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Murdered by the Media: 25 Premature Celebrity Obituaries

Murdered by the Media: 25 Premature Celebrity Obituaries

Sensationalism in the media is not always intentional. When a celebrity or public figure is elderly or ill, drafts of obituaries are often prepared in advance. While this can be convenient, it can also lead to disaster when these drafts are released prematurely. Other times when the media kills...

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Who Is Mark Twain?

Mark Twain is the famous American writer, author of the best known novels of all times, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published in 1876 and 1885, respectively. However, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most controversial books that were frequently...

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Homeopathic Medicine and Hippocratic Tradition of 'First Do No Harm'

Mark Twain stated in 1890, "you may honestly feel grateful that homeopathy survived the attempts of the allopathists [conventional physicians] to destroy it" and his sentiment from hundreds of years ago holds firm in today's medicine given the present health care crisis in the United States and...

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Best Books of 2010

A well written book is hard to find, despite the author, genre, or year. Here are the 25 Best Books of 2010 (in our opinion): 1. Full Dark, No Stars By Stephen King2. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo By Stieg Larsson 3. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson4. The Girl Who Kicked The...