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California a failed state »
Posted by: jovial 4 months, 4 weeks ago in News
California is in crisis. The state is $24bn short of balancing its books this year - and it may run out of cash to pay its ...
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Is Reading for Pleasure Beneficial? »
Posted by: WikiMap 9 months, 4 weeks ago in News
“Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.” said Francis Bacon. The above quotation implies that in the process ...
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Twitter Crackdown: NYC Activist Arrested for Using Social Networking Site during G-20 Protest in Pittsburgh »
Posted by: jovial 1 month ago in Political News
Elliot Madison was arrested last month during the G-20 protests in Pittsburgh when police raided his hotel room. Police say Madison and a co-defendant used ...
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Public Provides Giggles; Bloggers Get the Book Deal »
Posted by: aStorygirl 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The latest frenzy for blog-to-book takes the lazy, Tom Sawyer approach to authorship. The creators come up with a goofy or witty idea, put it ...
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Here's the story about Palin's book-banning try as mayor »
Posted by: Wil 1 year, 2 months ago in News
Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should ...
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INTERESTING BOOKS SOLD BY CAIR »
Posted by: RedRiverJ 6 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The Council on American Islamic Relations CAIR is caught red handed selling Sayyid Qutb (the father of Jihad) books and anti-Judeo-Christian material which s...
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The Day Obscenity Became Art »
Posted by: Beau7890 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
TODAY is the 50th anniversary of the court ruling that overturned America's obscenity laws, setting off an explosion of free speech -- and also, in ...
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The Least-Read Book in America »
Posted by: pacodecabra 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
The best-selling book of all time is also the least-read book in America today.
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BEWARE OF THE PSYCHOPATH MY SON »
Posted by: Radiofreeeuropa 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
Why, no matter how much intelligent goodwill exists in the world, is there so much war, suffering and injustice? It doesn't seem to matter ...
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Support Banned Books Week Sep. 26 - Oct. 3, 2009 »
Posted by: pacodecabra 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
The 28th Annual Banned Books Week will be held September 26th through October 3rd and will involve special events and displays at libraries and bookstores ...
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Top 10 most challenged books in US »
Posted by: JessicaLaurie 1 month, 1 week ago in Arts & Entertainment
Books most commonly targeted for censorship, according to the American Library Association
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15 Books to Inspire Awesome Halloween Costume Ideas »
Posted by: nuiloa 2 weeks, 3 days ago in Arts & Entertainment
If you’re interested in getting good costume ideas out of books, there are plenty to be had. Here are 15 books that offer great ...
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How to Collect Books That Will Become Valuable »
Posted by: pacodecabra 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Everyone has heard of the astronomical prices that some books command today, from first editions of Hemingway to signed copies of the Harry Potter books ...
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Tweens are Everywhere: Five more websites for Tween Girls »
Posted by: jwag57 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Family
Many parents aren't comfortable having their 8-12 year old daughters on Facebook or MySpace where people of all ages lurk. Here are five more ...
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Corn Flakes with John Lennon - Rock Memoir by Robert Hilburn »
Posted by: jwag57 1 month ago in Arts & Entertainment
Robert Hilburn, music critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1970 to 2005 has written a new book of his memoirs, Corn Flakes with John ...
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