Something, Anything to Stop the Pain
He was a star in his little hometown of Sperry, Okla., and in the big Boston hospital where he was a gifted anesthesiologist. But Brent Cambron was falling. For him, as for some of his peers, drugs meant to comfort patients became his refuge and his undoing.
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A Girl's Life
Neglected by her parents, overlooked by the state, Acia Johnson was making a life for herself and her beloved baby sister, until their house was set ablaze.
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In Praise of Plastic
Why an oil-sucking, landfill-clogging, non-biodegradable, it's-everywhere material is so good for the environment. Really.
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A Day on the Automile
9 a.m.: Pumped for a big sale, GM dealership opens its doors
6 p.m.: With just 5 deals closed, team worries and looks ahead
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A short life in the Cape's underside
The brutal death of 16-year-old closes a grim family cycle
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Elusive graffiti tagger 'Spek' is finally tagged
For nearly a decade, he was just a shadow of a man. But police say they have finally caught Adam Brandt, an alleged vandal better known as "Spek."
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Why do men kill their wives?
Could some of these murders really be no more than "divorce substitutes"? The upcoming trials of Neil Entwistle and James Keown might provide some answers.
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Turkeys invade Brookline
An invasion of wild turkeys has the residents of one upscale urban neighborhood running for cover.
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Tipping the competitive scales
High school football players are bigger than ever. Is that a good thing?
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In connected world, camps can't cut cord
'Kid-sick' parents keep pressure on for digital access
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All the rage: Youths flocking to 'no-holds-barred' fights
With no state regulations governing mixed martial arts, the sport is growing in Massachusetts
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At quarry's edge, they return for the thrill
A child dies while jumping into an abandoned quarry. And yet, the kids keep coming.
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The Hardest Word
Since 2005, Ruth Henderson has taught a course about forgiveness. Her pupils are no ordinary students - they are convicts whose heinous crimes will never be forgotton. What they learn - and how they learn it - is a study in hope.
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Four Too Many
After a spate of teen suicides in Needham over 18 months, parents, teachers, and students were forced to start asking some tough questions - of themselves.
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All Hail the Saints
A year ago, the New Orleans Saints were 3-13, the second worst team in the National Football League and, by all accounts, as dead as the city they represented.
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Row, Row, Row the Boat
Four years after a gruesome sculling accident on the Charles, John Yasaitis is back to finish what he started at the famous regatta.
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Living in limbo one year later
Telemachus Street - Part IV: One year after Hurricane Katrina, some people have returned, some have left, and a stunning number of people are stuck in limbo. The story of one block in New Orleans, still struggling to rebuild.
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Nursery Crime?
When a popular chain of baby stores closed abruptly this spring, expectant parents were left without their nursery furniture - and without their refunds. The two founding brothers were left at war. What happened to Boston Baby?
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Not Guilty
For three decades, Norman Swerling was the nice, happily married man who taught the kids in Newton how to drive. He was strict. He was dedicated. He loved his role in helping teenagers become adults. Then one day a girl said he raped her in his driver's ed car.
One Last Race
This is the story of a beloved old jockey, a beautiful but flawed horse, and one horrifying fall that sent two lives crashing into the muddy track at Suffolk Downs.
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Makeshift Medicine
One year after Hurricane Katrina, ER doctors cobble together care in a former department store as New Orleans copes with shortages of beds and staff
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Waiting in fear in government trailers
With an estimated 298,000 people still living in FEMA trailers a year after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, people are beginning to wonder: Will they ever be home again?
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Happy Feet Made for a Globe-Trotter
The story of an unemployed man who danced across the world and became an internet sensation.
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Going Batty
Millions of bats migrate to the caves in central Texas every spring. Now those caves are becoming unlikely tourist attractions. People just have to be near the bats.
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A street of lost dreams, new hopes
Telemachus Street - Part I: The future of New Orleans may play out in the stories of 48 people who called one block their home.
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The Will to Survive
Telemachus Street - Part II: New Orleans comes to grips with all that's lost
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Big Easy's Big Struggle
Telemachus Street - Part III: Katrina closed key small shops.
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Single Minded
They're having babies alone, vacationing alone, buying homes alone. And they couldn't be happier, especially in Boston, where record numbers of single people are finding that parties of one aer worth toasting.
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Exposed
Lucy Wightman ran a successful South Shore psychology practice until her past became public. Now, after her indictment, the woman who was once Boston's best-known stripper is defending her second life as a therapist - and trying to salvage her dignity.
Wish You Were Here
The Midwestern city of Kalamazoo lots its pharmaceutical anchor but scrambled to keep its scientists. Is there a lesson for other regions - and researchers?
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