"I was a liar myself when I was a kid. I'm still a liar, really, and I don't mean just in terms of telling stories and being a story writer. I wouldn't ever want to be held to a literal version of the...
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Tobias Wolff provided a definition of the guiding principles behind his own stories in explaining his choices of the works of others for Matters of Life and Death (1983), the anthology of contemporary...
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Floetry's Marsha Ambrosius wasn't at all prepared for "The Man," aka Dr. Dre, to offer her a solo deal, but she leapt at the opportunity. Now, with the ink barely dry on the deal, Ambrosius is alre...
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Rand Fishkin wanted to propose to his girlfriend with a Super Bowl ad. That didn't quite work out, but there was still local TV, and he got the answer he wanted.Fishkin, 27, got into the advertisin...
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Voters had a chance Tuesday to return this northern Alabama city to the days of Prohibition but overwhelmingly decided to keep alcohol in its stores and restaurants, according to unofficial results...
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Luring Greg Schiano away from Rutgers is proving to be very difficult, even for some of college football's most powerful programs.The University of Miami couldn't swing the deal last year with a po...
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NASHUA, N.H. (Reuters) - Barack Obama lost the New
Hampshire vote but defiantly told supporters that together they
could still win the White House and change the world. The Illinois senator worked...
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While the words "merit pay" drew hisses and boos at a recent teachers' union convention, educators are endorsing contracts that pay bonuses for boosting students' test scores.The National Education...
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"The show we're doing has no precedent in American television history," declared Louis C.K., the 37-year-old standup comic.He wasn't joking. But he did add a caveat: "I can't speak for British TV."...
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New Delhi (dpa) - Jade Goody, the British reality show contestant
at the centre of an alleged racism row involving Bollywood actress
Shilpa Shetty, has placed the Indian gov...
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AIMEE: I've got just over a week to go until the big day and I can safely say I'm a bride who's spiralling out of control. Yes, I waited too long on some things. That personalized-label-on-a-mini-...
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