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10 best books of February (plus one), according to Amazon's editors
Amazon editorial director Sara Nelson discusses Amazon's picks for the 10 best releases of February.
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Baseball fans: Take a quick tour of all 30 major league ballparks
Authors Josh Pahigian and Kevin O’Connell explore America's major league ballparks in "The Ultimate Baseball Road."
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The 100 best books of all time
How many of these "100 best books of all time" have you read?
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MLB Opening Day: Looking back at 100 years of baseball history
To get a sense of the historic arc Major League Baseball has taken over just the past 100 years, hop on our time machine and review some of its key news and developments at 10-year intervals, beginning in 1912.
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In Pictures: Funny animal faces
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Hungry for books
In Zimbabwe, a police officer's request at a security checkpoint demonstrated his passion for reading.
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Billionaire as Russia's president? The 5 richest men in Russia.
Mikhail Prokhorov, one of Russia's richest men – and the owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team – has announced that he will challenge Vladimir Putin in the March 2012 presidential elections. His move to throw his hat in the ring has thrown the spotlight once again on Russia's billionaires. A record number of billionaires now call Russia home – 114 of them, according to an annual list of the 500 richest Russians published in February by the Moscow-based Finans magazine. The number of billionaires is up from a mere 77 in 2009. To make this year's list, a Russian tycoon had to be worth at least $160 million. The assets of the top 10 grew last year by a whopping 30 percent to a combined worth of $182 billion. The bonanza has yet to reach Russia's struggling middle class; average incomes rose a paltry 4 percent last year, according to the state statistics agency Rostat. To be a former associate of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin helps, apparently. According to the magazine, Arkady Rotenberg, who did judo training with a teenaged Mr. Putin, jumped 17 places to become Russia's 63rd richest person, worth $1.75 billion. Two neighbors from Putin's summer home community near St. Petersburg also shot through the ranks this year to become the 115th and 184th richest persons. Here are the top five:
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Unemployment rate dives, but few new jobs created. How can that be?
Unemployment rate dropped from 9.4% to 9.0% last month, according new Labor Department statistics. But only 36,000 new jobs were created. Where did the rest of the unemployed go?
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Goodbye Lenin? Russians consider burying former Soviet leader's corpse (finally).
The body of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin has been on display in downtown Moscow for 87 years. A growing number of Russians appear finally willing to bury him.
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Moscow bombing kills 31 at airport [Updated]
Moscow bombing: There was no immediate word on the cause of the explosion in the international baggage-claim area at Domodedovo airport.
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Arizona memorial service to be attended by Obama
Arizona memorial service: President Obama heads to the shooting site as a healer and unifier.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 01/11
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 12/31
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Alina Kabaeva on cover of Russia's Vogue in triumph of celebrity politics
Alina Kabaeva is gracing the January cover of Russian Vogue. Notable in her own right for being a Gold medalist and Russian parliamentarian, the spotlight instead is on her rumored affair with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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Medvedev vows crackdown on racist soccer fans after Moscow rampage
Thousands of ultranationalist soccer fans rallied near the Kremlin on Saturday, prompting a wave of violence against ethnic minorities in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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Fall of Giants
Ken Follett’s “Century Trilogy” is off to a strong start with "Fall of Giants" – a massive, compelling story of World War I.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 12/06
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Who will host the 2018 World Cup?
The 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup hosting rights will be decided today in Zurich, Switzerland. Here's the short list for the 2018 World Cup bid:
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Putin praises DiCaprio as 'real man' after harrowing journey to tiger summit
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio narrowly escaped two plane crashes en route to a five-day tiger summit hosted by Putin, who is no stranger to derring-do himself.
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Leonardo DiCaprio gives Russia's tiger summit a helping hand
A five-day tiger summit aimed at conservation generated a $1 million donation from Leonardo DiCaprio. The world's remaining 3,500 tigers are at risk from poaching and loss of habitat.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 11/19
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Tiger trade in Myanmar and China targeted by wildlife group
Tiger trade: The markets, in an area of northeastern Myanmar controlled by the Wa minority, are considered one of the world's hot spots for wildlife trafficking, and among the only places left where tiger parts are openly sold.
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Putin on the prowl to save world's endangered tigers
Representatives of 13 countries are meeting in Russia to outline plans to double the wild tiger population, currently as low as 3,200.
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Veterans Day 2010: how Americans paid tribute
Veterans Day 2010 observances included a charity cross-country 'Gumpathon' and 'code talkers' ringing the bell on Wall Street.
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Goodwill donations turn up Dali print in Colorado
Goodwill donations in Colorado are more than just outgrown clothing and dinner sets. An anonymous donor has given Goodwill a lithograph of a Salvador Dali work to auction.
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3 great books for November
When the days get short and the nights grow long, what you need is a great book. I recommend grabbing at least one of these three terrific new releases.
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Consumers, businesses boost US economy; 5 things we learn from GDP report
The US economy grew 2 percent in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reports. But imports limited the benefit to the GDP from increased consumer and business spending.
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Colbert-Stewart rally raises question: Where is journalism headed?
Media organizations have been wrestling with whether the Colbert-Stewart rally in Washington is a political or merely entertainment event. The answer could help show where the boundaries of good journalism lie today.
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New York City spat over publishing teacher rankings reaches brief truce
New York City schools want to give the 'value added' ratings for its teachers to the press. The teacher's union is suing. Friday, the district agreed not to release the data before a Nov. 24 hearing.
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Need to get voters excited? Call Bill Clinton, not Obama.
A Gallup poll suggests that both Democrats and independents are more likely to be enthusiastic about a campaign visit from former President Bill Clinton than from President Obama.
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