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What Happens When Chronically Ill Kids Grow Up
Physically disabled young adults who weren't supposed to live this long find themselves hemmed in by an unprepared heath care system
By Paul Knight
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Cannes Class of 2008
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"The Old Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art"
A CAMH exhibition unearths this country's strangeness
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Tamarie at Target
A Houston favorite gets married — and tells us all about it at Stages
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Mexican Property and Evil Eyes
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Tuesday, July 1
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Stars & Stripes Celebration
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