Struggling to Stay Afloat in a Sea of Dysfunction
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This Australian film could be described by the story's "Rocky"-like outlines, but there is a gripping, downbeat family drama at the movie's core.
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For a town still fighting an impression of hopelessness, the arrival of a big-time network television show has been both welcome and somewhat anxiety inducing.
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Problems abound for air travel. But there is hope.
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He knew something was wrong. He felt it during the season. He felt it during summer league. The problem for Al Jefferson was greater than a bum ankle, however. He found believers about his plight to be harder to find than those poor souls stuck on that island in ``Lost."
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NEW ORLEANS -- It was an ill-advised journey to a moribund city, the place of my birth and upbringing. Family and friends, all living elsewhere, begged me not to come here. My wife, Mary Anne, feared that I would become depressed.
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A couple requires a large amount of alone time to keep the relationship fresh.
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By J.R. Welsh, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 12--GULFPORT -- Sometimes Bob and Edna Boyd feel as if their fate is being held in the hand of a giant they cannot see. All they can do is feel the squeeze.
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A long life can bring trouble, if you're not ready for it.
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If you've always longed to be a fly on the wall during some stranger's psychotherapy session, then welcome to your new obsession.  HBO's "In Treatment" feels uncannily like slices of lives in the throes of instability and crisis. Presented in 43 half...
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A mechanism in the brain may explain why some people cope better than others in the face of adversity.
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Trying to make sense of what is left behind envelops "Dying City," Christopher Shinn's remarkable tale of loss and how two very different people handle their grief.
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Sometimes it's tough for patients to tell the whole story.
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Feel like a fish out of water? You may not be too far off.
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NEW YORK The advertising industry is having trouble figuring out whether these are the best of times or the worst of times.
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The French press is struggling to overcome one of its most desperate crises of recent times as readers desert leading newspapers, managements seek job cuts and journalists accuse employers of heavy-handed ...
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If you are the sort of magnanimous or insane person who worries about the steadily declining state of Ben Affleck&#39;s career, Surviving Christmas is not going to set your mind at ease.
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By PETER GUINTA  When wild ocean waves are daily undermining the house foundation and washing away patio furniture, it may be difficult for that homeowner to remain patient.