A Fight for Life Consumes Both Mother and Son
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The writer Susan Sontagâs death, as set out in a short and immensely disturbing account by her son, David Rieff, must rank as one of the worst ever described.
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Grieving mother tells court how holiday to save marriage ended in tragedy
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She has been learning to hold each of her twin sons, Carl and Clarence, one at a time. When she picks up Carl, she now has to answer to a jealous stare from Clarence, her &quot;mama&#39;s boy.
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Mother and son huddled together, battered and beaten, in the bathroom &#151; sobbing, wondering why no one came to help.
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Beyond her sorrow, the toughest dilemma Diane Quirley faced in the wake of her 23-year-old son Shawn&#39;s death in June 1997 was whether to donate his organs for transplant procedures.
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Women with postchildbirth complications are often ostracized by their own families, but one man took his wife through a war zone to get her treatment.
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CLEARWATER, Fla.  - The parents of a severely  brain-damaged woman had another legal setback on Friday in  their fight to keep their daughter alive against her husband's  wishes.
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Mother of two Jillian Searle had to choose between her children when she made a life-or-death decision. Swept up by mountainous tsunami waves at a Thai resort, she could not hold on to both her young sons and survive.
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The mother of a soldier whose body was found mutilated in Iraq sobbed with her cheek against his sealed, flag-shrouded coffin Tuesday, looking at the crucifix above it and asking repeatedly in Spanish, &quot;Why? ... Why my son?&quot;
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A studioâs sale and a motherâs death were just two troubles afflicting John Turturroâs âRomance & Cigarettes.â
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NEW YORK -- The words, in blocky typeface, read like a ransom note. "We have your son. We will make sure he will no longer be able to care for himself or interact socially as long as he lives. This is only the beginning."
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A teenage mother who had her baby son returned to her in hospital by order of a judge will fight to keep him.
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A mother has speaks of her loss after the body of a 48-year-old man and a 15-month-old boy are found.
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TAMPA, Fla. - After being dealt a blow by the Florida Supreme Court, the family of a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die case still has several legal options as they try to save her life, their attorney said Friday.
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PERTH, Australia -- Struggling in the raging flood waters, Jillian Searle had to make a choice: which son to hold on and which to let go.
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A decade after Susan Smith strapped her sons in their car seats and let her car roll into a lake, carrying the boys to their deaths, residents are trying to move on. But for some, the case still evokes strong emotions &#151; even hatred toward Smith.
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A nine-year-old Essex boy died after his mother spiked his hospital feed, jurors are told.