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10 quotes from "E.B. White on Dogs"
In "E.B. White on Dogs," the famed author and essayist discusses man's best friend. Here are a few choice samples of White's writing on dogs.
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Boston Marathon bombings: 5 books to read in the aftermath
In the wake of the tragedy, check out these five titles which address topics from patriotism to strength in the face of disaster.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner: 5 books about the world's most audacious art theft
These five books – fiction and nonfiction – share a connection to the notorious March 18, 1990, theft of 13 masterworks from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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Dog breeds: The most popular pooches in US since 1880
The American Kennel Club has been tracking the popularity of purebred dogs for 128 years as the number of recognized breeds grew from nine to 177. Here's of the country's most popular dog breeds by the decade, according to data released by the AKC:
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The Super Bowl: 10 football books to gear you up for the big game
The biggest sports game of the year is just around the corner. Here are some books to put you in the mood.
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Boston bombing probe: What Tsarnaev's friends tell us about adolescents
The arrests of three college friends of Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could be a chance for adults to help young people sort through complicated issues of friendship and loyalty, as well as moral and legal obligations.
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Boston bombing probe: Three suspects told stories that don't match
In broad terms, the three suspects arrested and charged with obstructing justice in the Boston bombing investigation told the same story. But the accounts varied on some important details.
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Chapter & Verse Tsarnaev brothers will be focus of new biography
The biography's author Masha Gessen, a journalist born in Russia who has also lived in the US, has also written about Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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American Idol: And the winner is, Harry Connick, Jr. (+video)
American Idol recap: On Wednesday night, the top four American Idol contestants battled it out for the second week in a row, except this time they had the help of Harry Connick, Jr..
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Hunger strike: Obama reiterates vow to close Guantanamo
About 100 of the 166 detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison are participating in a hunger strike. The forced feeding of hunger strikers has drawn renewed human rights attention.
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Lawyers who defend terror suspects have thankless task. Why do they do it?
The defense team for Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev includes several lawyers experienced in terrorism cases. It takes a certain kind of lawyer, it seems, to represent accused terrorists.
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The New Economy Case-Shiller: Home prices in 20 cities rise at fastest rate since 2006
Home prices increased by 9.3 percent, their largest annual margin in nearly seven years. But experts warn that a backlog in some markets could keep home prices low for the foreseeable future.
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Decoder Wire Ron Paul slams Boston police. Has he gone too far?
Ron Paul, in a posting on the website of a libertarian activist, accused US law enforcement of 'a military-style occupation of an American city' in its response to the Boston bombing.
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Opinion: Why civilian courts are best for terror trials, especially Boston bombing suspect
As more than 1,000 terrorism trials over the last decade show, the federal court system is well equipped to handle terrorism cases like that of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. His trial may also help harmonize US counterterrorism efforts with those of its allies.
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Stir It Up! Baking for Boston: Peanut butter pound cake and lemon coconut bars
There's nothing better than sharing baked good with friends. A care package containing peanut butter pound cake with peanut butter frosting and lemon coconut bars went to Boston.
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Learning to love them
A Christian Science perspective: Facing the temptation to make generalizations about those 'not like us'
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Putin, Obama speak again amid probe into Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev remains the focus of investigation in both Russia and the US, as authorities seek to learn how he became radicalized. Here are four other developments in the case.
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Energy Voices Prague blast: How big a threat are natural gas explosions? (+video)
An explosion in Prague follows by a day a blast in France, both thought to linked to natural gas. Big natural gas blasts like the one in Prague are rare in the US, but more could be done to avoid them, experts say.
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Can cooperation on Boston bombings bridge US-Russia distrust? It will be hard. (+video)
Since the Boston bombings, Russia has shared intelligence and Putin and Obama have pledged to cooperate. But US-Russia distrust runs deep, experts caution.
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When 'terror' doesn't mean 'terrorism'
The public conversation loses something when terror – a human emotion – becomes an all-purpose synonym for terrorism, a political or ideological tactic.
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Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick retells the story of the bloodiest battle of the American Revolution, after which there was no turning back.
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Global News Blog The Paris beat: not all chocolat et fromage
Europe bureau chief Sara Llana writes that getting through immigration's bureaucracy in Paris is a lot harder than in her last assignment, Mexico City.
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Opinion: Reminder from Boston Marathon bombings: A need to integrate immigrant children
The Boston Marathon bombings could not have been foreseen in the case files of 8-year-old asylum seeker, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and his 15-year-old brother, Tamerlan. What should be questioned is whether US authorities do enough to integrate immigrant children once they arrive.
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Boston bombing reveals a new American maturity toward insecurityThe post-9/11 'new normal' has evolved: The tactical and emotional responses to the Boston Marathon bombings show what experts call a national maturity toward terrorism that echoes longer experience with such crises in England, Spain, Russia, Japan, and Israel.
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Did Boston Marathon bombing suspects’ mother push them toward jihad? (+video)
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva says her sons were framed by US authorities in the Boston Marathon bombing. But in recorded conversations, she discusses jihad with her son Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
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Global News Blog Why the alleged Boston bombers' mom probably won't be extradited (+video)
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva may stay out of American custody because the US and Russia do not have a bilateral extradition treaty, despite efforts by Moscow to negotiate one.
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USA Update Bomb suspect Instagram account offers intriguing insights (+video)
Bomb suspect Instagram account was deleted recently – unlike Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's other social media accounts. The bomb suspect also 'liked' an Instagram photo linked to Chechen terrorism.
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Global News Blog Don't blame Canada: Former ambassador to Iran on Argo, America, and nukes
Canada's envoy to Tehran at the time of the Islamic revolution and the US hostage crisis, says Argo disappointed him and that he's worried about where Iran's nuclear program might lead.
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Chapter & Verse Boston marathon bombing: how it connects Tolstoy, David Foster Wallace
Echoes of one of Tolstoy's great works, inspired by the conflict between Russia and Chechnya, can be found in the final novel by David Foster Wallace.
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Opinion: Boston bombings: Come together, right now, on social media
After the Boston bombings, we, as Americans, rose together in a time of tragedy. Social media accelerated our camaraderie faster than ever. It can sustain it further still, despite some of the downsides of this technology.
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