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Citizens Against Pornography (CAP) will decide later when to close the book on how well the St. Louis County Library responded to their protests over questionable teen books.
Madrid, Rio hand bid books over to IOC (WREX-TV Rockford)
Associated Press - February 11, 2009 10:44 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Madrid and Rio de Janeiro organizers submitted their official bid books Wednesday for the 2016 Olympics, a day…
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Oklahoma’s Hit The Books Running campaign for early college preparation will host a tour of the University of Oklahoma campus Sunday. The tour is for middle school and high school students, ages 11 to 14, and their parents.
Senator pushes sales tax for books (The Bismarck Tribune)
North Dakota’s Senate has decided the state sales tax should apply to books, even though it does not apply to Bibles.
Madrid, Rio officially hand over 2016 Olympics bid books to IOC a day ahead of schedule (WQAD Moline)
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) Madrid and Rio de Janeiro organizers submitted their official bid books Wednesday for the 2016 Olympics, a day ahead of the deadline.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - One of the worlds most successful childrens writers, Betsy Byars has sparked the imaginations of youngsters worldwide for half a century. For both rural and urban children, the world was been made a less scary place, thanks …
Attention: Robert Caro fans. Next LBJ book 3, maybe 4, years off - Primebuzz.kcstar.com
Robert Caro in his NY office Famed LBJ biographer Robert Caro just gave an interview to Newsweek. The news: Caros fourth, and presumably final, book on Lyndon Johnson is three to four years from being finished. This one focuses on Johnsons vice …
Young Black aviator soars into the history books against odds - Chicago Defender
Twenty-five-year-old Barrington Irving had some of the same opportunities growing up in inner city Miami that many of the young people he mentors today have now: opportunities to become involved in gangs, drugs, crime and other destructive behavior …
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A worse-than-expected fourth-quarter loss of 3.5bn has catapulted Swiss bank Credit Suisse to its biggest-ever annual loss. Switzerlands second-biggest bank recorded a net loss of 4.8bn for the year, well down on average analyst estimates of 3 …
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