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5 true crime stories you don't want to miss
These five Edgar Award nominees are true-crime stories taken straight from real life.
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Christopher Hitchens: 10 memorable quotes
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15 best nonfiction books of 2011: CSMonitor picks
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Cinema Eye's finalists for best 2012 nonfiction film
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Fall books: 20 nonfiction titles you don't want to miss
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Decoder Wire E! live at White House Correspondents' Dinner. Is that good for journalism?
The White House Correspondents' Dinner, a scholarship and awards event for journalists, has become a star-studded, glitzy, and E!-friendly bash. Some fear it's sending the wrong message.
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A loss to the fashion world, Lilly Pulitzer dies at 81
Lilly Pulitzer, made famous by her colorful jungle and floral print dresses, died Sunday at the age of 81.
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Chapter & Verse Maurice Sendak's last work honors his brother
Sendak's posthumous 'My Brother's Book,' follows two brothers, Guy and Jack, who are separated.
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'Carmen,' gypsies, bohemians, and 'others'
A performance of 'Carmen' reminds the Monitor’s language columnist how vexed our language for various 'others' is.
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Why Kate Middleton's pregnancy is big news in America (+video)
Brits are mostly taking Kate Middleton's pregnancy in stride. But in the US, British royalty fascinates the public, and news organizations. ABC News has a baby names poll for Kate and William's child.
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Culture Cafe 'Downton Abbey' creator will head to NBC for a period drama
'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes is set to write a series for NBC titled 'The Gilded Age.' Will it be America's answer to 'Downton'?
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Mitt Romney as self-appointed debate referee? A man who lives by rules
When it comes to presidential debates – and most other things – Mitt Romney is a stickler for the rules. Watch for it during Monday's presidential debate.
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Global News Blog Good Reads: A lesson for democracy, lost and found on Google Earth, and the next Arab uprising
This week's good reads include words of wisdom from Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, using the Internet and applied mathematics to find the long road home, and a profile of Egyptian courage.
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Obama, Romney campaign surrogates duke it out on TV blabfests
While Mitt Romney and President Obama were finishing up a little summer down time, their campaign surrogates were arguing issues and candidate character on the Sunday TV talk shows.
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New details about Romney's wealth confirm F. Scott Fitzgerald's quip about the rich
News sources report that Mitt Romney's financial portfolio has included an offshore company in Bermuda that remained invisible to voters. But it may be images of the Romney clan vacationing at their $8 million summer compound on a lake in New Hampshire that have more impact.
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Keep Calm Good Reads: Why nations fail, and how we overlook some successes
This week's reading list includes a close look at why nations fail, how Africa is booming, why Greece's default won't be such a tragedy after all, and how Facebook's IPO is a warning bell.
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Obama's ex-girlfriend: what her diaries reveal
As a recent college grad in New York, Barack Obama fell in love with a young white woman named Genevieve Cook. Passages from her diary appear in a new biography of the president.
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Decoder Wire New Obama book: A danger to his image?
'Barack Obama: The Story,' which tells about the president's life as a young man in New York and Chicago, could threaten Obama's own carefully crafted narrative about his life.
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5 true crime stories you don't want to miss
These five Edgar Award nominees are true-crime stories taken straight from real life.
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Change Agent Actor-activist Sean Penn says he's in Haiti for the long haul
Sean Penn's role in Haiti has evolved from heading a band of volunteers and serving as unofficial mayor of a homeless camp to becoming ambassador-at-large for President Michel Martelly, the first non-Haitian to receive the designation.
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'Masterpiece' for the masses
Under Rebecca Eaton, dramas like 'Downton Abbey' attract more, and younger, viewers.
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Behind the mask of Kim Dotcom
Now on house arrest in New Zealand, Megaupload creator Kim Dotcom awaits trial – all while prosecutors fight to bring him to the US. Looking back at Dotcom's exorbitant lifestyle and willingness to break the rules, it's no surprise that he's made so many enemies.
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Super Bowl ad: Is Ferris Bueller 'sequel' the right vehicle for a Honda CR-V? (+video)
Before the ad wars kick off on Super Bowl Sunday, Honda is trying to score early with an extended online pitch for the CR-V, featuring Matthew Broderick in a Ferris Bueller sequel. Of sorts.
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Ex-wife said she could destroy Newt Gingrich campaign. Will she? (+video)
Newt Gingrich has surged to No. 2 before the South Carolina primary. But on Thursday night, ABC airs an interview with his second ex-wife, Marianne, who has previously said, 'I don’t think he should be' president.
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Good Reads: Remembrances of Vaclav Havel, Christopher Hitchens, and Kim Jong-il (video)
The passing of two great writers, Havel and Hitchens, may not cause currencies to fluctuate or armies to go on standby as Kim Jong-il's death has today. But the influence of their words will live on.
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Christopher Hitchens: 10 memorable quotes
Christopher Hitchens, who passed away this week in Houston at age 62, was remembered for his one-liners and willingness to write or speak about any controversial subject. Over the years, he published books including 'God Is Not Great' and the collection of essays that came out this September, 'Arguably.' He also wrote for Vanity Fair, the New Yorker, Slate and the magazine The Nation and often served as a TV commentator. Here are some of his more memorable opinions.
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Christopher Hitchens was militant pundit and humanist
He was a most engaged, prolific and public intellectual who wrote numerous books, was a frequent television commentator and a contributor to Vanity Fair, Slate and other publications. He became a popular author in 2007 thanks to 'God is Not Great,' a manifesto for atheists.
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15 best nonfiction books of 2011: CSMonitor picks
They'll take you from Mount Hebron to Silicon Valley. These are the 15 nonfiction titles that Monitor book reviewers found to be the most outstanding of 2011.
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Natalie Wood witness says she heard 'Help me, I'm drowning'
Natalie Wood witness Marilyn Wayne heard 'a woman's voice crying for help,' on the night of Nov. 28, 1981. Ms. Wayne is the first new Natalie Wood witness to emerge since the investigation was reopened Friday.
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Natalie Wood case reopened: Could investigation lead to new charges?
L.A. police reopened the case concerning the death of Natalie Wood in 1981, but experts say convincing evidence is needed to bring new charges – and new allegations aren't enough.
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