There are also quotes from a madrigal by the Italian baroque composer, Claudio Monteverdi, which sound just out of reach just beneath an only partially penetrable, dark surface.

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Then Ms. Madrigal shared a story she doesn't often tell, about the end of her first marriage and how she had to rebuild her life afterward.

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His mother runs her own corporate human-resources firm, where Mr. Madrigal had a lucrative job that he quit at age 32 to pursue comedy and acting full-time.

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The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal wrote a column called " Hey Reddit, Enough Boston Bombing Vigilantism, " and followed it up with a story on how the names of two innocent people got repeated in a viral loop on social media.

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Then two months ago, Ms. Madrigal was in a store when a woman complimented her hair.

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Ines Perez and her daughter, Ines Madrigal, have a typically loving mother-daughter relationship but are also caught in the stolen babies scandal.

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It has been exciting, Ms. Madrigal says, to discover she could make a deep friendship so quickly.

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Madrigal points out that having too much data is a struggle for authorities after a riot.

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In a summary of his testimony to investigators in the case of Ines Madrigal, Vela denies any wrong-doing, saying that he only helped women who wanted to put their children up for adoption, never pressuring any mother to do so.

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Mr. Madrigal also performed comedy tenaciously, doing up to 10 shows a week at clubs like the Comedy Store and the Laugh Factory.

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Valverde, who moved to El Madrigal after Manuel Pellegrini joined Real Madrid in June, bid a sad farewell to his players on Monday.

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Villarreal denied Pep Guardiola's men the title last weekend as they scored a last-gasp leveller at the Nou Camp, and there was another thrilling climax at El Madrigal, although this time Barca were the beneficiaries of the late goal.

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Mr. Madrigal says he had to learn some newsgathering techniques, but he thinks all comedians are journalists in a way.

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