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Newbery, Caldecott winners: Jack Gantos, Chris Raschka take the top prizes

Award-winners Jack Gantos and Chris Raschka both wrote stories based on real-life incidents.
How video of Marines urinating on Taliban could put US forces in danger

A video that appears to show Marines urinating on Taliban soldiers comes just as the US is trying to reach out to the Taliban. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called the actions 'utterly deplorable.'
Robert Reich
Predicted 2012 Democratic ticket: Obama-Clinton

For the 2012 election, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton will switch places. He will become Secretary of State–a position he's coveted for years–and she will become the party's Vice Presidential candidate, reinvigorating the Democratic base. 
'Most admired' list: Gingrich up, Palin down; Obama, Clinton still No. 1

For two years running, President Obama is the man Americans most admire, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is again the most-admired woman, a new Gallup survey shows. But the public’s views of other politicians shifted noticeably in 2011.
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Michelle Obama's book on the White House garden coming in April

Michelle Obama, who's become known for her advocacy for healthy eating and exercise, will give tips to readers on how to start their own edible gardens.
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How do you pronounce Albert Szent-Gyorgyi?

Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, the man honored by today's Google doodle, has a great name. But, well, how do you pronounce it?
Chapter & Verse
Can you measure the truth of a memoir?

Author Ben Yagoda sets up a "how-to" guide for determining a memoir's "truthy aspects."
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Michelle Obama will write a book on her White House garden

Michelle Obama will write about what inspired her garden and will also share favorite Obama family recipes.
White House marks Women's History Month with 50-year progress report

Women's History Month began Tuesday, and the White House released the 'first comprehensive federal report on the status of women' since 1963.
France finds a hero in former Nazi prisoner turned bestselling author

Former Nazi prisoner Stéphane Hessel argues that figures like Martin Luther King Jr. prove that hope mixed with an 'unwillingness to compromise on human rights' can defeat oppression.
Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt shared “one of the most interesting and radical marriages in history," contends biographer Hazel Rowley.
Pearl Harbor day: How FDR reacted on December 7, 1941

December 7, 1941, now known as Pearl Harbor day, arrived as the country remained hopeful for peace. President Franklin Roosevelt reacted to the intense day with 'deadly calm,' his wife Eleanor would later recall.
Women and leadership

A Christian Science perspective.
Ending the 'hot or not' factor for Nikki Haley and female candidates

Sexist attitudes in the media toward female candidates don't just hurt women, they hurt all of us – lowering public discourse and damaging political representation. It's time to push back.
Decoder Wire
First ladies with the campaign touch: Michelle Obama is just one

Michelle Obama is a Democratic asset on the campaign trail. Which other first ladies have had sharp campaign instincts?
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Michelle Obama: why she's rated the world's most powerful woman

Forbes magazine ranked Michelle Obama ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and GOP figure Sarah Palin.
Pearl Buck in China

The achievements of "The Good Earth" author Pearl Buck are now largely overlooked.
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Kooky? Ahead of his time? The man who would be stateless

Garry Davis renounced his US citizenship 62 years ago and declared himself "World Citizen No. 1." Why would he do that?
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Dorothy Height: civil rights activist and author

Dorothy Height chronicled her lifelong fight against racism and sexism in her 2003 memoir "Open Wide the Freedom Gates."
Michelle Obama in Mexico: Lessons on fighting childhood obesity

First lady Michelle Obama met with Mexican first lady Margarita Zavala Wednesday to talk about combating childhood obesity, among other issues. Mexico's obesity strategy may hold a few lessons for the US on how to trim waistlines.
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Beyond "Harry Potter": 5 interesting tales of plagiarism

J.K. Rowling is only one of many well-known authors to face charges of plagiarism.
Michelle Obama's White House garden is a growing success

The first lady's popular garden on the White House lawn attracts attention from international leaders and everyday Americans, who are following her example.
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Like past presidents, Obama celebrates the grandeur of Yellowstone

It's also a chance for the president to see how national parks - likened to Europe's cathedrals - need political and fiscal support.