Dark days

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A writer contemplates death at the scene of a murder-suicide to which she has accompanied the police . The woman lies on the bed, her husband on the floor. The children, who saw the murder, have been taken away. Violence fascinates Americans, but they go back to security. They want to read about it in novels and look at it in crime dramas on television. Some people, however, feel that they can only find recognition in being mass murderers. They see such people becoming cultural icons, treated with awe and reverence in today's culture, having posters and Web sites in their honor. Then they emulate them.

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After Dark: 100 Years of the Evening Dress

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An exhibition titled "After Dark: 100 Years of the Evening dress" is scheduled to be held at the Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, from April 1, 2007. The displays would include more than 25 gowns from Chanel, Balenclaga, Christian Dior, Mainbocher and Charles James.

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Phoenix: up from the desert

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A brief history of Phoenix's modernism is presented. Phoenix in about 1857 was a small farming settlement with mud and wood houses but now houses among its notable structures the Burton Barr Central Library and the Hangar One complex.

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