fellowship at the Triplet Connection's 14th annual convention in Orange, Calif.
1 Mailbag
4 Online
6 Star Tracks
15 Scoop
23 Picks & Pans
41 Insider
67 Passages
80 Puzzler
83 Style Watch
96 Chatter
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