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5 memoirs to add to your 2013 reading list
A new crop of memoirs takes readers to the worlds authors once knew.
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15 promising nonfiction books for spring 2013
April showers bring May flowers. Here's some fresh non-fiction to check out this spring while you enjoy the new greenery.
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Top 10 places to buy a foreclosed home
Here are the Top 10 metropolitan areas to buy a foreclosed home, according to RealtyTrac:
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3 novels about home and estrangement
Robert Frost once defined home as “the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” In this week's fiction roundup, three men estranged from their families find out if he was right.
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George Ferris: Here are all 10 of Google's animal odd couples
Google's latest doodle combines two events. The love-themed amusement park celebrates Valentine's Day and the 154th birthday of George Ferris, who invented the Ferris wheel. Clicking on the heart-button located in the center of the doodle makes the two Ferris wheels spin. When they stop, a new couple is formed and they go on a date. Much like real-life dating, some of these dates end well and others, well, let's just say the other dates shouldn't expect a second one. Have you seen all of the couples? If not, here's your chance to see the curious pairs.
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Stimulus 2: Can more spending spur a recovery?
Many economists agree another stimulus package is necessary. Some are skeptical about its benefits.
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Studs Terkel
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The life and work of Studs Terkel
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McCain makes his closing arguments
Behind in the polls and in key swing states, he throws everything he can at Obama.
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With videos, high art meets high-tech
Aging formats and rights agreements ensnarl the growing video art genre.
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Marriage across the red-blue divide
A wife and husband argue about politics, but they now move seamlessly from dialogue to dinner.
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Ecofriendly is good business
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Surging Obama campaign suggests US racism on the wane
Prejudice lingers, but there’s evidence it’s becoming a thing of the past.
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A feisty McCain, a cool Obama, and appeals to 'Joes' everywhere
In last presidential debate, McCain makes starkest break yet with Bush, invokes an Ohio plumber to discredit Obama's tax policies.
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JROTC: Leadership course or recruiting tool?
San Francisco will vote in November on a ballot to save the military program in schools.
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Review roundup: T-Mobile G1
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McCain aims for crucial senior vote
Obama now leads in states with many older voters.
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Americans tightening belts
More consumers are trimming spending and debt because their net worth has fallen fast.
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My neighbor is running for president
Barack Obama? Oh sure, he's just a guy from the next block over.
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Biden: "McCain campaign is on the ropes"
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Kenya deports anti-Obama author
Jerome Corsi, author of "Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," tried to launch his new book, but violated immigration rules, Kenyan officials say.
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Obama-McCain debate: jabs, but no knockout
Economic anxiety overshadows Tuesday's matchup; McCain offers plan for Treasury to buy, renegotiate terms of 'bad home loan mortgages.'
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Fed makes boldest move yet
The central bank plans to buy debt directly from companies for the first time in decades.
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Report: Illicit urban chicken movement growing in US
The Worldwatch Institute reports that a growing number of US city-dwellers are raising their own chickens, often in defiance of local ordinances.
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Bicycle recyclers empower riders
Programs in New York and elsewhere train young mechanics and provide ‘beater’ bikes.
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A baseball fan's inner complexities
Being a fan isn't as simple as rooting for the home team.
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Supreme Court lets stand death sentence after Bible reading
A death-row inmate claimed the jury foreman violated his fair-trial rights by reading out loud from Romans.
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'This I Believe II'
Americans from all walks of life share their personal credos in 500-word essays.
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Kenyan officials deport anti-Obama author
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