Patients in state-run homes for the developmentally disabled have been receiving high doses of antipsychotics for behavior control, critics say, and the state is taking steps toward change.

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Abused and Used: Potent Pills, Few Rules in State’s Treatment of the Disabled

On October 23rd, The Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at UC Santa Barbara held an event to launch it’s new Hamdani World Harmony Lecture Series . Leading the series with “The Role of Women in Promoting Peace and Democracy in the Middle East,” Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Iranian Human Rights lawyer, author, and recent exile Shirin Ebadi, drew a substantial audience at the Santa Barabara campus.

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For Every One Woman They Put in Jail, There are 10 More in Her Place

As our summer of Exhibitionism comes to an end, it feels appropriate to close this series the same way you leave a museum: through the gift shop. Even more than a fascinating historical exhibit or a stunning work of art, it is the gift shop that lures you inside with its glittering wares, its promise to render the intangible experience of a museum visit physical with a lasting souvenir. D.C. museums provide much more than your average take homes of postcards and pencils, which is why you need this comprehensive guide to Washington’s museum gift shops. Read full article > >

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Exit through the gift shop

Aaron Sorkin is back with another series set in the television world — HBO announced Thursday it has ordered his new hour-long pilot, about the adventures of a cable news show, to series. This time, Sorkin’s story is centered around a cable news anchor, played by Jeff Daniels, as well as his staff and new executive producer. Emily Mortimer stars as the EP, and Sam Waterston returns after his long “Law and Order” stint to play their boss. Read full article > >

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HBO picks up new Aaron Sorkin pilot to series

England are crowned as the world’s number one Test side after thrashing India by an innings and 242 runs at Edgbaston to take a 3-0 lead in the series.

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Huge win secures England top spot

The Daleks will be given “a rest” from battling Doctor Who, the series’ chief writer Steven Moffat tells the Radio Times.

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Dr Who’s Daleks to be ‘given a rest’

After witnessing a final-lap crash by 23-year-old rookie J.R. Hildebrand, Britain’s Dan Wheldon took advantage and drove away with the 95th edition of the Indianapolis 500. The premier event of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season was held at the…

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Dan Wheldon Wins Indy 500

After months of rumors, Fox has officially announced that British pop star Cheryl Cole will be a judge on the U.S. version of X Factor. The former Girls Aloud singer was also a judge on the U.K. version of the series. “America is gonna love this,” Cole…

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LIVE BLOG | Washington is now down 2-0 in the series after the overtime loss at the Verizon Center.

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Capitals fall to Lightning in OT

COLUMN | Despite losing its first two games on home ice, this team has got this series.

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No time for Caps, or fans, to panic

Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau and several of his players spoke to reporters after beating the New York Rangers in the second game of the series, saying they “just want to win.”

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On March 11, Japan was hit by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history. We are making all-out efforts to restore livelihoods and recover from the series of tragedies that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake. The disaster left more than 28,000 people, including foreign citizens, dead or missing.

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Japan’s road to recovery and rebirth

Is this the final dealbreaker? Alec Baldwin has revealed that when he leaves his hit NBC sitcom 30 Rock after next season, the series will also come to an end. “I will tell you one thing,” Baldwin said at the National Dance Institute’s annual…

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30 Rock to End Next Season

In “King Lear,” it seems, everyone’s a fool — at least when it is distilled through Paata Tsikurishvili’s singular sensibility. Synetic Theater’s artistic director, who with “King Lear” continues his series of wordless productions of Shakespeare, looks upon the tragedy’s toll of loss heaped on loss as a stormy circus, a grim carnival whose ringmaster is a lithe, beckoning incarnation of Death.

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Peter Marks reviews Synetic Theater’s ‘King Lear’

Australia beat England by 57 runs in the final one-day international in Perth to win the series 6-1.

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England tour ends in heavy defeat