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Prof's LM Montgomery Biography Makes Headlines (University of Guelph News)
Today's National Post features the first of three excerpts from a book about Lucy Maud Montgomery written by retired English Prof. Mary Rubio. The Gift of Wings is a biography of the literary icon. Today's piece highlights why and how Rubio became interested in Montgomery and in writing her biography. The Gift of Wings was also reviewed this week in the Globe and Mail . Rubio ...
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Alwaleed Buys Citigroup Stock as Loss Exceeds Buffett (Update2) (Bloomberg)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Warren Buffett of the Gulf is taking a bigger hit from the credit crunch than the original. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was lauded by Time magazine as the Middle East’s answer to the Sage of Omaha after a 1991 investment in Citigroup Inc.’s predecessor helped make the Saudi billionaire one of the world’s five richest people.
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Anything Goes, By Lucy Moore (Independent)
Dressed in a pink apron and slippers, Al Capone was cooking pasta for journalists when he announced his retirement from bootlegging. "Snorky" (as his friends called him) explained he was simply a regular guy providing a service but, if he wasn't appreciated, Chicago could go thirsty. The pinafore was an unexpected touch (despite the mobster's taste for tangerine or violet suits), but menace ...
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Edyta Sliwinska (AskMen)
Why Is She Famous? Polish-born professional ballroom dancer Edyta Sliwinska has competed with a celebrity partner on ABC's U.S. edition of the reality TV series Dancing with the Stars since the show's debut in June 2005. She's also a dance instructor and is married to Alec Mazo.
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Bambino Napoleon of nicknames (Inside Bay Area)
Nicknames Aplenty Update: Thanks to Chris Treadway of El Cerrito for discovering a celebrity with more than twice as many nicknames as the five previously mentioned of soul singer James Brown.
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Alwaleed Buys Citigroup Stock as Loss Exceeds Buffett (Correct) (Bloomberg)
(Corrects current Alwaleed stake in 5th paragraph.) Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Warren Buffett of the Gulf is taking a bigger hit from the credit crunch than the original.
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After 30 years, his second National Book Award (MSNBC)
Judges for the National Book Award honored a comeback, giving the fiction award to Peter Matthiessen's "Shadow Country," a thorough revision of a trilogy of novels from the 1990s. The 81-year-old author last won a National Book Award nearly 30 years ago.
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ARTS + FEATURES (St. Petersburg Times)
Yoav will perform at St. Petersburg’s A2 club on Saturday night. Turn on the radio in Russia, and the songs of Yoav, the Israeli-born, South African-raised singer/guitarist with a unique playing style, are in heavy rotation.
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Leonardo DiCaprio wants marriage and babies (Daily Mirror)
Form an orderly queue ladies – Leonardo DiCaprio is ready to settle down.
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Every School Every Thursday -- Des Moines East/North (The Des Moines Register)
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