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                    [Title] => SC disbars two lawyers, suspends another
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MANILA, Philippines -- The Judiciary’s relentless efforts to weed of misfits not just the Bench but the Bar as well continues. Following its three-year suspension imposed on lawyer-tri-media personality Atty. Melanio “Batas” Mauricio, Jr., the Supreme Court in separate decisions disbarred two lawyers and suspended another for various offenses.

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NEW YORK (AP) - Broadway prepared to say goodbye Sunday to "Rent," 12 years and 5,124 performances after it first became a rock musical with a message for theatergoers of all ages.

"There's mixed emotions, but it's time," said Allan S. Gordon, one of its producers.

The show, book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, was born off-Broadway in triumph and tragedy. Larson died of an aortic aneurism after its final dress rehearsal in January 1996. He was 35.

"It was the most shocking thing," Gordon recalled. "I still can't believe Jonathan is dead. All you need is one (big hit), and he had that. I don't miss what he didn't write. I feel bad that he isn't here to enjoy what he did."

Larson's tale of free-spirited artists and street people in a gritty drug- and AIDS-plagued East Village of the early 1990s touched several generations.

Rave reviews propelled "Rent" to Broadway where the musical opened the following April at the Nederlander Theatre, a house often shunned by producers because it was on the wrong side of 42nd Street.

The show, inspired by Puccini's "La Boheme," found a ready-made audience in young people. Its fanatical supporters were nicknamed "Rentheads," and many of them saw the show after the musical instituted a same-day, front-row ticket price of $20. The plan proved so popular that it was changed to a lottery format to accommodate the demand.

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