Topic: Charles Manson
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5 true crime stories you don't want to miss
These five Edgar Award nominees are true-crime stories taken straight from real life.
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In Pictures: Famous beards
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Decoder Wire Glenn Beck and stagecraft wizardry: Why his NRA talk trumped all
The conservative talk show host deployed no fewer than five props during his keynote address to the NRA over the weekend. (So there, Sarah Palin.) And not one of them was a chalkboard.
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Manson family member's plea for freedom is answered (+video)
Bruce Davis, a former follower of Charles Manson, was sentenced to life in prison in 1972. On Thursday, after 40 years in prison, a panel recommended his parole.
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Chapter & Verse Gore Vidal remembered: a larger-than-life literary presence (+video)
Gore Vidal, who died yesterday at the age of 86, was a legendary writer and contrarian commentator.
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Heartland Institute's digital billboards make bombastic comparisons (+video)
New billboards designed by the Heartland Institute compare climate scientists to the Unabomber, and other mass murderers. Climate scientists and other writers respond.
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5 true crime stories you don't want to miss
These five Edgar Award nominees are true-crime stories taken straight from real life.
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In Pictures: Famous beards
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Classic review: The Discomfort Zone
Jonathan Franzen probes his past and finds an abundance of discomfort to explore.
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Roman Polanski set free by Swiss authorities
Roman Polanski is a free man Monday after the Swiss government refused to extradite the film director to the US on a 1977 rape charge.
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Leslie Van Houten, ex-follower of Charles Manson, seeks parole for 19th time
Leslie Van Houten, convicted and sentenced to jail for participating in the Charles Manson 1969 murder spree in California, is seeking parole from prison again.
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Charles Manson follower denied bail by Gov. Schwarzenegger
Charles Manson devotee Bruce Davis was denied parole by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Banks too big to fail? Break 'em up, Congress.
Congress shouldn't let financial institutions get large enough to wreck the financial system. But questions abound about whether the Feds can be honest regulators.
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'A Voyage Long and Strange' away from myth
Tony Horwitz rewrites early American history
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'A Voyage Long and Strange' away from myth
Tony Horwitz rewrites early American history
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