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UPDATED 01/20/1997 at 01:00 AM EST Originally published 01/20/1997 at 01:00 AM EST

STAR TRACKS 6
John F. Kennedy Jr. has a dog day in Montana. Skater Nancy Kerrigan shows off her latest winning effort. Newlyweds Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly hit Turbulence, and more

UP FRONT
38 As brutal as it was baffling, the murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey cast an especially dark shadow over her family

46 With floodwaters surging, Rodeo, a 4-year-old Border collie, survives on a California rooftop for 21 hours until lifted to safety

48 The late Harry Helmsley owned the Empire State Building, but he is better known as the man who made Leona a queen

CONTROVERSY 53
A five-car collision left 16-year-old Joviane Waltrick dead; now diplomatic immunity may prevent the driver responsible from facing justice

TROUBLE 59
After a year in which he was twice found toting a gun in public, Martin Lawrence suffers another setback as his former Martin costar Tisha Campbell charges him with sexual harassment

ON THE MOVE 62
There'll be no more 4 a.m. wake-up calls for Bryant Gumbel, who retires after 15 years at the helm of NBC's Today show

SCREEN 67
More than a decade onscreen has made The Crucible's Winona Ryder an expert on stardom—not to mention junk food and girl talk

TO THE TOP 78
Actress Lauren Velez, the daughter of a real-life policeman, works in familiar precincts on New York Undercover

PAGES 81
In his bestselling memoir Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt mines his bleak, poverty-stricken Irish past and comes up with literary gold

JOCKS 93
Despite his rise to stardom in the ring, boxing champ Oscar De La Hoya has a rocky relationship with critics in his hometown of East L.A.

HAPPY 96
Courtney B. Vance, star of The Preacher's Wife, embraces his rediscovered religious faith as well as his new fiancée, actress Angela Bassett

STYLE 98
British aristocrats-turned-supermodels Stella Tennant, Iris Palmer and Honor Fraser are fashion's class act

MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 15
THE INSIDER 37
PASSAGES 74
FIRST LOOK 88
PUZZLER 90
CHATTER 100

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