Oliver Sacks, Renowned Neurologist And Author, Dies At 82 Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Oliver Sacks, Renowned Neurologist And Author, Dies At 82 His book Awakenings, about reviving patients from a catatonic state was turned into a 1990 film. He also wrote more than a dozen other books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. Read this story Rio's Favelas Feel The Peace — And The Pressure — Of Pacification Before hosting the World Cup, Brazil launched a program to pacify high-crime slums. The project has cut violence in some areas, but in others residents have been caught in the police crossfire. Read this story Sanders Gaining On Clinton. '2008 All Over Again'? Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has the energy, the enthusiasm and now showing strength in the poll numbers as the Democratic nomination contest looks more and more like a race every day. Read this story Broadway's First Black Jean ValJean Dies At 21 When he debuted earlier this summer, Kyle Jean-Baptiste was also the youngest person ever to play the lead character in Les Miserables on Broadway. He died in an accident Saturday. Read this story Protests In Malaysia Target Prime Minister Over Alleged Corruption Pressure on Premier Najib Razak has mounted since a revelation last month that $600 million had been improperly transferred from a failing state fund. Read this story more news stories

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