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December 24, 2005

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Ph.D., Bonnie Slade: Bipolar parent worried about son's symptoms
Sebastian Sun (subscription) - Sebastian,FL,USA
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Former Homeless Men Find Inspiration in Santa
1010wins.com Fri, 23 Dec 2005 5:45 AM PST
Dec 23, 2005 8:13 am US/Eastern (1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) Dale Keyser: bipolar, alcoholic, homeless, jobless, estranged from his wife and children.

Science tries to find secrets of teen brains
Kansas City Star Fri, 23 Dec 2005 3:29 AM PST
ST. LOUIS - New brain research is shattering assumptions held for generations about the adolescent mind, fueling a battle over teen mental health, the rights of parents and the effectiveness of treatment.

Delagardelle gets 10 years in prison for Gilbertville shooting
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Fri, 23 Dec 2005 2:38 AM PST WATERLOO --- A Waterloo woman said her life was spiraling out of control when she crept up to her former boyfriend's home in the middle of the night with a loaded shotgun.

HEALTH CALENDAR
The Wheaton Sun Fri, 23 Dec 2005 2:06 AM PST
Blood drive : Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital and Advocate Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center host blood drives at two locations on the hospital campus. Hours are 7 to 11 a.m. at the Wellness Center and 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Oak Rooms at the hospital, 3815 Highland Ave., Downers Grove.

Lincoln man pleads guilty to school sex assault
Lincoln Journal Star Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:16 PM PST
Joseph Siems Jr. pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting a 5-year-old boy in an Arnold Elementary School restroom in September. Siems, 27, could receive up to 50 years in prison when he is sentenced Jan. 17 by Lancaster County District Judge Karen B. Flowers.

Science says there's more than hormones at work in teenagers' emotional issues
The Olympian Sat, 24 Dec 2005 7:02 AM PST
ST. LOUIS - New brain research is shattering assumptions held for generations about the adolescent mind, fueling a battle over teen mental health, the rights of parents and the effectiveness of treatment.

Santa admits he killed his cousin.

The Boston Herald; 12/21/2005; Sweet, Laurel J.

Byline: LAUREL J. SWEET

A Dorchester man named Santa gave his conflicted family the yuletide gift of contrition yesterday by 'fessing up to killing his cousin at a Christmas party two years ago.

Torn between anguish and fidelity, Benjamin Santa's tearful mother would speak no evil of her son, even as he was spirited away in chains from a Boston courtroom.

"I couldn't even hug or kiss him," Luz Caban said of Santa, 24, the oldest of her four children. "There's no Christmas for us."

Santa, wearing sunglasses, his braided hair pulled back in a ponytail, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 14 to 15 years in state prison by Suffolk Superior Judge Elizabeth Donovan.

A middle-school dropout who picked up work as a cook, Santa fatally stabbed his cousin, 44-year-old Jose Acevedo, Dec. 28, 2003, when Acevedo stepped in to defend their grandmother, Angela Caban, from Santa's wrath.

Santa, who is bipolar and suffers from an anxiety disorder, had not medicated himself in two weeks when he plunged a kitchen knife into Acevedo's gut after Acevedo tossed a chair at him.

Hours after the attack, Assistant Suffolk District Attorney Mark Hallal told Donovan Santa turned up at Boston Medical Center and said, "he was depressed and suicidal. He stated that he had stabbed his cousin by accident while shielding himself from a chair."

Fearing his 70-year-old grandmother won't live to see him hang another stocking, Santa was granted permission to pose for a photo with her.

Santa's mother said his sentence amounted to a lump of coal.

"Nobody holds a grudge against him," she said.

Caption: CONFESSION: Benjamin Santa admits killing his cousin two years ago. STAFF PHOTO BY TARA CARVALHO

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