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By Marc Fisher,  Published: APRIL 27, 8:44 PM ET
PUBLISHED: April 27, 2013
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4627 words)

Bionic hand fits young woman perfectly, but does it suit her?

TARPON SPRINGS — Tisa Berset stares at her new hand, willing it to open. "Concentrate," the doctor says, watching over her shoulder. "Like we practiced." A year ago, all of Tisa's fingers were…
PUBLISHED: April 15, 2013
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1728 words)

Hierarchy of brothers question in marathon bombing

BOSTON (AP) — Tamerlan Tsarnaev ranted at a neighbor about Islam and the United States. His younger brother, Dzhokhar, relished debating people on religion, "then crushing their beliefs with…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1952 words)

Stories in the Smoke: What a Bomb Expert Sees

Dr. Adam B. Hall, a forensic chemist and former crime-scene analyst for the Massachusetts State Police, teaches at the Boston University School of Medicine, home to a highly regarded forensic-science…
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2013
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1854 words)

I’m one of the 26 percent with mental illness

After the Monitor’s mental health series, “In Crisis,” was published last week, I got one reaction more than any other: Readers were surprised, some unconvinced, that 26 percent…
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2829 words)

Nora Ephron’s Final Act

A contact sheet from a photo session in 2006, the year Ephron learned she was sick. At 10 p.m. on a Friday night in a private room on the 14th Floor of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on
PUBLISHED: March 6, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (785 words)

A Fake Facebook Wedding

During my junior year of college, I was friendly with a group of people who had all known each other since grade school. One member of this crowd was a guy named Tim. Growing up, Tim had always been…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 28, 2013
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1657 words)
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Coming Home

The author: "Back home. Reading The Hobbit." Courtesy John Dickerson/Instagram. During the presidential campaign I kept a list of questions for the candidates. "Are you wearing underwear?" was not on…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2457 words)

Profiles of the Victims

The 20 children and six adults gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School included a boisterous 6-year-old who liked to think up pranks and a school psychologist who rushed in when help was needed.…
PUBLISHED: Dec. 16, 2012
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5747 words)
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