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...term that, to many, has only some vague connection with both Sudan and “Peter Pan.” A 475-page chronicle of a little-known life begs for a captivating beginning, and Eggers delivers just that. Deng’s story begins in Atlanta, where he innocently opens a door to a female stranger who promptly begins a dramatic robbery. Eggers weaves scenes from Africa into Deng’s account of the ongoing robbery with almost cinematic deftness. These first scenes also give the story a very human tension, making subtle (and not-so-subtle...
...video-taped, and those six hours of footage were presented to the jury that convicted him. Wilson and five other teen boys were charged with engaging in oral sex with the 15-year-old girl and also charged with the rape of a 17-year-old girl at an Atlanta motel. Four of Wilson's co-defendants accepted plea offers and avoided trial, and a fifth accepted a deal the morning of the trial's opening day. Wilson, however, refused to plead guilty and was tried on the two charges...
...September Screenwriter-Producer Abby Mann (Judgment at Nuremberg, The Atlanta Child Murders) handed to the defense 30 hours of taped conversations involving himself, his wife Myra, and Glenn Stevens, a former member of the prosecution team who is working with the Manns on a book and a film about the case. Based on those tapes, the defense now asserts that the prosecution acted improperly by withholding important evidence, among other things. Lawyers for the Buckeys are asking to have all remaining charges dropped or, failing that, to have the D.A.'s office removed from the case. Meanwhile, Stevens...
...Atlanta Congressman John Lewis, who was a key leader in the civil rights efforts of the 1960s, said he was an early supporter of Bill Clinton and admired his wife, but called Obama "refreshing" and said he would back him. At a recent event in Chicago, Jesse Jackson, introducing Obama, said a "new President is in the house," although he has refused to endorse Obama officially so far. Jackson's son, Illinois Rep. Jesse Jr., is already backing Obama. New York Congressman Charlie Rangel, who used to be on Hillary' s bandwagon, is now publicly wavering and encouraged Obama...
Other researchers are looking at PTSD as well. Michael Davis, a professor of psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, is about to launch a study of at least 120 soldiers returning from Iraq to see whether a compound called D-cycloserine could help prevent PTSD. This compound activates a protein that helps the mind form new, less emotional associations with the original trauma, letting patients tolerate the memory better. Studies in rats and humans have shown that it can work--and, says Davis, "psychologists are very excited...