The Italian government adopted an emergency decree Friday that could prevent doctors from removing the feeding tube of a comatose woman who has been at the center of a national debate on the right to die. “I will do everything I can to save her life,” Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said at a news conference [...]

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Ken is likely best well known as one of the founding fathers of the 70′s prog rock band Uriah Heap. Certainly a lot of water has passed under the bridge since those days, but interestingly enough it is those days that inspired his two latest projects, a book and a CD, both titled Blood On [...]

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Mystery/suspense has been for most of my life the predominant ingredient in my reading diet, but recently I realized that I was—temporarily, I’m sure—satiated with that sort of tale. Thus, I took a break to read some mainstream and literary fiction. William Faulkner has been a literary hero of mine since I first discovered his [...]

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Standing at Brad’s gravesite Tracie telling Brad it is going to take a while for it to sink in that he is really gone. The Rabbi walks up and she tells him how Brad was such a special man. She thinks back to when Brad use to encourage her. She said he always knew what [...]

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Terrell Dougan is a Utah based author who has just released a poignant memoir That Went Well. The book explains some of the trials and tribulations that a family must cope with when dealing with a special needs sibling. Even with the best support system the weight on any families shoulders is huge when having [...]

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David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition and British Parliamentarians are backing Autism Sunday. David Cameron said: ‘I would lke to express my support for Autism Sunday. As many as one in a hundred people could be affected by some form of autism, and it is important that we recognise and raise awareness of the difficulties [...]

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A Worcester County grand jury has indicted Mayo Group Development LLC, accusing the real estate firm of the improper removal of the potentially deadly substance, asbestos. According to prosecutors the company did not file notices to state that it had removed asbestos from a ten storey building in downtown Worcester. Prosecutors have said that because [...]

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The euphemisms that we use tell the story of our times. Back in the 1960s the descriptor used for those who offered contraception services was “Family Planning” – the suggestion being that what we were up to at the time was planning a family – probably the last thing that hormonally charged teenagers wanted to [...]

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