Hiccups

Doctors describe 'death with dignity' program for cancer patients

2013-04-11 06:00:00

A majority of Americans support the idea of allowing terminally ill patients to end their lives with the help of their doctors. For instance, 55% of people questioned for the NPR-Truven Health Analytics Health Poll last� year said they were in favor of...

Coachella 2012: Hiccups aside, Frank Ocean shines

2012-04-14 16:37:12

Your morning adorable: Rottweiler puppy has the hiccups

2010-01-11 16:33:34

Amy Gerstler's message: Be not afraid

2009-09-27 00:00:00

It's not unusual for Amy Gerstler to trip down the street from her house to mine bearing gifts: a ripe avocado, a jar of martini olives, an article of interest, a plastic Cupid the length of my thumbnail. Today, she meets me outside with a book she...

New Mexico's green chile, the real deal

2009-09-23 00:00:00

I just got back from a week in New Mexico, and that usually means, by rough calculation, having consumed approximately 21 meals based on chile, most of it green. That's not including snacks. This time the number was far lower. And for the first time I can...

Matt Weinstock, Feb. 6, 1960

2010-02-06 16:32:52

Orlando Fringe review: 'A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup'

2013-05-17 00:00:00

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood — that is, anywhere near the Blue venue when charming and chipper Miss Hiccup is performing. From the first strains of her infectious (and omnipresent) soundtrack, before the show even properly begins,...

Fringe's familiar faces

2013-05-09 13:03:00

Not everything is new at the Orlando Fringe Festival this year. Some familiar faces will be back: •Chase Padgett's "6 Guitars" was a Fringe phenomenon in 2010. In the one-man show, Padgett plays a variety of guitarists who sharply and...

El Paso officials: Low turnout, hiccups on 1st day of early voting

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Early voting began Monday with some confusion and impatience at the polls, but election officials reported no major problems as voters trickled to the early voting stations. Specific voter turnout statistics for the first day of early voting will be...

Churchill Downs notes: Baffert might be a bystander for this Derby

2013-04-29 07:44:02

Shortly after making his first appearance on the Churchill Downs backside Sunday morning, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert all but confirmed this year's edition of the Kentucky Derby will go postward without his presence. While the three-time Derby...

Cops: Soldier Shoots, Kills Friend Trying to Cure Hiccups

2012-09-26 07:32:00

KILEEN, Tex. -- A soldier trying to scare another soldier out of hiccups shot his comrade in the face, killing him, authorities said Tuesday. Both soldiers, joined by a third man, were drinking alcohol and watching football at the time of the Sunday...

Soldier charged with manslaughter after trying to cure another of hiccups

2012-09-25 19:59:00

A soldier trying to scare another soldier out of hiccups shot his comrade in the face, killing him, authorities said Tuesday. Both soldiers, joined by a third man, were drinking alcohol and watching football at the time of the Sunday night incident,...

*1/2 (out of four) To say that this Chicago-set drama takes a long time to get going inaccurately implies that it ever gets going. Practically everyone thinks that Joe May (Dennis Farina) is dead.

2011-10-03 13:33:58