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FEATURES

84 GREETINGS FROM IRAQ

Anna Benson

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An Army staff sergeant shares what it’s like to be defending your ass 7,000 miles away.

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90 NATALIE GULBIS

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Natalie Gulbis

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Knife-fighting puppets! Children gone wild! Welcome to the world of Wonder Showzen. Most Wanted

102 JESSICA BARTON

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108 QUAKE!

Natural destruction that even TWC’s Jim Cantore wouldn’t be able to withstand. Hardball

110 BATTER UP!

Players tell all in our baseball preview. Plus, the MLB’s only cheerleading squad. Cover Girl

124 ANNA BENSON

Baseball’s hottest housewife interrogates her major-league husband. Q&A

132 PETE ROSE

The all-time hit king talks gambling and being shut out of the Hall of Fame.

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22 Best lady-friends forever reveal each other’s wild sides, dudes sport impressive lip fur and a reader’s dead goldfish gets the sendoff it deserves.

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Rage against the government with Jesse Ventura, bounce on a trampoline with a goat, abandon the U.S. for another country and gear up for March Madness.

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30 BAR ROOM JOKES

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158 Two girls get intimate on the boss’s desk. Also, a woman mocks her under-endowed ex, and 20 singles vie for your attention.

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