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NEWS AND OPINION

Letters to the Editor

This is about shifting the burden of proof from the state to the individual. Under such a regime, one who has voluntarily availed him or herself of mental health services is automatically flagged as dangerous, and put in the position of proving that he is not.

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Posted Jan. 26, 2011 | Comments: 0

ARTS AND CULTURE

By J. Cooper Robb

Mick's Got a Bone to Pick in "A Skull in Connemara"

Each fall the parish employs Mick (Stephen Novelli), who makes room for the newly deceased by digging up and relocating remains that have been interred for at least seven years. What happens to the bones is known only to Mick, though the matter generates considerable discussion around town.

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Posted Jan. 26, 2011 | Comments: 0

MUSIC

By Brian McManus

Schoolly D Benefit Album Helps Kids Run This Town

A new benefit album featuring legend Schoolly D helps kids hoof it to their goals. The proceeds raised by the album benefit Students Run Philly Style, the only program in Philadelphia that offers marathon training to young people.

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Posted Jan. 26, 2011 | Comments: 1

SCREEN

By Sean Burns

"No Strings Attached"—Except That They Are!

Can two people be “sex friends” without falling in love? Who cares? Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman suck in this movie.

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Posted Jan. 26, 2011 | Comments: 0