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Oscars Rewind: How ‘American Beauty’ Lost Its Luster

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Oscars Rewind: How ‘American Beauty’ Lost Its Luster

It was March 2000, and everything was coming up roses for “American Beauty.” There were the box office receipts (more than $350 million worldwide, not adjusted for inflation, against a budget of roughly $15 million, according to the data site Box Office Mojo). The rave reviews (“a hell of a …

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ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died.

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ExThera Claimed Its Device Could Cure Cancer. But Patients Died.

The private jet took off from the Caribbean island of Antigua in April carrying three highly flammable tanks of compressed oxygen and a terminally ill cancer patient. Kim Hudlow had chartered the plane for her husband, David. She crouched by his side on the five-hour journey to Florida, frantically adjusting …

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