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'Spring Breakers' is one big disorienting party
It remains to be seen whether "Spring Breakers" turns out to be one of the movies of the year, but it is without question a movie of its moment. It has been a source of intense interest since shooting first started around St. Pete Beach in Florida last...
Tags: Sofia Coppola, Paul Thomas Anderson, Heather Morris, Harmony Korine, Ashley Benson
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On Theater: Still in 'Development,' but promising
Projecting mental illness on stage is about as difficult a task as any director or troupe of actors may face, but when done effectively, it can produce a mesmerizing evening of theater. In "Development," Vanguard University's world premiere of a new...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Celebrities, Education, Arts and Culture, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Giffords returns to site of Tucson mass shootings
Survivors of the 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Ariz., including former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and victims' loved ones gathered at the site of the attack Wednesday to call for tougher gun-control laws. Giffords, her husband, Mark Kelly, and others took...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Mark Kelly, Gun Control
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Cocaine called 'major factor' in death of woman arrested by LAPD
L.A. NOWCocaine intoxication was a “major factor” in the death of Alesia Thomas, a woman who died shortly after she was forcibly taken into custody by several LAPD officers, according to the findings of an autopsy by the Los Angeles County...... -
Bowling for sanity
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- When President Obama said in his State of the Union address that "This time is different," referring to his push for tighter gun-control laws, he wasn't just whistling Dixie. Analysts seeking insight into the gun debate need look no...
Tags: Firearms, Court Preliminary, U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Behavioral Conditions
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Rejecting 31,000 gun deaths as a fact of life
There are so many violent tragedies every day — I'm thinking specifically about the deaths of young people, and particularly those by gun — it's impossible to process it all, much less give our hearts to it. If we tried, our heads would burst....
Tags: Colleges and Universities, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Firearms, University of Maryland, College Park, Murder
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The weighty issue of the day
So it turns out Chris Christie is fat. If, somehow, that fact had escaped you before, surely it came slamming home last week after he appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman." There was the 50-year-old governor of New Jersey jokingly snacking on...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Government, Overweight, Weight, Barack Obama
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If someone in your family suffers from mental illness, read on . . .
People who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, schizophrenia and other mental illnesses need help -- but members of their family need coping skills as well. Starting Feb. 21, a series of classes will kick off in Hampton designed to...Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Behavioral Conditions, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Mental Illness
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The weighty issue
So it turns out Chris Christie is fat. If, somehow, that fact had escaped you before, surely it came slamming home last week after he appeared on "The Late Show with David Letterman." There was the 50-year-old governor of New Jersey jokingly...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Government, Entertainment Events, The Miami Herald, Overweight
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Baltimore love stories for book lovers -- Mencken, Poe and Fitzgerald
With Valentine's Day approaching, it's a good time to review some of the literary love stories that have been set in Baltimore. In an article in the latest issue of the Sun magazine, reporter Jill Rosen highlights the relationships of H.L. Mencken,...
Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), H.L. Mencken, Tuberculosis, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edgar Allan Poe
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In Theory: Do the media glamorize suicide?
French sociologist Emile Durkheim wrote, "No fact is more readily transmissible by contagion than suicide." According to writer Giles Fraser, the media play a part in this transmission. In an article in the British newspaper The Guardian, Fraser argues...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Celebrities, Murder, Human Interest, Suicidal Behavior
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Letters: Jail isn't for the mentally ill
Re "Prison's revolving door," Editorial, Feb. 5 Crime and arrests in Los Angeles County continue to decline. On the countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee's website, the first annual report on public safety realignment shows recidivism rates...Tags: Prisons, Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Crime, Law and Justice
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