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Can J.K. Rowling conquer TV with new BBC series?
This writing thing might work out after all for J.K. Rowling - the BBC wants to make a series out of her latest novel. Rowling, the U.K. novelist who became a billionaire from the "Harry Potter" series, will have her first adult novel, "The Casual...
Tags: J.K. Rowling , Authors, United Kingdom, BBC, Fiction
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Group wants atheist books placed with Bibles in Georgia state parks
ReutersBy David Beasley ATLANTA, May 21 (Reuters) - A national atheist group said it plans to donate enough books on its views to be placed in all Georgia state park cabins after the state's governor said Bibles should remain at the vacation properties...Tags: Regional Authority, Nathan Deal, Separation of Church and State, Arts and Culture, Travel
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Cars and cancer treatment pre-occupy terminally ill Iain Banks
ReutersBy Li-mei Hoang LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Terminally ill Scottish author Iain Banks has been talking online about cars, carbon footprints and chemotherapy for treating his cancer in a new update to fans. The novelist, who recently enjoyed a short...Tags: Biotechnology, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Health Treatments, Chemotherapy
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Last call for Orlando Repertory Theatre's 'Adventures of Tom Sawyer'
WHAT: This weekend is the last to see "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," the final show in Orlando Repertory Theatre's 10th season. Based on the novel by Mark Twain, this musical version for young audiences was conceived and written by Ken Ludwig of "Lend Me...
Tags: Music, Arts and Culture, Mark Twain, Entertainment
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A moving novel about families
"And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead Books, 416 pages, $28.95. Khaled Hosseini is the author of both "Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," which together have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide. "And the Mountains...Tags: Authors, Nabi, Arts and Culture, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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‘The Wolverine’: Hugh Jackman’s Logan faces mortality in new trailer
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times“The Wolverine,” the new film starring Hugh Jackman as the near indestructible mutant Logan, is set to open in theaters […]... -
Dutch author Bakker wins Booktrust foreign fiction prize
ReutersLONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker has won the 2013 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize awarded by Britain's Booktrust charity for "The Detour", a tale of infidelity, exile and isolation. Bakker will share the 10,000 pound ($15,200)...Tags: Authors, United Kingdom, Arts and Culture
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT May 20
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- AMMAN/BEIRUT - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian...Tags: Explosions, Barack Obama, Elections, Caucasus, White House
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From Star Wars to comics to gamers, Florida has events to satisfy your inner nerd
Orlando SentinelFlorida's got fanboy down. Where else can you count on an annual Wookie sighting? Disney's Star Wars Weekends, though, going on from May 17 to June 9 at Disney's Hollywood Studios, is just one of Florida's great offerings for movies, TV, comics and...Tags: Hurricanes, Festive Events, True Blood (tv program), University of Central Florida, Science and Technology
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'Senna' Director Asif Kapadia to Direct Love Story 'Ali and Nino'
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - "Senna" director Asif Kapadia has signed on to direct "Ali and Nino," which Oscar winner Christopher Hampton is adapting from Kurban Said's pre-World War Two bestselling romance novel. PeaPie Films founder Kris Thykier will...Tags: Senna (movie), Arts and Culture
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China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
ReutersBy Terril Yue Jones BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) - China's Internet is brimming with disclosures of officials collecting bribes, homes and luxury accessories as casually as they do mistresses. But while the government tolerates such anti-corruption...Tags: Social Media, The New York Times, Political Corruption, Bird Flu, Arts and Culture
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IRS probe ignored most influential groups
IRS probe ignored most influential groups KEN THOMAS,Associated Press STEVE PEOPLES,Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. The nation's tax agency has admitted to...
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