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...guitar in the background, but despite an unanticipated tempo change, the track lacks a strong melody, making her usual form and instrumentation seem stale and tiresome. The trouble is that when Case does try to change her tune, the songs often become much less appealing. “Prison Girls” is an ominous song with a Latin-rhythmic feel that is a change from the liveliness of the other tracks. Case has a chance to sing in a darker, more minor tone, and the instrumentation lends itself to a more complex mix of sounds and riffs...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Neko Case | 3/5/2009 | See Source »

...themselves?” he asked the audience. Often, teenagers who suffer from mental illness are less successful in school, and wind up dropping out and falling into drugs and alcohol, Kennedy said. Kennedy also told the audience that over 50 percent of foster children wind up in prison. When asked what advice he would give to people trying to pick themselves up after falling into addiction, Kennedy replied, “Take things one day at a time, slow down...find others and realize you’re not alone in this world.” Kennedy stressed that...

Author: By Ellie Reilly, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kennedy Calls For Healthcare Reform | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...Kevorkian, who devised a "suicide machine" to administer lethal doses of medication, spent seven years in prison for his efforts, emerging in 2007 at the age of 79. He claimed to have helped some 130 people commit suicide, but was locked up over one particular case of a 52-year-old man with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) who Kevorkian helped commit suicide. Kevorkian videotaped the death and allowed it to be broadcast on 60 Minutes in a brazen violation of Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assisted Suicide | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...case of Final Exit, according to authorities - and an undercover agent who infiltrated the group - the four arrestees instructed a 58-year-old man how to kill himself using a plastic hood filled with helium. The defendants face at least up to five years in prison if convicted. It appears the man who died was not terminally ill; according to the Associated Press, his doctor told authorities that although he suffered from cancer that left his face disfigured, he was cancer-free at the time of his suicide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assisted Suicide | 3/3/2009 | See Source »

...legalize physician-assisted suicide. Oregon has had a physician-assisted suicide law since 1994, and New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New Mexico are considering whether to pass similar laws. In Georgia, however, assisted suicide is a felony, and members of Final Exit could face up to five years in prison if convicted of that charge. They also face three years for evidence-tampering and 20 years for racketeering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Final Exit: Compassion or Assisted Suicide? | 3/2/2009 | See Source »

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