When she heard her younger son’s quavery cry of “M-o-o-o-m-m-m” drifting down the hall in the middle of the night, Jocelyn Mathiasen stiffened, braced for what lay ahead. Sometimes the little boy would awaken just before dawn shaky and weak, complaining of hunger or thirst; after consuming something he would quickly recover. But on the bad nights Peter Dawson would spend hours lying on the floor of the bathroom clutching his stomach, vomiting intermittently and refusing to drink anything. It took him hours to rebound — and it was never clear what had made him so sick. Read full article > >

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A boy’s serious ailment required only a simple fix once it was diagnosed

Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind “Saturday Night Fever” and other hits from the 1970s, died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement on his website.

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Thousands of people left homeless by a powerful earthquake in northern Italy spend the night in shelters as aftershocks continue in the region.

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Italy quake victims given shelter

Say “cheese,” and that’s often the result: A cheesy, plastered-on fake grin in a photo. Dean Fleischer-Camp, who directs the popular “ Marcel the Shell With Shoes On ” videos with former “Saturday Night Live” comedian Jenny Slate, pranks his friends by asking them to pose for photos, but taking video of them instead. Read full article > >

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‘Smile’: Video by ‘Marcel the Shell’ director examines how we say ‘cheese’

The author of “Friday Night Lights” goes on the road with his young-adult son, a savant with serious intellectual deficits, and writes an unflinchingly honest memoir.

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Books of The Times: ‘Father’s Day’ Is Buzz Bissinger’s Memoir About His Son

Look for “Two and a Half Men” to be back next season, what with the CBS comedy’s three stars finalizing contracts to return for the 10th season. That news coincides with “Men’s” return to original episodes this week, as Kathy Bates plays the ghost of Charlie Sheen’s character, Charlie Harper. Monday’s broadcast snared the night’s highest rating among the 18-to-49-year-old viewers who are the currency of broadcast TV and ad sales. Read full article > >

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‘Two and a Half Men’ gets ratings boost from one woman

B ased on early projections, it appears that about 2 million people watched Jimmy Fallon and President Obama slow-jam the news on Fallon’s NBC late-night show. It was Obama’s first appearance on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.” The show traveled to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the broadcast Tuesday night. Read full article > >

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Obama, Jimmy Fallon slow-jam the news

Bloggers release video on “cover the night.”

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Ugandans Respond to KONY 2012

Curtis Granderson became the 12th major league player to hit three home runs in the first four innings of a game, as he finished the night 5 for 5 at the plate in the Yankees’ victory

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Yankees 7, Twins 6: Curtis Granderson Hits 3 Homers as Yankees Beat Twins

Investigators are searching for as many as 21 women who are believed to include prostitutes and to have spent the night with a group of security officers.

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Secret Service Inquiries Trace Women in Colombia

Emilee Neagle and her family had just 26 minutes to leave their house the night a tornado hit her town of Woodward, Oklahoma.

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Woman finds dog, ring in tornado rubble

Davey Johnson phoned the bullpen in the 10th inning Sunday afternoon, a call he had resolved to make only in case of emergency. He planned to give all-star set-up reliever Tyler Clippard the day off, because the night before Clippard felt discomfort in his shoulder warming up. But these Washington Nationals have a knack for creating emergencies. Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Reds: Washington battles back from deficit only to fall in 11th inning

Rick Santorum adjusted his campaign schedule Tuesday following his young daughter's release from hospital the night before, canceling morning events in his home state of Pennsylvania while adding a later appearance in Gettysburg.

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Santorum to resume campaign events

Events of the night the Titanic tragically sunk can be pieced together by messages sent between the liner and ships trying to organise its rescue operation.

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The Titanic in her own words

Rescue crews worked through the night to try to retrieve nine miners who have been trapped below ground in southern Peru for days.

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Rush to reach trapped Peru miners