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Scottish writers lead the way in producing popular crime fiction
As proudly reported in Scottish Life magazine, a British think tank called the New Economics Foundation recently determined that the Scots are the happiest people in Britain, boasting some of the most impressive "wellbeing" scores anywhere. Exactly why...Tags: The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Literature, Fiction, Murder
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Growing Up With Annette And Margaret
The Hartford CourantAlthough they represented the opposite poles of femininity — the intimidating, well-respected and unyielding Iron Lady vs. the adorable, well-beloved and sassy Cutie Pie — both Margaret Thatcher and Annette Funicello shaped my universe growing...Tags: Heads of State, Margaret Thatcher, Politics, Annette Funicello, Government
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Not a 'quota woman'
Margaret Thatcher never cared much for feminism and other progressive equal-rights movements. Yet she deserves to be honored by those of us who do, whether we like the result of her politics or not. Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87 after a stroke,...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, University of Oxford, Bill Clinton, Labour Party (UK), Margaret Thatcher
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'Dancing With the Stars Results' recap, Jacoby Jones is safe, Lisa & Gleb are out
The show opens with text telling us that last night was about the best year of their lives, but that tonight will be "The worst night ..." I really hope that's not true for any of these people. The opening number is all the female pros and troupe...Tags: Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Brad Paisley
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Margaret Thatcher: The politician British pop music loved to hate
Margaret Thatcher, the so-called Iron Lady, was one of God's gifts to music. In the history of popular music, there probably never has been a head of state more reviled in song than the former Conservative Party British prime minister, who died today at...Tags: Academy of Country Music Awards, Unemployment Benefits, Richard Nixon, Entertainment, United Kingdom
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British big cat theory gets bump from lynx link
Scientists have uncovered a Canadian lynx specimen that briefly roamed the British countryside, at least until it killed two dogs and was dispatched by a gun-wielding farmer in southwestern England. The discovery probably will cause fanatics of the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Arts, United Kingdom, Cheshire
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Depeche Mode is ready to crank
From the outside, the scene looked like just another Depeche Mode gig, with a crush of stylishly attired music fans gathered on a street corner in downtown Austin, Texas. Inside the bare-bones warehouse, though, it was clear that this veteran English...
Tags: Concerts, Entertainment, EMI Group Ltd., David Letterman, Staples Center
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French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar
SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine....
Tags: The New York Times, Heroin, United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, Thailand
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Review: "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson
Genre fiction, the catch-all category for lowbrow literary long-forms — crime, suspense, horror, fantasy, romance, mystery and sci-fi — is the Rodney Dangerfield of literature: It can't get no respect. Wikipedia defines the term thusly:...
Tags: The New York Times, Arts and Culture, Literature, Chicago Tribune, Crime, Law and Justice
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NBC News looks outside the company and country for a president
NBC's hunt for a new president of its news division has gone beyond not only the company, but the country as well. The position of NBC News president has been open since last month when Steve Capus departed after almost eight years in the job. Among...
Tags: Barack Obama, Television Industry, Today (tv program), Joe Flint, News Media
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World Book Night has arrived, at a neighborhood near you
Take a walk in certain corners of Southern California this evening and you might find someone trying to give you a book. It will be free. And it will also be a very good book. Shirley is going to the pier and beach in Venice, to give away copies of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Tina Fey
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On first looking into the public library
For 60 years, I looked down my nose at the public library, even though it's one of the key inventions and discoveries that lifted humans above lesser beings. Taming fire freed us from shivering in the cold. Agriculture filled our bellies. And the public...
Tags: Judaism, Religion and Belief, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture, Chicago Public Library
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