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Robin Roberts Memoir Coming Next Year
ReutersMay 22 (TheWrap.com) - Robin Roberts will release a memoir in April 2014 detailing her battle against her life-threatening illness and return to the "Good Morning America" anchor desk. Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, is...Tags: Barack Obama, ESPN (tv network), Good Morning America (tv program), The New York Times, ABC (tv network)
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Wall Street rises as concern eases over Fed tapering
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank needed to see further signs of traction in the economy before it tapered its stimulus efforts. The head of the central bank said the Fed's...Tags: Edward Jones, Emerson Electric Company, BlackBerry, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), EOG Resources Incorporated
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Culinary features on Anna Maria Island Mainsail Beach Inn on Florida’s Anna Maria Island has partnered with the Beach Bistro to offer a number of culinary luxuries to...Tags: Prices, Tennessee Volunteers, Environmental Cleanup, Vie, Pixar Animation
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Pearson agrees $75 million settlement in U.S. e-books case
ReutersLONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - British publisher Pearson's Penguin unit said on Wednesday it would pay $75 million in damages plus costs to U.S. states and consumers as part of an agreement over alleged price-fixing in the e-book market. Pearson, which will...Tags: Trials, Antitrust Issues, Amazon.com Inc., Prices, Crime, Law and Justice
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Amy Fine Collins' 'God of Driving' Heads Toward Big Screen
VarietyDignity Film Finance is driving toward a feature film version of "The God of Driving," acquiring movie rights to the Amy Fine Collins novel. Dignity will fully finance and "Gray Matters" director Sue Kramer will direct from her own adaptation of the...Tags: Manhattan (New York City)
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TV news anchor Robin Roberts to write memoir -publisher
ReutersNEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - Robin Roberts, the popular co-host of U.S. television show "Good Morning America," will write a memoir detailing her struggles against cancer and a blood disorder and the lessons she has learned, her publisher said on Monday....Tags: Television, Entertainment, Good Morning America (tv program), Blood Disorders, Breast Cancer
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FEATURE-Turkey presents Prophet's sayings for the 21st Century
ReutersBy Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor ANKARA, May 22 (Reuters) - Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad's sayings that might scrap those it...Tags: Punishment, Qur'an, Education, Egypt, Roman Catholicism
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PASSINGS: Bernard Waber
Bernard Waber, 91, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," died Thursday at his Long Island, N.Y., home after a long illness, according to a statement from his publisher, Houghton Mifflin...Tags: Arts and Culture, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), University of Pennsylvania, Long Island, Authors
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Qantas to fly the literary skies
Australia's Qantas Airlines is promoting the announcement of its extended flight routes by commissioning a series of books that last exactly as long as each flight. For passengers, that could mean less worrying about when it's safe to use electronic...
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Gibney Details Assange and Manning's Transformations in Wikileaks Doc
VarietyBy the time Alex Gibney started chronicling the story of Julian Assange and Wikileaks in "We Steal Secrets" -- which debuts May 24 via Focus World -- the charismatic hacker's personality had already changed. The attention-craving Aussie was becoming...Tags: Theft, Movies, Adrian Lamo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Entertainment
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Rain clouds, trees and a metaphor
A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and reported in The New York Times [May 14, 2013], informs us that (1) "For years, scientists and engineers have noticed an increase in river flows when the trees along the...Tags: Science and Technology, Government, The New York Times, Religion and Belief, Science
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Ray Manzarek remembered the Doors in his books
When Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek died Monday, he left behind a musical legacy that included 15 singles that made Billboard's hot 100 list, including the songs "Light My Fire," "Waiting for the Sun," "Touch Me," "Riders on the Storm," and "People Are...
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