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Weekend picks for book lovers
Charlotte :: NC :: USA | 4 days ago
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EDT June 15, 2013 Spend the weekend on the road with the girls of 'The Silver Star.' What should you read this weekend? Jeannette Walls and Carl Hiaasen, and inspirational non-fiction about the 1936 Olympics. The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls;
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Police: Trooper fatally shoots man in Quincy
Police :: Poland | 5 days ago
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Two top lieutenants in the Newton Police Department, who were part of the controversial investigation into a former chiefA¢AAs secretary, cleaned out their offices and unexpectedly left this week. The departures of the Lieutenant Edward Aucoin, the
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Philanthropist Joan Parker has died
Cambridge :: MA :: USA | 5 days ago
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Joan Parker , the philanthropist and widow of mystery writer Robert B...Parker, a longtime Cambridge resident, died Tuesday, according to Helen Brann , a longtime friend and agent to Robert B...Joan Parker had been diagnosed with inoperable lung
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Vintage crime reprints: mysterious tales that never die
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 10 days ago
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Originally published Sunday, June 9, 2013 at 5:07 AM Editor's note: Crime fiction reviewer Adam Woog is on vacation. Guest columnist this month is Seattle Public Library librarian David Wright, emcee of the twice-monthly Thrilling Tales story time
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Bates files
Baghdad :: Iraq | 11 days ago
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Editor James Westwood asks the two interns standing in front of him...So tell me, which one of you wrote this story about Iraq? the editor asks again...Bates, you have got to help me, Westwood turns to his friend Alfred Bates, the famous detective.
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Screen Media Picks Up French Crime Thriller 'Paris Countdown'
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
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The film, directed by Edgar Marie, will be released theatrically in October. Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights to the French crime thriller Paris Countdown ( Le Jour Attendra ), which marks the directorial debut of writer Edgar Marie . The
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'Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls': book review
Oslo :: Norway | 17 days ago
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Anton DiSclafani tells the story of a Southern girl who lives with a dark secret in 'The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.' The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, by Anton DiSclafani, is a good start on the summer reading season that's almost here.
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Brendan Penny Previews ABC's New Cop Drama 'Motive'
New York City :: NY :: USA | 19 days ago
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Brendan Penny , who plays rookie detective Brian Lucas. "It's the whole premise that you know the killer and the victim right away. As soon as I started reading it, I was so intrigued I just wanted to keep during the page," said the actor, explaining
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Alleged paedophile to face court
California City :: CA :: USA | 23 days ago
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An Auckland man will appear in court this afternoon charged with historic indecent acts against young boys. It is alleged the man committed the offences against the children between 1978 and 1987. He has been formally charged with indecency between a
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David Macaray: Movie Violence: How Far Is Hollywood Willing to Go?
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 26 days ago
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While watching the uber-violent film, Killing Them Softly , starring Brad Pitt as a droll, existentially-challenged assassin (picture Soren Kierkegaard as a professional hitman), I was struck by the extent to which Hollywood movies, over the last
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