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Bestselling books the week of 5/19/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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What kind of an eater are you?
From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/5/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Top 5 bull markets since 1929
The bull market that started in 2009 is currently the fifth most spectacular rise in stock prices since at least 1929. Can you guess which bull markets have been even more impressive?
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'Life at the Marmont': 6 stories of Hollywood stars at the famous hotel
The Chateau Marmont in Hollywood has played host to everyone from Grace Kelly to Johnny Depp. Here are a few of the stories from the hotel's former owner, Raymond Sarlot, and writer Fred E. Basten.
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Terrorism & Security Can Dennis Rodman's 'basketball diplomacy' make a difference in North Korea? (+video)
Rodman's visit to North Korea comes just weeks after the country's third nuclear weapons test. Some say such trips, like that of Google chief Eric Schmidt, boost the North's positioning.
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'Sequester' in US skies: Is an FAA 'calamity' avoidable?
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the 'sequester' will force the FAA to furlough air traffic controllers, creating an air travel nightmare. Some Republicans are calling this a scare tactic.
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Sequestration: What will happen to national parks?
Automatic cuts to the National Parks Service budget could have drastic impacts across the country, from Yosemite National Park in California, to the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts.
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Will you remember me?: The greatest one-hit wonders of the 2000s
Check out our picks for the best songs from the 2000s whose artists made the charts with these hits, but never released another successful song.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/21/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at bookstores across America.
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The Entrepreneurial Mind Why US entrepreneurs tend not to think globally
American small-business owners face many barriers in seeking customers from other countries, Cornwall writes.
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Tunisia PM resigns, dashing hopes of quick resolution to political crisis
Tunisia's prime minister announced his resignation today after his own party rejected his plan to replace the current faltering government with one made up of technocrats.
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5 factors for peace in Afghanistan
Given that Afghanistan has been in a state of war for nearly 35 years, only a broad-based reconciliation can resolve the fighting. Peace talks are a vital part of that process. Here are five factors necessary to achieving a sustainable peace in Afghanistan.
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Taking a hike in the Holy Land on the Jesus Trail
Israel's Jesus Trail, which winds through valleys and over hilltops near the Sea of Galilee, hits several spots of biblical importance and provides a taste of life in modern-day Israel as well.
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Olympics move to drop wrestling: What is the IOC thinking?
The International Olympic Committee executive board recommended dropping wrestling from the Summer Olympics, beginning in 2020. The decision does not cast the IOC in a good light.
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Global News Blog Good Reads: A family in isolation, Pakistan's difficult present, Africa's biggest game
This week's good reads includes a profile of a Russian family that lived in isolation for 40 years, a young professor's return to Pakistan from the United States after 13 years, and efforts to end big game hunting in Africa.
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Hot, smelly cruise ship with 3,143 passengers being towed to Alabama (+video)
The Carnival cruise ship was tilting to one side Monday. Some of the cruise ship passengers say the ship "stinks," and many are sleeping in tents on the deck.
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Cruise ship adrift off Mexico will offer full refunds to passengers
An engine fire left a Carnival cruise ship adrift 150 miles off Mexico. Tug boats will bring the cruise ship back to Progreso, Mexico. All 3,143 guests will be offered full refunds, says Carnival.
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Largest crocodile dies (+video), but Philippines town plans to keep tourism alive
Largest crocodile dies: The world's largest crocodile, Lolong, was 20 feet 3 inches long and weighed 1 ton. The town of Buanway will preserve the world's largest saltwater crocodile in a museum to keep the tourists coming.
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Afghans flock to India for infertility treatment
New Delhi already has a sizeable Afghan community, but over the past five years a steady trickle of visitors seeking healthcare has grown into a flood. Hospitals have been quick to respond.
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Stir It Up! Travel: New Orleans and shrimp remoulade
Day 2 of a culinary travel adventure to New Orleans included a lesson in making a four-course meal at the New Orleans Cooking Experience cooking school.
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Vox News From political 'House of Colbert', a South Carolina candidate called Lulu
Elizabeth Colbert Busch, also known as 'Lulu,' is running to fill a vacated South Carolina congressional seat. Does it help that her little brother is Stephen Colbert?
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Michelle Obama to attend Chicago girl's funeral
Michelle Obama will attend the funeral of Hadiya Pendleton, 15, who performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration last month.
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Christie: Gambling law vetoed until tax rate increased
Christie gambling: It was the second time since 2011 that the Republican governor has vetoed an Internet-betting bill passed by the New Jersey Legislature.
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Bestselling books the week of 2/3/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at bookstores across America?
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Difference Maker Rodney Jackson hikes high into the Himalayas to help snow leopards
Rodney Jackson and his team take 20 to 30 yaks, each loaded with 250 to 300 pounds of gear, into the Himalayas to study snow leopards, which take the word 'elusive' to an extreme.
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Backchannels Egypt shudders, with leadership nowhere in sight
When the head of Egypt's military starts darkly warning of state collapse, it's time to worry.
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As Egyptians flout curfew, Army warns of 'collapse'
The head of Egypt's Army has warned that recent upheaval, which shows no signs of abating, could bring about the 'collapse' of the Egyptian state.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/31/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Cats kill billions of creatures every year according to new study
Cats kill billions: According to new research, cats kill between 1.4 billion and 3.7 billion birds and between 6.9 billion and 20.7 billion small mammals, such as meadow voles and chipmunks.
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