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Rick Warren: I've cried tears of grief, joy since son's suicide
Famed pastor Rick Warren took to social media to thank the public of for its support in the wake of his son Matthew Warren's suicide and announced an effort to help bring awareness to mental illness. Warren said he and his wife want to "end the stigma...
Tags: Barack Obama, Behavioral Conditions, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Religion and Belief, Depression
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Rick Warren uses Facebook, Twitter to share sermon about loss
When in pain, pray. When you worry, worship. When in grief, share it in your small group. The Facebook post, sent in the early morning hours Friday by famed pastor Rick Warren, was short on words but deep in meaning. Since the suicide of his son a week...
Tags: Barack Obama, Behavioral Conditions, Social Media, Religion and Belief, Depression
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Mariel Hemingway urges change to help others find a personal best
Mariel Hemingway, makeup-free and in sweats, is gorgeous. That bone structure, her cheetah-like build and flowing hair have been familiar for decades. What's disarming is her forthright approach to a rough family history and her determination to live...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia, Entertainment, Depression, Manhattan (movie)
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'Illegal' is now illegal at the Associated Press
In lecturing to journalism students over the years, I have pointed out that newspaper style guides have adapted to changes in politics and society. For example, the 1976 version of the New York Times Manual of Style and Usage warned reporters not to...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, U.S. Congress, Mental Health, Francis I
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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: Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Grandstanding on gun control
The national effort to crack down on gun violence being led by President Obama is generating encouraging discussion in Congress, where until recently the subject of gun control had been largely taboo. That's good news. On the minus side, there's what is...
Tags: Roger Dickinson, U.S. Congress, Interior Policy, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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State lags in disarming thousands prohibited from owning guns
PolitiCalThis post has been updated. See the note at the bottom for details. California authorities have a backlog of 19,784 people who own firearms but are prohibited from doing so because of criminal records or mental illness and therefore must...... -
San Diego woman gets 15 years to life for killing autistic son
L.A. NOWA 37-year-old San Diego woman was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the drowning of her autistic son. "I hate you with all my heart and soul," Duane Corby told...... -
San Diego woman sentenced to prison in drowning of autistic son
L.A. NOWA 37-year-old San Diego woman who told police she killed her son because of the burden of caring for an autistic child was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder.... -
Review: Ruby Wax's humor is a state of mind
There may be people in L.A. who would find Ruby Wax's one-woman show, "Ruby Wax: Out of Her Mind," now at the Broad Stage's Edye Second Space, inaccessible. For example, those emotionally stable, positive thinkers who have never had a moment's self-...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, University of Oxford, Entertainment, William Shakespeare, Depression
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Letters: Laws that help the mentally ill
Re "Lifeline for worried parents," Column, Dec. 30 The cause of the recent mass shootings perpetrated by mentally ill gunmen is not the guns themselves but our government, which has antiquated laws that make it extremely difficult for family members who...Tags: Behavioral Conditions
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Subway rider, allegedly pushed, can't scramble off tracks in time
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.It’s a subway rider’s worst nightmare: being pushed onto the tracks. On Monday, it happened in midtown Manhattan where, according to witnesses, one man shoved another in front of an oncoming train, which crushed the victim to death before...Tags: Queens (New York City), Prosecution, Witnesses, Criminal Laws, Transportation Industry
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