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3 novels about family, crime, and love
In this week's fiction roundup, two girls try to hide the deaths of their parents, two American writers fall in love (at least in a novel), and an international bestseller explores the lengths a family will go to clean up after a crime.
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Presidential libraries: from Boston to Honolulu ... or maybe Chicago
Presidential libraries can be found coast to coast, and may even go beyond that once a site is selected for President Obama's future repository of documents and artifacts. To quickly hopscotch around to the 13 official presidential libraries and museums overseen by the National Archives, plus that of Abraham Lincoln, check out this library list.
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10 weird criminal sentences
Check out these 10 court cases where judges have done more than sentence the guilty to a fine or jail time.
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5 crowd-pleasing holiday specials
Looking for something holiday-themed that the whole family will enjoy? These five specials have stood the test of time and will be loved by young and old alike.
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How well do you know global Christmas traditions? Take the quiz
Test your knowledge about how the Christmas holidays are celebrated from the Philippines to Mexico.
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The Simple Dollar Scour the web for savings
Sites like Craigslist and Freecycle are great resources for finding deals, Hamm writes.
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Saving Money The 4 best (and worst) return policies this holiday shopping season
Shoppers beware: Failing to read a store's return policy could leave your friends and relatives stuck with unwanted gifts. Here are the stores with the four best (and four worst) return policies for 2012 holiday shopping.
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Culture Cafe 'American Horror Story': Did the season 2 premiere measure up to last year's episodes?
'American Horror Story' returns for its second season with the story now centered on an asylum.
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Change Agent Brass City Harvest brings fresh food to an urban 'desert'
In the middle of Waterbury, Conn., a faded industrial city, Brass City Harvest will open a year-round farmers market, offering fresh produce and other goods from eight Connecticut farms.
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The Simple Dollar Christmas lists as budget lessons
When it comes to spending, A Christmas list can be a teachable moment for young children.
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The X Factor wraps up auditions . . . finally
After the grueling and bizarrely circuitous audition rounds, The X Factor is poised to move on to Bootcamp. Will the X Factor improve with the change of pace?
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Holidays to cheer: Retailers plan to increase hiring this season
Good back-to-school sales and rising consumer confidence are leading many retailers to add more seasonal jobs than they did last year – and many could become permanent.
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Chapter & Verse Amazon starts charging sales tax in California
While book giant Amazon is now required to charge customers sales tax in some states, it's already planning its next move: widely available same-day shipping.
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Hot Toy Reservations: Toys R Us starts holiday shopping early
Hot Toy Reservations from Toys R Us lets parents reserve holiday toys before Halloween. The hot toy reservations system is a great way for Toys R Us to generate early holiday shopping buzz and maximize profits. But is it good for customers?
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3 outstanding 2012 novels
Three outstanding novels about protagonists who travel far to fight for those they love.
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Navy SEAL book on bin Laden raid contradicts White House accounts (+video)
Osama bin Laden was not armed, and posed no threat when the Al Qaeda leader was fatally shot by Navy SEALs, says the first-hand account by a Navy SEAL on the raid. The book goes on sale Sept. 4.
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Stir It Up! Julia Child’s beef bourguignon
Beef bourguignon is perhaps Julia Child's most famous recipe and the subject of her very first televised episode of 'The French Chef' on PBS.
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Chapter & Verse Paul Ryan does an about-face on Ayn Rand
Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan once credited Rand as the reason he entered public service, but now says, 'I reject her philosophy.'
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Opinion: Paul Ryan – the anti-Palin
Paul Ryan is almost as bold a choice as Sarah Palin for the Republican vice presidential pick. With Palin, the question was whether she read books. With Ryan, the question is which (he's a fan of über capitalist author Ayn Rand). Ryan's political philosophy merits debate.
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Things you probably didn’t know about Paul Ryan
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is a 'gym rat' who considered becoming a pro skier before turning to politics. He's a budget hawk and strongly antiabortion, but he's gone against the GOP on some issues. And what about his job driving the Wienermobile?
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The $14 billion Summer Olympics: Why does London even want them?
Unlike recent past hosts of the Olympic Games, London has nothing to prove to anyone. Yet it has paid handsomely to hold the Games – for reasons that go beyond mere prestige.
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Elton John: 5 stories from his new memoir
John looks back over his career and his personal involvement with the AIDS crisis in his new memoir 'Love Is the Cure.'
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The Simple Dollar The big trade-off: Do you have what it takes to pay off your debt?
In five years, our personal finance expert and his wife paid off all their debts: some $280,000 all told. It wasn't easy. The family had to make very real and sometimes frustrating sacrifices, but the effort was completely worth it.
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Modern Parenthood Katie Holmes-Tom Cruise divorce: dealing with religious splits
The Katie Holmes-Tom Cruise divorce news makes this author wonder how the couple's daughter, Suri, will deal with the alleged split in her parents' religious views. The author was a year older than Suri when her own parents – a Jew and a Roman Catholic – divorced.
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Malia Obama: Old enough to be 2012 campaigner?
Malia Obama and Sasha Obama are turning up in 2012 campaign ads as Barack Obama raises their visibility. Malia Obama turns 14 on July 4.
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Can Windows 8 tablets rekindle Microsoft's mojo?
Microsoft introduced its own pair of tablet computers running Windows 8 software.
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Is there a Dad Divide to go with the Mommy Wars?
Whether they say it out loud or acknowledge it at all, that work-home divide traditionally reserved for the Mommy Wars can also rear between dads who go off to the office every day and the kind in the trenches with the kids.
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Modern Parenthood Free games: the power of a kid’s imagination vs. gigabytes
Free games needed for your kids this summer? Look no further then their own imaginations, give them unstructured time, and encourage creation. It can make a messy kitchen table, but too much media can create another kind of mess.
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Britain's Big Lunch aims to bridge big divides amid Jubilee's good spirits
The annual Big Lunch, in which Britons of all walks of life gather to share meals, has been wrapped into Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee festivities this year.
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Rebekah Brooks discusses links to British PM Cameron in phone hacking inquiry
Rebekah Brooks, former CEO of Rupert Murdoch's News International, talked about her relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron and former prime minister Tony Blair in testimony Friday before the Leveson inquiry.
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