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( A couple of random photos from a park. )

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Tom Mankiewicz, rest in peace. The son of Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who wrote and directed All About Eve, and the nephew of Herman (who co-wrote Citizen Kane), he worked on Superman and several of the Bond films, as well as writing Mother, Jugs and Speed.

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Erin Vaught made a trip to the emergency room at Ball Memorial Hospital in Central Indiana on July 18th. She came in coughing up blood and was expecting treatment for a lung condition.

Instead of receiving appropriate medical treatment, Vaught was subject to ridiculing by hospital staff and was denied treatment, all because she’s transgender.

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The head of Chile's Socialist party, Senator Fulvio Rossi, told reporters on Sunday that he planned to sponsor a bill to legalize gay marriage in the country, as occurred last month in neighboring Argentina.

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Some rather realistic-looking brain cupcakes.