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Leopold and Loeb confessed to a heinous murder. Clarence Darrow argued for mercy.
Chicago Tribune· 10 hours agoNathan Leopold had planned to visit Paris in the summer of 1924. Instead, he and Richard Loeb found...
David Shapiro, Who Gained Fame in Poetry and Protest, Dies at 77
New York Times· 2 days agoA renowned member of the New York School of poets, he also found accidental notoriety when he was...
10 Times Artists Hid Themselves in Their Paintings
Artnet News· 13 hours agoArtists have painted self-portraits since at least as long ago as 1433, when Jan van Eyck painted a man with a severe gaze in a red headdress, generally...
Letters: Energy firms should at least be honest about why they want to impose smart meters
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSIR – Can energy bosses such as Chris O’Shea of British Gas stop pretending that net zero is the...
THEATER REVIEW: At Proctors, 'Six' is a crowd-pleaser of a production
Berkshire Eagle· 3 days agoPast is present — and how! — in the thundering London and Broadway smash hit musical “Six,” whose...
Daywatch: Federal recognition at last for Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoWhen Potawatomi Chief Shab-eh-nay left his home in present-day DeKalb County to visit family in...
Kung Fury 2 Is an "Instant Cult Classic" According to Star Jorma Taccone, "It's a Crime It Hasn't...
Comic Book· 5 days agoFunded via Kickstarter, the movie was written and directed by David Sandberg (not the same one who...
Diana Wall obituary: ecologist who foresaw the importance of soil biodiversity
Nature· 3 days agoEnvironmental scientist who revealed the crucial role of underground animals in sustainability.
Al Hirschfeld Prints Signed By Cher, Chita Rivera & More to be Auctioned Off
Broadway World· 4 days agoTwenty limited-edition prints from Al Hirschfeld, one of the world's preeminent caricaturists, are now open for bidding to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Al Hirschfeld Foundation ...
Why parrotlets adopt (or kill) their rivals' babies
Futurity· 5 days agoCompetition over love and real estate drives two extreme behaviors in green-rumped parrotlets, a new study finds—either caring for or killing one...