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Many of your subjects had drug problems. Not just drug problems but full-blown addictions. Kurt Cobain was a daily heroin user. Michael Hutchence's body was found surrounded by narcotics. Anne Sexton was a serious alcoholic. These were not people able to make the best decisions for themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mysteries Behind Society's Most Famous Suicides | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...clearly someone who was way ahead of his time and deeply misunderstood by the society in which he lived. His honesty about his life and loves would be taken for granted today, but more than 50 years ago it led directly to his death. Suicide is still a very serious problem for gays and lesbians, and Brown's apology could certainly help people struggling today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mysteries Behind Society's Most Famous Suicides | 9/15/2009 | See Source »

...kind of hard to take in,” said Evans, who never suffered a serious injury during her time at Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, Calif...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Loses Top Recruit to Injury | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...main under Plympton Street cracked early Sunday afternoon, causing gas to seep into Old Quincy and the building to be evacuated for several hours. The gas concentration was low enough to not constitute a serious fire danger, according to officials at the scene, and the gas company, NSTAR, was present and actively monitoring gas levels soon after the leak was identified. The gas began filtering into the building through cracks in its foundation during the early afternoon yesterday, according to Cambridge Fire Department Deputy Chief Francis E. Murphy III. Outside Quincy on Plympton Street, the smell of gas was palpable...

Author: By Elias J. Groll, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gas Leak Causes Dorm Evacuation | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...Global Affairs and the Secretary of State, has the responsibility to collect information on ongoing atrocities, and it is then the responsibility of the President to determine what steps might be taken towards justice. Like the canary in the coal mine, we give the signal that something very serious is occurring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stephen Rapp: Obama's Point Man on War Crimes | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

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