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Is 'Family Circus' sending grandma to a nursing home?

Is Grandma Keane about to be banished from the sentimental panels of "Family Circus"?With so many of the older generation ofKeanes stuck...
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After Bil Keane's death, a despondent Jeffy seeks employment outside 'Circus'

Could the Family Circus be ready to fold its tent?We don't know how many people thrill to reading the latest episode of Lalo Alcaraz's ...
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Don't tell Jeffy, but 'Family Circus' creator Bil Keane is dead at 89

In a turn of events that could cast a pall over one of America's best-known cartoon familes, "Family Circus" creator Bil Keane has...
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With economy still unsettled, the Keanes recycle their mucus in 'Family Circus'

In a sign of how the nation's roiled finances continue to press comics' beloved Keane family, we find that little Jeffy has offered to...
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Little Billy from 'Family Circus' may have an eating disorder

At first blush, coming upon any tow-headed moppet find a new way to cadge cookies froma parent in a grocery store would seem like the height...
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Finally, little PJ cracks in 'Family Circus,' and tries to poison his mom

Of all the horrible denouementsthat could possiblybefall the sundry cast of "Family Circus," this comes most from left field. Driven mad,...
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The new popularity of comic-strip child abuse, as seen in 'Baby Blues'

Parental neglect reaches new heights in "Baby Blues" as the non-descript parents in this strip have spent all week allowing their young...
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More bad news in 'Family Circus': Dolly has mental-health issues

And the hits just keep on comin' at good-times stalwart "Family Circus." In Saturday's strip, we learn that Dolly is on the verge of...
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At last! 'Family Circus' kid admits he's waaaaay older than he looks

Billy looks like a young kid, but it sounds as if he's older than his appearance might suggest (Chron.com)We've long suspected that the Keane...
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More skimping and saving at 'Family Circus'

The stock market is up significantly from where it was just twelve months ago, but the genteel Keane family continues to worry about finances at...
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