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Updated: 08 Jan 00:39
Boyloaf's boys
08 Jan 00:27
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Meeting one of the speed-boat gangs of the Niger Delta
Brain-cooling devices developed
08 Jan 00:06
Scientists are developing new ways to cool heart attack and stroke victims' brains to protect them from damage.
Oil prices drop as US stocks rise
07 Jan 23:41
Oil prices fall sharply as US crude oil stocks soar amid evidence of continuing weakening energy demand by consumers.
Israel accepts truce 'principles'
07 Jan 23:15
Israel says it accepts the principles of a truce plan for Gaza but its military offensive against Hamas has resumed.
Derby 1-0 Man Utd
07 Jan 21:41
Kris Commons' ferocious strike gives Derby County a shock 1-0 win in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Pride Park.
Author of Conversations With God Admits Essay Wasnt His
07 Jan 05:50
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A personal Christmas tale posted online by the author Neale Donald Walsch turns out to belong to someone else the writer Candy Chand, who first published it 10 years ago.
Richard Seaver, Publisher, Dies at 82
07 Jan 05:45
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Mr. Seaver defied censorship and conventional literary standards to bring works by rabble-rousing authors like Samuel Beckett, Henry Miller and William Burroughs to American readers.
Arts, Briefly: Laura Bush Signs Deal for Her Memoirs
07 Jan 05:20
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Scribner has acquired Mrs. Bushs not-yet-titled book, which will include her experiences in the White House, and plans to publish it in 2010.
Books of The Times: When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won
07 Jan 04:09
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Steve Knoppers stark accounting of the mistakes major record labels have made in the digital era suggests they are largely responsible for their own demise.
Arts, Briefly: Winfrey Web Site Notes Fabricated Memoir
07 Jan 04:01
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Oprah.com, the Web site of The Oprah Winfrey Show, has posted a disclaimer acknowledging that Herman Rosenblat admitted he had invented portions of his Holocaust memoir.
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Updated: 08 Jan 00:51
Philippe Sands Considers A Legacy Of 'Torture'
07 Jan 21:56
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In his 2008 book, Torture Team, British lawyer Philippe Sands accuses the Bush administration of condoning harsh interrogation techniques.
'Sea of Poppies': An Epic Tale Of Opium And Empire
07 Jan 18:01
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In Sea of Poppies, a British trading ship carrying an eclectic group of passengers sets sail on the eve of the First Opium War. The novel, the sixth from Amitav Ghosh, was shortlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize.
'Go, Tell Michelle': Wisdom For The Future First Lady
07 Jan 17:14
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In a new book called Go, Tell Michelle: African American Women Write to the New First Lady, women published words of wisdom for Michelle Obama. The idea was to give the incoming first lady support, adulation and love for when she gets to the White House.
Sontag On Sontag: Journals Record A Writer's Birth
06 Jan 21:47
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In her journals, Susan Sontag exhibits the fierce intelligence that distinguishes her work along with a vulnerability that may surprise. The result is an absorbing chronicle of emotional and intellectual self-discovery.
Child's Autism Helps Author Write Mnemonic Book
06 Jan 21:33
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British journalist Christopher Stevens talks about his new book, Thirty Days Has September: Cool Way to Remember Stuff. Stevens says the book is aimed primarily at children and was based on his experience teaching his autistic son.
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Two Roads Diverged
The world buried two former presidents this week. The fates of the two could not have been more different.
One, a humble man, sought to serve his country as a statesman for over two decades, never seeking higher office. Unprecedented events thrust him into the Oval Office. Ford walked softly and lead by example through one of the most difficult times in a nation's history.
The other, a despot, seized control of his nation and made himself into an earlthy deity, living above the law of humanity and dying in the same manner.
A servant and an overthrown king, one deeply loved and admired, the other, an object of international fear, disgust and condemnation. We are a poorer world for the loss of one and better for the vile lessons of the other.
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