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Chantal Sebire knows she's forcing people to make an agonizing decision, but agony is something she knows far too much about. The 52- year-old Dijon schoolteacher suffers from a rare disease that has left her disfigured by facial tumors, which will also damage her brain over time and eventually kill her. Her demand that French political leaders loosen laws against euthanasia has been rebuffed, so Sebire now awaits a judge's decision on whether existing legislation allows doctors to assist her in ending her pain-racked life. "I no longer accept this enduring pain, and this protruding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making a Case for Euthanasia | 3/15/2008 | See Source »

Newman and Johnson said that Old World and New World monkeys split from each other a long time ago, and that this was a rare instance of evolution producing virtually exactly the same protein twice. The gene must have been under strong selective pressure, according to the authors...

Author: By Alissa M D'gama, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Monkey Gene May Give Viral Protection | 3/14/2008 | See Source »

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. Space shuttle Endeavour makes a rare nighttime launch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Briefing | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...lighter feelthan where we could have gone, but atthe same time to lay the moments with asense of reality,” he said.Also critical to Cooper’s performancewere the lengthy discussions he and thedirector had before filming began. “Thiswas one of those rare opportunities whereIra and I had a chance to sit down and goline-by-line,” he said. “It’s just been instilledin me to do my homework...I don’tcare if it’s a studio or low-budget, timebecomes money...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Film Marries Suspense and Comedy | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

...violent drug case should vote to acquit, no matter what the crime. It doesn’t matter whether or not you agree; if the argument interests you, you need to track down DVDs of “The Wire.” It’s rare that a television show can offer that kind of intellectual honesty to its viewers...

Author: By Allie T. Pape, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seeing America Through The Wire | 3/13/2008 | See Source »

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