Literature
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Superman's debut sells for $1 millionFeb 21, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $1 million, smashing a record set just last year. The issue sold Monday morning is a 1938...
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Cycle World motorcycle show at Stephens centerFeb 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Free Celebrate Purim The JUF Book Buddies group invites youngsters and their families to celebrate Purim, the Jewish holiday of deliverance with book...
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Focus on food detracts from 'Keeping the Feast'Feb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Foreign correspondents Paula Butturini and John Tagliabue had been married less than a month when Tagliabue was shot while covering the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaucescu in...
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Best-selling author Neil Gaiman coming to NapervilleFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - "Coraline" author Neil Gaiman will be making a flurry of appearances around the Naperville area next week as part of the 2010 Naperville Reads campaign. The annual campa...
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Colorful characters parade through 'Gator-a-go-go'Feb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - More than a decade ago, Patrick McKenna ratted out a violent gang of Florida drug dealers and disappeared into the federal witness protection program. But now, a selfles...
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Ensler's 'Emotional Creature' is emotional readFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Anyone familiar with the work of activist-writer Eve Ensler knows she's all about girl power. Ensler wrote "The Vagina Monologues," which over the years has featured wel...
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Dick Francis, thriller writer and ex-jockey, diesFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Dick Francis, the best-selling British thriller writer and former champion jockey, has died in his home in the Cayman Islands. He was 89. A successful steeplec...
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African-American veterans honored at Greenbelt Cultural CenterFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Remembering the vets The Greenbelt Cultural Center salutes African-American veterans with a special "Profiles in Excellence" program devoted to the veterans. Mil...
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'National Bubblegum Day' author in NapervilleFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - • Meet author and founder of "National Bubblegum Day" Ruth Spiro as she signs copies of her book "Lester Fizz, Bubble Gum Artist" at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at Anderson's...
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'Voodoo Histories' takes on conspiracy theoriesFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - "Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History" (Riverhead, 400 pages, $26.95), by David Aaronovitch: Did you hear the real story? The Se...