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Kennedy explains car crash (Financial Times)

Patrick Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman and scion of the Kennedy family, said yesterday he was seeking treatment for addiction to prescription pain medication after an early-morning car accident near the Capitol that he said he could not remember.

Patrick Kennedy

WTGV - WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Patrick Kennedy entered treatment for addiction to prescription pain drugs late Friday after a middle-of-the-night car crash near the Capitol that he said he had no memory of. "That's not how I want to live my life," he ...

Kennedy enters rehab

Boston Online - WASHINGTON -- Less than 36 hours after he crashed into a checkpoint barrier near the Capitol, US Representative Patrick J. Kennedy announced yesterday that he is addicted to pain medication and checked himself into the Mayo Clinic for treatment. It ...

Desi is a friendly teenager but is dealing with loss

Austin American-Statesman - Desi, 14, is a friendly, sweet child who easily engages in interactions with others. He also has a quick sense of humor. Desi's adoption worker describes him as "a quiet but polite child who is a good conversationalist." He generally gets along with ...

Kennedy explains car crash (Financial Times)

Patrick Kennedy, a Rhode Island congressman and scion of the Kennedy family, said yesterday he was seeking treatment for addiction to prescription pain medication after an early-morning car accident near the Capitol that he said he could not remember.

1926-1936: A new city hall rises, Depression descends and wine starts ...

Lodi News-Sentinel - Lodi's third decade as an official city was marked by optimistic growth, a new Lodi City Hall, economic wrath from the Great Depression and renewed hope in the future with the revival of the wine industry. By 1926, 20 years after the pioneer railroad ...

Kennedy goes to rehab, says he doesn't remember crashing car

Olympian - WASHINGTON — Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday he was entering treatment for addiction to prescription pain drugs after a middle-of-the-night car crash near the Capitol that he said he had no memory of. “That's not how I want to live my life ...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy to enter drug rehab after auto crash

West Central Tribune - A middle-of-the-night car crash near the Capitol that Rep. Patrick Kennedy cannot even remember persuaded the congressman to make hasty arrangements to enter a Minnesota rehab facility. "That's not how I want to live my life," declared Kennedy, D-R.I ...

» Patrick Kennedy Enters Rehab After Crash – Kennedy Curse Lives On ...

andPOP - » Arnold Schwarzenegger Wants 2 NFL Teams in L.A. » Gaming Column: A Revolution by any other name. . . (andPOP) - Patrick Kennedy, a democratic representative, can't remember a car crash he was part of in the middle of the night. That is precisely ...

Rep. Patrick Kennedy to Enter Drug Rehab

CBS News - (AP) A middle-of-the-night car crash near the Capitol that Rep. Patrick Kennedy cannot even remember persuaded the congressman to make hasty arrangements to enter a Minnesota rehab facility. "That's not how I want to live my life," declared Kennedy ...

Margaret Trudeau reveals secret war with bipolar depression

Trail - OTTAWA -- Margaret Trudeau has been waging a secret war for decades. Controversy has followed her ever since she married former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in 1971 at the age of 22. In the ensuing years, she became a controversial figure for her ...

Margaret Trudeau reveals secret war with bipolar depression

Prince George - OTTAWA -- Margaret Trudeau has been waging a secret war for decades. Controversy has followed her ever since she married former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in 1971 at the age of 22. In the ensuing years, she became a controversial figure for her ...

Lee Berthiaume, CanWest News Service; Ottawa Citizen

Saskatoon Star Phoenix - OTTAWA -- Margaret Trudeau has been waging a secret war for decades. Controversy has followed her ever since she married former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in 1971 at the age of 22. In the ensuing years, she became a controversial figure for her ...

A big ego boost: Freud's legacy still debated on his 150th birthday

Santa Fe New Mexican - VIENNA, Austria -- At the Cafe Freud, a whimsical watering hole two doors down from the apartment where Sigmund Freud plumbed the human psyche, a world-famous poster commands instant attention. It's a cartoon profile of the frowning father of ...

GENERATION DEPRESSED: Teens try to beat the blues of depression

Patriot Ledger - During Maureen’s sophomore year of high school, she suddenly blurted out to her mom that she was depressed and needed help right away or she was afraid she would kill herself. Maureen, who did not want her last name used in this story, had even ...

Kemper's mental illness 'a long tunnel of darkness'

Canada.com - Margaret Kemper has been waging a secret war for decades. Controversy has followed her ever since she married former prime minister Pierre Trudeau in 1971 at the age of 22. In the ensuing years, she became a controversial figure for her unusual ...

Rep. Kennedy says he'll seek drug treatment

Seattle Times - U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., arrives at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Friday. He termed his addiction a "chronic disease." WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday he is entering treatment for an addiction to prescription ...

Rep. Kennedy to Sign Up for Drug Treatment

LA Times - WASHINGTON — Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, saying he had no memory of a highly publicized early-morning accident in which he plowed his car into a security barricade near Capitol Hill, announced Friday that he would be checking himself into the Mayo ...

Kennedy to be treated for pain drugs addiction in wake of crash

Daily Breeze - WASHINGTON -- Rep. Patrick Kennedy said Friday he was entering treatment for addiction to prescription pain drugs after a middle-of-the-night car crash near the Capitol that he said he had no memory of. "That's not how I want to live my life," he ...

A victim's regret: "I wanted to be a hero, but I wasn't"

Seattle Times - Dan McKown, 38, was shot five times that day in November and now uses a wheelchair. He aspires to be a comedian and is considering going back to school to study theology and history. Roger McKown, Dan McKown's father, assists his son as the two go to ...

Published: May 6, 2006

New York Times - Ms. Wolitzer, with the long stride of a much younger woman, can mark the day she stopped writing fiction. It was 1994, and "Tunnel of Love" had just been published to the rave reviews that have greeted each of Ms. Wolitzer's novels, all of them about ...

Another twist to Kennedy saga (Guardian Unlimited)

Patrick Kennedy crashes his car into a police barricade near the Capitol.

Interrupting Depression in the Elderly Significantly Extends Life

Medscape News - May 5, 2006 (Chicago) — Depression and death are closely linked in elderly populations, and interrupting the pathway between the two can significantly improve survival. This was the conclusion of a randomized controlled trial presented here at the ...

Another twist to Kennedy saga (Guardian Unlimited)

Patrick Kennedy crashes his car into a police barricade near the Capitol.

Health fair booths offer screenings plus latest medical information

Rapid City Journal - RAPID CITY -- People attending the 24th annual Black Hills Area Health & Human Services Fair on Saturday, April 29, can expect to see the usual medical items that are used to test for high blood pressure, screen for diabetes and check cholesterol ...

‘He made psychology popular’

Meriden Record-Journal - VIENNA, Austria — At the Cafe Freud, a whimsical watering hole two doors down from the apartment where Sigmund Freud plumbed the human psyche, a world-famous poster commands instant attention. It’s a cartoon profile of the frowning father of ...

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