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...partners read over the old files, talked to more people, discussed theories--and then made a breakthrough. In a routine check of Ken Stahl's cell-phone log, the two found a large number of calls to Adriana Vasco, a receptionist at a hospital where Stahl worked. The detectives went to talk to her, and suddenly the lights went on. It turned out Vasco had been having a relationship with Stahl for a number of years, and the doctor had been supporting her with regular money payments. His 14-year marriage to Carolyn Oppy had gone stale. Sometime early...
...benefits may not be limited to Parkinson's but may also be used to treat Huntington's, Lou Gehrig's and even Alzheimer's disease--all of which have similar neurodegenerative roots and may respond to similar drugs. Says neurobiologist Michael Zigmond of the University of Pittsburgh: "A breakthrough in any of these diseases could have an impact on the others...
...means, we've found an explanation better than anything George W. Bush has uttered. A wealthy Los Angeles businesswoman named Noel Irwin Hentschel can be called a compassionate conservative, although, like other Republicans, she's insulted by the implication that to be both things at once constitutes a genetic breakthrough...
This movie is You Can Count on Me, a lovely independent drama that's way too unassuming to warrant a backlash--though it is a major breakthrough for Linney, 36, whose Best Actress award from the New York Film Critics Circle and Golden Globe nomination have propelled her into this year's Oscar race. Is Linney seeing gold? She stammers, "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't aware of it. People are excited for me and the prospect that I might be...oh, it's so awkward I can't spit...
...whenever they walked into a room they lit up the room," says Beyonce. "That's what Destiny's Child tries to do." It's been a bumpy journey, including a nationally televised loss on Star Search in 1992 ("The song we did was not good," admits Beyonce). But a breakthrough finally came in 1998, when Destiny's Child's self-titled debut album became a hit, eventually selling more than 1 million copies. The 1999 follow-up, The Writing's on the Wall, has sold more than 7 million--and counting...