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...looks a mess - funny, in the context of the film; not so, given Wilson's hospitalization a week ago for what was described as a slashed-wrist suicide attempt. The actor was released Saturday and is in his Santa Monica home, People.com reported, under 24-hour watch by friends and family, instead of on the red carpet in Venice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Owen Wilson: Art Imitates Life | 9/3/2007 | See Source »

...Entertaining the idea of mind-body duality invites the scorn of those who regard any attempt to dabble beyond the boundaries of conventional science as a waste of time. But that's the point, say others: NDEs don't fit into our current understanding of the brain. They shouldn't happen, yet they do. The task is to build new models in which they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At the Hour Of Our Death | 8/31/2007 | See Source »

...brain falls out." For many scientists, this scenario might account for the sort of speculation just summarized. While most researchers concede that there's a lot about NDEs we don't know, they reject the push to replace tried-and-tested paradigms with new (largely untestable) ones in an attempt to fill the gaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At the Hour Of Our Death | 8/31/2007 | See Source »

...Were you offended when your ex-publicist explained that your accidental painkiller overdose last year wasn't a suicide attempt by referring to your contract, saying you had "25 million reasons" to live? Patrick Hurley, BUFFALO...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Terrell Owens | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

...former member of the party himself, Allawi broke with Saddam Hussein in 1975 and lived in exile in London. He survived an assassination attempt by Ba'ath agents in 1978. But since his return to Iraq after the fall of Saddam, he has consistently argued that the entire party membership should not be criminalized. Many Iraqis joined the Ba'ath under duress, or because it was the only way to get jobs or advance careers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Allawi Gets a Ba'athist Endorsement | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

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