23 SCOOP
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey's Palm Springs weekend...
Ashton and Demi order rings...
Whitney Houston's police escort to rehab...
Charlie Sheen's divorce gets bitter...
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen sell their apartment
60 COVER
Brad and Jen Eleven weeks after they announced their separation, Jennifer Aniston files for divorce from Brad Pitt
66 Terri Schiavo
As she faced her final hours, the family prepared for her death
68 Birthday
Sarah Jessica, Mariah and other VIPs celebrate birthdays, big-time
73 What Were They Thinking?
Madonna dressed as a nun and Guy Ritchie as the Pope? Good heavens!
74 Michael Jackson
A court ruling may pose him a major problem
78 Screen
Outside Sin City, Rosario Dawson hangs with Sex and the City beau Jason Lewis
81 Goodbye
Johnnie Cochran, the flamboyant lawyer who successfully defended O.J. Simpson, dies at 67
82 Oh, Baby!
Desperate Housewives' James Denton is the proud pop of a new baby girl
83 Controversy
Autistic teenager Jamie Burke has learned to speak. Can others follow his lead?
91 In Court
Jessica Gonzales's ex killed their daughters. Now she asks the Supreme Court to let her sue police for failing to protect them
96 Britney and Kevin
Mr. and Mrs. Federline spend their Easter apart
98 Coping
John Ritter's widow, Amy Yasbeck, talks of his death and raising their daughter alone
IN EVERY ISSUE
MAILBAG 6
PEOPLE.COM 8
STAR TRACKS 12
SCOOP 23
PICKS & PANS 35
INSIDER 59
PASSAGES 95
PUZZLER 112
STYLE WATCH 127
CHATTER 146
105 Angels
In South Central L.A., Charmaney Bayton gives kids in need a safe haven from gangs
109 Pages
In a controversial new book, author Martha Beck accuses her father, a Mormon scholar, of sexually abusing her
114 Tube
He plays a cranky Yank doctor on House, but Hugh Laurie is a true Brit—with a quick wit
132 Style
The stars of Beauty Shop recall their own mane disasters
134 Wow!
Brit Mark Currie gets stuck in a cage with a great white shark—and lives
136 Farewell
Unable to find a bone marrow donor, Nelly's sister loses her battle with leukemia
139 Kin
Brother NASCAR drivers Kurt and Kyle Busch love to win—and beat each other
142 Crusaders
Rebecca Aldworth calls for a ban on killing harp seals
144 Farrah
Angel to reality star: Four decades of Farrah Fawcett
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