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CLEVELAND: Real-life "Fugitive" Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of his wife's murder in 1954. Forty five years later Sam Reese Sheppard is still fighting to clear his father's name -- and collect a $2 million wrongful-arrest payday for himself. His case was bolstered Thursday by new DNA tests that reveal that blood on the elder Sheppard's pants...
Pervasive government corruption and even criminalization is a factor in voter disenchantment (according to the Election Commission, 1,500 of 13,952 candidates in the 1996 elections had criminal records, including murder, rape and kidnapping), but the overwhelming cause of voter apathy has been the inability of one single party to gain enough support to enact positive programs. The main force that allied Congress and the United Front was not common ideology or common programs, but the singular desire to keep the BJP from power. An alliance founded on hatred of a common enemy is uneasy at best, and when...
...honestly say that your staff editorial on the 1995 murder-suicide (Feb. 24) was both the funniest and most convincing editorial I have ever read...
Funny? Here's my favorite quote: "But when it comes to advising and emotional support, we are suddenly treated as independent adults with no need for any kind of help. The week of the murder Tadesse missed three of her four final exams. Shouldn't a tutor have noticed?" Has anyone really experienced that kind of nannyism since high school, at the latest...
...Melrose Place" joined "Beverly Hills 90210" in 1992 as a drama for a slightly older audience. "Melrose" chronicles the lives of the inhabitants of a Los Angeles apartment complex, captivating its audience with racy plots from murder to adultery. While some consider "Melrose" to be "trashy," others, like Michelle L. Murphy '99, appreciate the show's incredibility. Murphy, who watches weekly with roommates Karrine M. Jervis '99, Terri A. Teller '99, and Rhea C. MacDonald '99, comments, "`Melrose Place' is the best nighttime drama because it is escape TV. `Beverly Hills 90210' and `Party of Five' try to be `real...