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Byline: - Compiled by Valerie Kuklenski

CRIER'S OUTCRIES: Former attorney and judge Catherine Crier, host of Court TV's ``Crier Live'' show, will be burning a lot of bridges with her former profession when her first book comes out this fall. ``The Case Against Lawyers'' dumps on what she sees as a litigation-crazy system that pads attorneys' bank accounts and leads to inane outcomes such as a stroller warning that reads ``remove child before folding.'' Crier also rails against a system of laws so complex that not even the enforcers, such as the Internal Revenue Service, can understand them. And she argues against a criminal-justice system that locks minor drug offenders away for life, ``yet allows celebrity murderers to walk free,'' the book jacket says. ``The Case Against Lawyers'' is due Oct. 8 from Broadway Books.

HOW THEY FOUND HER: National Geographic made headlines recently when an investigative crew ventured back to Afghanistan and succeeded in finding the woman who, as a child refugee, represented the plight of millions as she gazed with piercing green eyes from the magazine's cover in 1985. Photographer Steve McCurry's quest to find her or learn what became of her was recorded by a camera crew, including the application of forensic facial recognition technology to verify her identity. Sharbat Gula's life of war, poverty and oppression prompted the National Geographic Society to establish a special fund for the education of young Afghan women and girls. ``Afghan Girl: Behind the Search'' plays first Sunday on MSNBC's ``National Geographic Explorer'' and repeats June 24 at 9 p.m. on the National Geographic Channel.

AFGHAN GIRL: BEHIND THE SEARCH, 5 p.m. Sunday, MSNBC.

YA-YA, YOU BETCHA: The stars of ``Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'' come together on WE: Women's Entertainment network to chat, Ya-Ya style, about significant points in their early years. Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, director Callie Khouri and others talk about their first kisses, the first time they felt powerful and other emotional turning points, as well as their relationships with their mothers.

WHEN I WAS A GIRL, 5:30 p.m. today, WE: Women's Entertainment.

MODEL BEHAVIOR: When E! Entertainment Television talks about fashion victims, this time it's not with a Mr. Blackwell-type sneer. The network has put together a nine-hour ``Fashion Victims Marathon'' of ``True Hollywood Story'' episodes covering murdered designer Gianni Versace, motorcycle crash survivor Lauren Hutton, drug overdoser Gia Carangi and a new installment on car crash survivor Niki Taylor, among others.

FASHION VICTIMS MARATHON, 11 a.m. Sunday, E! Entertainment Television.

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(3) BURSTYN, LEFT, AND BULLOCK