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Books of The Times: An Angry Son of Privilege: Look Out! He’s Revolting! Stuart Archer Cohen’s chilling vision of a not-too-distant future is compromised by a case of schoolboy swagger.
Books of The Times: A Leader Beyond Denial, as War Plans Flounder Bob Woodward paints a picture of an administration shrugging off bad news and postponing decisions as the crisis in Iraq deepened.
‘Not For Us’: His Lost Masterpiece The legendary editor Robert Giroux, who died Friday at age 94, narrowly lost the chance to publish “The Catcher in the Rye.”
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Ike 'like the end of the world,' Gulf drama ahead Hurricane Ike tore into Cuba's northeastern coast Monday on a path that could take it over Havana on Tuesday morning and then toward the storm-weary U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. Rains and flooding from Ike have killed at least 73 people in Haiti.
U.S. seizes two mortgage giants Federal officials today announced an extraordinary takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, signaling a dramatic move to shore up the nation's housing market. The historic takeover of the duo is aimed at heading off what President Bush says would have been an "unacceptable" risk of failure for the economy.
McCain vows to have Democrats in Cabinet Promising a "very bipartisan approach" to how he'll run his administration, Sen. John McCain said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he would appoint Democrats to his Cabinet.
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New Orleans Library Mostly Unscathed; Main Library Serves as Recovery Center As in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the library has an important role in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.
NIH Public Access Policy To Face Copyright Challenge in Congress? Publishers had expressed dismay about the policy that requires mandatory deposit of research papers into PubMed Central.
Hartford Public Library Director Blalock To Retire Veteran library head says decision not related to recent flap over security and branch closings.
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