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SXSW 2013: Nick Cave talks about 'painful births' in songwriting
AUSTIN, Texas -- Nick Cave has written novels, movie scripts and a few dozen of the greatest songs of the last 30 years. Yet for him, it never gets any easier. The problem with finishing a song, Cave said Tuesday as a featured speaker at the 27th...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Brazil, Landforms, David Bowie
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Retirement bounty leads to chore deficit
Dear Amy: I am retired and live with my girlfriend, who still works full time. Financially, we're good, but problems arise when she gets home from work. She seems to have this expectation that I should do all of the household chores: cleaning, shopping,...
Tags: Alcohol Addiction
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Marijuana decriminalization compromise may be necessary in Pennsylvania
"Politics is not an exact science," explained the exalted 19th-century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. "Politics is the art of the possible." Of course, Bismarck also said, "We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world; and it is the fear...
Tags: Tom Corbett, Daylin Leach, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Nancy Reagan
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Peter Beilenson's next great adventure in health care
Peter Beilenson — doctor and public health visionary, Baltimore health commissioner, Howard County health officer, quick-study scholar and decoder of federal regulations — remains one of our most interesting men. A person whose leadership has...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Malaysia, Litigation and Regulation, Ken Ulman, Medicaid
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On this lonely street, nobody heard, nobody saw
In the hardscrabble burb of Schiller Park near O'Hare Airport, you'll find a street with a few two-flats and isolated houses, plenty of space between them. The kind of quiet block where everyone minds their business. And last week — hard gray...
Tags: Anita Alvarez, Prosecution, Justice System, Cocaine, Lawyers
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Repeat cancer patient Lainie Jones fights rare disorder with humor
How does somebody fight a one-in-a-million genetic disorder that makes a new cancer diagnosis almost as common as an annual bout with the flu? Lainie Jones does it with grit, courage and plenty of humor. "Oh, the joys of having veins like a heroin...
Tags: Flu, Breast Cancer, Mastectomy, Chemotherapy, Coral Springs
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'Beware of Mr. Baker' review: Bizarre doc captures madness behind the music
*** (out of four) Thud! Whack! In different ways, those sounds summarize the opening of “Beware of Mr. Baker,” which first features the drumming attack of legendary Cream/Blind Faith drummer Ginger Baker—and then shows the now 70-...
Tags: Entertainment, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones (music group), Music, Led Zeppelin (music group)
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Richard Wagner: Separating the man from the music
"Just because he may have been a nasty little man and a nasty anti-Semite doesn't mean that his music is not as supreme as it is." That assessment comes from a Richard Wagner scholar in the documentary "Wagner & Me" (at the Siskel Film Center through...
Tags: Israel, Apple iPod, Judaism, Nazi Party, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
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Title Aside, 'Scared ----Less' More Fun Than Frightening
The Hartford CourantI've been thumbing through a book that claims to contain 1,003 facts that will scare the you know what out of you. I can't tell you the actual name of the book because this is a newspaper, and if the past is any indicator it is read by a lot of 3-year-...Tags: Pain, Entertainment, Valium (drug), Bacon, Drugs and Medicines
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Stronger marriage could help save son
Dear Amy: Many times you have advised engaged couples who are facing possible deal-breaking issues (usually involving other family members) that unless they are both prepared to put their marriage at the center of their lives, they should not tie the...
Tags: Addiction, Drugs and Medicines, Family, Marriage
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Teenager has strong words for man who crashed into her home
A teenager has a strong message for the man who drove an SUV into her home. Paige Brucker, 16, has been at Methodist Hospital since Monday night. She said she does not remember the crash. She was sitting on the couch with her mother, watching a movie...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Broken Bones
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Teen "scraped, bloodied, bruised... broken" after SUV slams into home
The parents of a teen hospitalized after an SUV slammed into their home said their daughter is doing better. Paige Brucker, 16, was rushed to Methodist Hospital with extensive injuries Monday night. She suffered multiple rib fractures, broken ribs, a...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Broken Wrist, Fractured Rib
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