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Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana return to prime time tonight with 'Copper'
The Baltimore SunBarry Levinson and Tom Fontana, the executive producers of "Homicide: Life on the Street," return to prime time tonight on BBC America with "Copper," starring Tom Weston-Jones. (That's Weston-Jones sitting with them in the picture above, taken in...Tags: NPR, BBC, Radio, Al Pacino, Health and Medical Professionals
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'True Blood' recap: Season 5, Episode 2: 'Authority Always Wins'
Think Dick Cheney's thoughts on torture are extreme? Meet the Authority. Meet them and be afraid. Very afraid. Because underneath the sheen of gentility, bureaucratic formalities and a really sweet reception area, the Authority is pretty vicious. ...
Tags: Carrie Preston, Dick Cheney, Todd Lowe, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Valentina Cervi
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A charmed Emmys
As the television industry comes together Sunday night in Hollywood to honor the best work of last year, there will be few creative communities better represented than Baltimore.
The nominees include two generations of Baltimore-born-and-bred directors...Tags: Jane Lynch, Music, CBS Corp., 2016 Olympic Games, Drama (genre)
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'A tragedy for the justice system'
Sun StaffVIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - When sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad demanded the right to represent himself at trial yesterday, he joined a fraternity of pro se capital murder defendants that includes hippie-era cult leader Charles Manson and serial killer...Tags: Charles Manson, Defendants, Long Island, Laws, Ted Bundy
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Apr. 22 in History:Former mayor Herb Koenig was reported to be in "very good" condition
>> 50 Years Ago — EL CENTRO — Former mayor Herb Koenig was reported to be in “very good” condition this morning following his collapse in his radio and television shop yesterday. Koenig collapsed late yesterday afternoon and...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, History (tv network)
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End-of-life views are lopsided in support of the right to choose 'death with dignity'
There does not seem to be any middle ground on the issue of physician-assisted suicide. In fact, going by the reactions to Friday's column on that topic, there is no support for any ground other than that for the right of individuals to make end-of-life...
Tags: Allentown, Nazareth, Multiple Sclerosis, Coopersburg, Suicide
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Murder-suicide prevails over power structure denial of dignity
Savor the victory. The power structure conspired to perpetuate hell for Mildred and Elwood "Woody" Osman of Cherryville, but they prevailed. After 64 years of marriage, Woody took a .38-caliber revolver to the hospice room at Lehigh Valley Hospital in...
Tags: Allentown, Medical Specialization, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Suicide, General Practitioners
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A judge's 'sympathy' violated a crook's rights, his appeal says
Nobody ever said that sticking up for the rights of the accused was going to be easy. One Pennsylvania man — on the brink of his date with a syringe loaded with Dr. Jack Kevorkian's favorite problem solver — got a reprieve, it seems,...
Tags: Allentown, York County (Pennsylvania), Laws, Judges, Prisons
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Varsity Scores: Oct. 6
Girls volleyball Tampa Bay Invitational Gold Bracket Semifinals Lake Highland 3, Winter Park 1 22-25, 25-10, 25-20, 25-15 Boone 3, Berkeley Prep 2 25-22, 22-25, 25-16, 17-25, 15-12 Lake Highland 3, Winter Park 1 Buzz: Shannon McDonough had 13...
Tags: New Smyrna Beach, YMCA, Christianity, Swimming, Amusement and Theme Parks
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Eager tourists pay for the chance to experience life behind bars
JACKSON, Mich. — There's new glamour in the slammer.
Tours are booming for Michigan's most famous lockup city, with visitors coming from across the state and beyond to go on the Jackson Historic Prison Tour.
Its highlight: the infamous 7-Block...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Stranger Than Fiction, Health and Medical Professionals, Entertainment Events, Freedom of the Press
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In Theory: Should we be allowed to choose to die?
Q. British author Sir Terry Pratchett recently presented a BBC documentary called “Choosing To Die,” about assisted suicide. Pratchett, the bestselling author of the “Discworld” series of fantasy novels, was diagnosed with...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Movies, BBC, Heroism, CBS Corp.
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Peter Goodwin dies at 83; doctor helped craft Death With Dignity Act
In 1970 a man with terminal bone cancer came to see Dr. Peter Goodwin, who practiced family medicine in Portland, Ore. The man had intractable pain and saw no point in prolonging his suffering. He pleaded with Goodwin for pills to end his life.
His...Tags: Judges, Health and Safety at School, Family, Alzheimer's Disease, Cancer
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