Topic: Christmas
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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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Thanksgiving and Christmas cactuses – what you need to know
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Changes to USPS Letters to Santa program upend charities' plans
USPS aims to protect privacy of needy Letters to Santa writers, after an incident last year in which a registered sex offender obtained the address of a child. Charities scramble to adjust.
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After Black Friday comes Cyber Monday 2009. Is it more virtual than real?
Cyber Monday 2009 is not the biggest online shopping day of the holiday season. But if the hype continues, it could yet become just that.
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So you've got Google Wave. Now what?
A Google Wave invite may have been a hot eBay commodity, but what do you do with it once you get it?
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Black Friday dilemma: to buy or not to buy an e-reader
Why or why not to buy an e-reader on Black Friday.
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Weather for Black Friday? Cold and a strong chance of shopping.
Retailers hoping for Black Friday crowds like wintery weather, which reminds people of the holidays. Meteorologists predict that's what they'll get on that big shopping day after Thanksgiving.
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Obama on critical trip to Asia – but will he read Sarah Palin's new book?
Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue," will be a huge seller, but sadly President Obama has no plans to read it.
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A Rumpole Christmas
“A Rumpole Christmas” makes a holiday treat for the mystery lover on your shopping list.
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Vegetables popular for fall outdoor decorating
Vegetables such as peppers, lettuce, beets, eggplant, and sweet potatoes can all be used for outdoor decoration.
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Droid launch party could be cut short by arrival of new iPhone
Verizon is touting its Droid phone as an Apple killer. But one blogger says that a cheaper iPhone is close to release – and it could run roughshod over the big Droid launch.
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Cheat sheet for holiday airfare deals
Despite headlines to the contrary, savvy shoppers can still find bargains, experts say.
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Fall in salaries, wages hurting consumer spending
US salaries and wages fall 0.2 percent, hurting prospects for consumer spending.
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No women in PW's top 10 best books of 2009?
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A garden where art and plants talk to one another
A woodland sculpture garden is an appealing mixture of plants and interesting art.
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Why is Harper delaying the digital release of Sarah Palin book?
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iPhone MMS arrives, months late – now everyone send pictures!
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Money Daily Brief: Dollar rises broadly
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Classic book review: Can't Buy Me Love
Another Beatles book? Yes, maybe the best ever.
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A Gate at the Stairs
Family, race, and religion mingle in Lorrie Moore's incisive coming-of-age novel about a college girl disillusioned by what she sees of adult life.
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Opinion: Shocked, shocked to find socialism in America
Do critics of Obama's health reforms realize how socialistic we already are?
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The Tree Nobody Wanted
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Could 'Beatles: Rock Band' tarnish the Fab Four legacy?
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When the natives aren't friendly
The new in-laws were disapproving of her – until she learned the ways of the tribe.
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Karl Rove offered to put interrogator on Christmas list
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Some Dream for Fools
The worries of a young Algerian immigrant trying to find a place in contemporary Paris.
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