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'How do you brace for death?'

The first 911 call came at 3:29 p.m. A rattled rasp, chafed by a strong Bronx accent, overwhelmed the operator: "I'm witnessing an airplane that is...
USA TODAY, 10/13/09 by William Prochnau and Laura Parker · More from publication
Mentally Stimulating Activities at Work During Midlife and Dementia Risk After Age 75: Follow-Up Study From the Kungsholmen Project

Objectives: Previous research has suggested that mental stimulation in different life periods may protect against dementia or delay disease onset....
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, The, 03/01/09 by Karp, Anita; Andel, Ross; Parker, Marti G; Wang, Hui-Xin; Winblad, Bengt; Fratiglioni, Laura · More from publication
Lawyers step up to help veterans gratis

WASHINGTON -- The scene resembled Hollywood's version of how a multibillion-dollar legal deal might be negotiated. Big-name corporate law firm....
USA TODAY, 11/27/07 by Laura Parker · More from publication
Busiest days are still ahead for Thanksgiving travel

Light crowds kept traffic at the nation's airports and train stations flowing smoothly Thursday, the lightest travel day of the long holiday...
USA TODAY, 11/23/07 by Laura Parker · More from publication
Agent Orange disability fight revisited in court

Jonathan Haas says that he often saw large, billowing clouds of the defoliant Agent Orange drift from the shore and engulf his ship, the USS Mount...
USA TODAY, 11/07/07 by Laura Parker · More from publication
20-year-long legal 'nightmare' ends for 2 immigrants

Khader Hamide, a Palestinian immigrant and coffee wholesaler in Southern California, says he never could have won his 20-year fight against...
USA TODAY, 11/02/07 by Laura Parker · More from publication

Backlash from Katrina cases hurts La. AG

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti doggedly pursued high-profile prosecutions against people involved in two Hurricane Katrina...
USA TODAY, 10/24/07 by Laura Parker and Rick Jervis · More from publication
Cities snapping over baggy pants

When the Virginia House of Representatives tried to outlaw the wearing of low-slung pants two years ago, they drew ridicule from Sydney to London....
USA TODAY, 10/15/07 by Laura Parker · More from publication
Men indicted in boat crew's deaths

Two men who claimed that pirates boarded their chartered fishing boat in the Bahamas and killed the crew were indicted on federal homicide charges...
USA TODAY, 10/11/07 by Laura Parker · More from publication
Photographers' heirs seek a cut of Monroe fortune

The woman at the center of a bitter and personal battle over the use of Marilyn Monroe's image is her legal heir but is largely a stranger to the...
USA TODAY, 10/02/07 by Laura Parker · More from publication