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...two-month trial turned on the question of whether the Twitchells were guilty of "wanton and reckless conduct" in not seeking medical help for Robyn, who died in April 1986 of a bowel obstruction, after five days of illness. The parents, who had summoned a "spiritual healing" practitioner, maintained that their son had shown only intermittent flulike symptoms and seemed to be recovering just before taking a fatal turn. But medical experts testified that the child would probably have been feverish, vomiting and in obvious pain before his death. Had he been taken to a doctor, they asserted...
...murders are not created equally," said Herald editor Ken Chandler, explaining that the sensational nature of the case merited continual two-month coverage...
...initiation fee, SeniorNet members receive a two-month, hands-on training course and a quarterly newsletter. Hundreds have hooked up to SeniorNet's computer network, which costs $6.90 per hour of use during evenings and on weekends. To seniors in isolated areas, the price seems cheap for the ability to communicate with people their own age through electronic mail, bulletin boards and computer forums on topics ranging from gardening to health-care legislation. "It's their window on the world," says Cindy Schwehr, SeniorNet coordinator at the Sheyenne Care Center in Valley City, N. Dak. "The residents stand by their...
...soften the "crash," a unique combination of depression and craving that follows one cocaine binge and typically leads to another round. In preliminary trials on a group of ten Bahamian crack addicts seeking treatment, researchers from Yale found that even low doses kept users off cocaine for the two-month duration of the trial. Another drug, carbamazepine, long taken to prevent seizures, has proved to be moderately effective against cocaine craving. In tests this year, six of 13 people taking the drug stopped using cocaine and the remaining seven reduced their intake about two-thirds. Researchers got the idea...
There's no business like show business, even when it comes to off-screen commercial disputes. In a settlement that left Hollywood somewhat breathless last week, Warner Bros. and Sony Corp. ended their two-month battle over the services of Peter Guber and Jon Peters, the megahit producers of Batman and Rain Man. Warner agreed to release Guber, 47, and Peters, 44, from a five-year contract, thereby permitting Sony to hire the pair to run Columbia Pictures Entertainment, which the Japanese firm is acquiring for $3.4 billion. In return, Sony ceded entertainment assets to Warner Bros. that analysts estimated...