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...inept attempts at re-creating the X-Files, Murder One remains a fine legal thriller with a robust, well-observed appreciation for the egotists who are drawn into the web of splashy criminal trials. Newcomer Wyler is a prosecutor turned defense attorney who lives in a world ethically messier than his predecessor's. Wyler's father took bribes, he himself cuts deals with smarmy tabloid reporters, and he is not above seeking the limelight. There is a becoming earthiness to Wyler that LaPaglia pulls off effortlessly...
...research was done on rats, which means it might not transfer directly to humans. Secondly, the rats' spinal cords were severed in a laboratory, which imitates but does not duplicate the way humans are injured in the real world." Injuries to the spinal cord are often much messier than under laboratory conditions, with multiple fractures complicating how well any treatment can work. Still, the development does offer important clues towards finding a way to reverse the devastating impact of a spinal cord injury. Josh Dubow
...soldiers, and there was a quality of rest -- of fate and damage accepted -- to the predicaments they described. The stories in the author's second collection, Cold Snap (Little, Brown; 240 pages; $19.95), are at least as powerful and as gritty with existential courage. But they are also rowdier, messier with life...
...Flyers' Eric Lindros had to miss Philly's first three games against Buffalo because a puck hit him under the eye, which caused a clot. Rangers' captain Mark Messier nearly lost an eye when he took a biscuit in the face...
...until at least Monday to launch a U.S. invasion. "They can do it before then, but they won't be optimally situated," Thompson says. If Clinton were to order military action sooner, the initial U.S. strike forces would have to double up as peacekeepers until support personnel arrive -- a messier scenario. Clinton also has not canceled plans to attend a major fund raiser in California Sunday, he adds, an unlikely place from which to supervise an invasion. On the flip side, holding off until Tuesday to ensure the military brass's "clockwork operation" exposes Clinton to a possible rebuke from...