Friday, October 24, 2014

The Force Wasn't With Them

Every On-Screen Death In The Original 'Star Wars' Trilogy, In Under 3 Minutes, The Police Are Still Out Of Control, The Nightmare Of Child Abduction Cases, What We Learned This Week, The Story Of The Strangers Who Tried To Save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, The Secret History And Uncertain Future Of Comics Character John Constantine
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Friday, October 24, 2014
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THE FORCE WAS WITH NONE OF THEM
Every On-Screen Death In The Original 'Star Wars' Trilogy, In Under 3 Minutes
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The original "Star Wars" films don't really have any blood or gore to speak of. But once you start totaling up the deaths of pilots, troopers, and whole planets, it becomes apparent that one of our most beloved film trilogies contains the equivalent of several genocides.
SERPICO IS BACK
The Police Are Still Out Of Control
politico.com
Frank Serpico should know.
THE 19-YEAR SEARCH FOR BIANCA LOZANO
The Nightmare Of Child Abduction Cases
buzzfeed.com
As if losing a child to kidnapping wasn't horrifying enough, ineffective law enforcement agencies and predatory private investigators only add to the confusion and pain. Deana Hebert's long, maddening search for her daughter — and the ex-husband who took her — may be the rule, not the exception.
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What We Learned This Week
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This week, we learned the best time to buy an airplane ticket, the best place to grab a beer in Antarctica, and the best glass to pour that beer into.
THE FINAL MOMENTS
The Story Of The Strangers Who Tried To Save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo
macleans.ca
Barbara Winters, Margaret Lerhe and others bonded together to help Nathan Cirillo in his final moments at Ottawa's War Memorial.
HELLBLAZING A TRAIL
The Secret History And Uncertain Future Of Comics Character John Constantine
vulture.com
There's never been a comics character like John Constantine, DC Comics' trench-coat-sporting magician and wisecracking righter of wrongs. Astoundingly, he's remained largely unchanged since he first took to the page in 1985 and throughout 26 years of constant publication — a kind of character consistency that's unheard of even among icons like Superman or Batman.
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PARTIALLY ECLIPSED
Image: The Angel Moroni statue on the top of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' temple in Brigham City, Utah, is silhouetted by a solar eclipse, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014.
The Angel Moroni statue on the top of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' temple in Brigham City, Utah, is silhouetted by a solar eclipse, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/The Herald Journal, Eli Lucero
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