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DIED. MICHAELA ODONE, 61, activist who developed a treatment for her son Lorenzo's degenerative brain disease and was portrayed by Susan Sarandon in the film Lorenzo's Oil; of lung cancer; in Fairfax...
...when I came to Cambridge for my freshman fall, I never expected the same thing to happen. My friends and I felt like the kings of the school we were leaving behind. I was a high school graduate, an openly gay activist, a scholar and an increasingly independent person. That summer I had traveled to Europe with my friends, had navigated foreign train stations and surly hostelkeepers with aplomb. But as soon as I arrived at Harvard, I met Dave and Andre, and I was humbled like the ninth grader I had been. I had met Dave online that...
Governor George W. Bush, who has been buffeted by considerable media scrutiny and activist fury over this case, has been busying himself with official pursuits this afternoon, apparently hoping to avoid any last-minute theatrics from death penalty opponents. In the days leading up to the execution, Bush has consistently portrayed himself as "powerless" to stop Graham's death. In fact, according to some legal analysts, Bush's determination not to grant Graham a 60-day reprieve is largely based on the governor's personal interpretation of Texas law. The statute in question allows a governor to grant...
CONVICTED. GARY KARR, 52, of conspiring to rob famed atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair of $500,000 in gold coins; in Austin, Texas. Karr was acquitted of charges of kidnapping the activist and two family members, who disappeared...
...next six years, he did his best to impress. He was editor of his high school paper. He made the academic decathlon team. He became an activist in his community. He won nearly every award his high school had to offer...