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Woman Gets Slapped With Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Label

Dallas Observer | March 8, 2005

During a custody battle, Dr. Susan Diamond was labeled as having a psychiatric disorder in which a parent fabricates or aggravates a child's illness in order to get attention. But the diagnosis is a controversial one.

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Tags: psychiatry

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You might think that it was one of those thorny ethical conflicts. How would the Dallas Observer behave when its tough-talking former city columnist became mayor? Would we join her team? Be her pals? Suck up? Or would we keep...

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The Said Girls Made One Deadly Misstep: They Fell in Lovenew

News that a Muslim father had been accused of murdering two beautiful daughters because he disapproved of their boyfriends triggered an instantaneous and predictable reaction from non-Muslims: It had to be an "Islamic" honor killing. The truth is more complex.

Dallas Observer | Glenna Whitley | 06-23-2008 | Crime & Justice

Tags: religion, Islam, crime & justice, Egyptian culture, honor killings, Muslim culture, Yaser Said

Dallas Has a Real-Life 'House' in Dr. Richard Buchnew

Some call Dr. Buch a troubled genius. His ex-patients and hospital bosses call him trouble.

Dallas Observer | Glenna Whitley | 04-14-2008 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Russell Fish Hopes to Redefine the Computer Industrynew

His current project promises to top them all: a new "computer architecture" enabling applications like cell phones that translate languages and computers that reduce the time it takes to sequence DNA from months to days.

Dallas Observer | Glenna Whitley | 11-21-2007 | Tech

Tags: computers & technology

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