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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