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...songs, “Furr” seems to have deeper implications than the lyrics superficially imply. Earley seems to be using the tale of the wolves as a metaphor for maturing into adulthood and accepting all the experiences that entails. The protagonist begins the story as a lost boy who spends six carefree years with a pack of wolves, until a young woman brings him back to society. He does not regret his wild years, but looks back on them fondly.The final line sums up what appears to be Earley’s mantra: “don?...

Author: By Edward F. Coleman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Blitzen Trapper | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

...clear whether she had been living with her son or was only visiting when police arrived. But when they showed up, officers asked Griffin if the boy she was holding was her missing son. She refused to answer, according to a formal complaint filed by the Milwaukee County District Attorney. "The defendant refused to respond or identify the baby boy," according to an affidavit from Milwaukee police detective Christopher Moews. "As he and other officers engaged Griffin in conversation, she began putting clothes on the boy and stated she was going to leave with the child," the complaint reads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sad End to Milwaukee Child-Custody Case | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

Most troubling of all, however, were the statements from doctors included in the criminal complaint filed by prosecutors earlier this week. "Upon the statement of Dr. Angela Bier at Children's Hospital that [the boy Jesse] suffers severely from failure to thrive, is considered short and underweight for his age, is diagnosed with osteopenia (lack of density in the bones), which is likely rickets caused by a dietary deficiency, and fractures to the right tibia and fibula, and a fracture to the left ulna." Another doctor explained that the fractures appear old and had never been treated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sad End to Milwaukee Child-Custody Case | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...boy remains under doctor's care, but his father, Matthew Sebuliba, is anxious for a reunion that has been nearly two years in the making, his attorneys say. "[We] are very hopeful that he will recover soon and that the court order granting sole legal custody and physical placement to the father will finally be followed and enforced," said Deedee D. Rongstad of the Legal Services of Milwaukee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sad End to Milwaukee Child-Custody Case | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...Still, debates are all about verbal discourse, which happen to be both Biden's foremost strength and his foremost weakness. As a boy, he had a pronounced stutter, which took years of hard work to overcome. As a young superstar Senator - elected to the country's greatest debating forum at just 29 years old - he burnished his reputation with dramatic speeches about the struggles of working-class Americans. (Speeches that Palin herself alluded to earlier this week in an interview with CBS's Katie Couric, joking that she had heard them back when she was in grammar school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biden's Debate Challenge: Keeping His Mouth Shut | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

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