Literature
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Clinton offers job creation policies in new bookNov 07, 2011 1:00 pm - NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton says in a new book that last summer's political fight over raising the U.S. debt ceiling made the nation look “weak and confused...
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Madoff wife, son said they didn’t know about fraudNov 05, 2011 7:05 am - NEW YORK — Bernard Madoff’s wife and surviving son say in a new book that they didn’t know of his $65 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history, until the day in Dece...
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Book gives look at Giffords recoveryNov 04, 2011 12:00 am - PHOENIX — When President George H.W. Bush came to visit her in the hospital, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords could say only “Wow!” and another word she had been uttering frequen...
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Book notes: Have tea with Fern Schumer ChapmanNov 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ Meet author Jo Fredell Higgins as she signs copies of her latest title, “Montgomery,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Costco, 1320 S. Route 59, Naperville. For i...
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If all dogs go to heaven, did these come back as angels?Nov 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights author's book on dog angels finalist for award
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James Garner opens up in amiable 'Garner Files'Nov 01, 2011 3:00 pm - Better not say anything nasty to his face about “The Garner Files” or actor James Garner might just haul off and deck you. Garner has decked a lot of people over the yea...
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N. Barrington rocker-turned-author embraces his dark sideNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - Jeremy Wagner guesses he has a “dark seed.” As a kid, he was drawn to the horror novels of Stephen King. And when Wagner was in his teens and 20s, his love of the dark s...
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Brokaw urges people to make a differenceOct 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Just in time for the 2012 general election, Tom Brokaw has written a book that begins with the sentence: “What happened to the America I thought I knew?” It's easy to im...
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Former FBI profiler says sometimes gut is wrongOct 29, 2011 6:11 am - WASHINGTON — The man sitting in front of Mary Ellen O’Toole was, she says, a well-mannered guy. “He was low-key. He was nice. He didn’t swear.” He was very proud of his ...
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'Defensive Wounds' a shock-filled winnerOct 28, 2011 6:00 am - Forensic scientist Theresa MacLean tackles a case that might be too close to home in Lisa Black's latest novel, “Defensive Wounds.” Like the classic locked-room mysterie...