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  • Officers revive teen-ager found unconscious and intoxicated

    06/12/2005 5:19:08 AM PDT · by tuffydoodle · 82 replies · 1,282+ views
    Officers revive teen-ager found unconscious and intoxicated By Ben Tinsley Star-Telegram Staff Writer RICHLAND HILLS - A teen-ager found intoxicated and unconscious in a front yard last week had to be revived by officers, officials said. Although the 15-year-old did not require medical treatment later, officers were initially unable to get a response, Richland Hills Police Chief Barbara Childress said. A passer-by noticed the teen in front of a home shortly before noon Tuesday in the 7000 block of Hovenkamp Avenue, Childress said. The boy had apparently sat on the curb and fell backward, with his feet dangling in the...
  • We Hobbits are a Merry Folk...

    01/03/2003 9:31:31 AM PST · by Alkhin · 17 replies · 427+ views
    David Brin's Official Website ^ | Dec. 4, 2002 | David Brin
    Want to forget about terrorism and all those distracting rumors of war? Need to ignore the economy for a while? Got the holiday blues? Our culture has a sure fire cure -- the traditional spate of post-Thanksgiving movies. This year, despite a clamor over the latest Harry Potter film, much of the attention is going to another fantasy called The Two Towers -- part two in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Will it succeed in distracting us for a while, conveying audiences to a world that is at once more beautiful and stirring than humdrum modern life? Naturally, I...