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Terri Schiavo's Case Is a Private Family Matter

I’ll be honest — I don’t know if I have anything left to say about Terri Schiavo (search) except the issue of “a private family matter.” I’ve had two of these private family matters — both my mother and my father. So I’ve had to wonder over the last few …

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Word Test May Detect Early Alzheimer's

A simple word-memory test may accurately detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease (search) and improve treatment of the disease, according to a new study. Researchers found that by weighting individual performance on a standard 10-word recall test used to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, they were able to significantly improve the …

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Lil' Kim Called Liar at Trial

NEW YORK – Hip-hop diva Lil’ Kim (search) repeatedly told a grand jury “preposterous” lies, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday as she urged them to convict the hip-hop diva of perjury for her eyewitness account of a 2001 gunfight. “Maybe she really believed she was the queen bee, that …

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