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Meghan McCain opens up about campaign, Palins (AP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:29:21 +0000

AP - John McCain's daughter says in a new book released Tuesday that Sarah Palin brought drama, stress and uncertainty to her father's failed bid for the presidency in 2008, but she doesn't blame the vice presidential nominee for losing the race.

U.S. neighborhood bookstores thrive in digital age (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:29:53 +0000

Reuters - U.S. independent bookstores are discovering how to flourish despite the growth of electronic books with some even looking to form an alliance with a formidable competitor -- Google.

Ex-Sunset magazine publisher Bill Lane dead at 90 (AP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:46:03 +0000

AP - Former Sunset magazine publisher Bill Lane, who donated millions of dollars to Stanford University and environmental causes, has died. He was 90.

Connecticut attorney gen. probes digital book deal (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:04:23 +0000

AFP - The attorney general of the state of Connecticut has announced that he is investigating whether Apple and Amazon digital book deals with publishers thwart market competition.

Montana author, survivor of 2 grizzly attacks dies (AP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:09:03 +0000

AP - A Montana man who recently published a book about surviving two attacks by grizzly bears has died of natural causes. Jim Cole was 60.

Publisher delays Palin biography for tweens (AP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:19:09 +0000

AP - Christian book publisher Zondervan is delaying publication of a Sarah Palin biography for young readers.

Justice Sotomayor aims to inspire by writing memoir (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:43:33 +0000

Reuters - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will write a "coming-of-age memoir" detailing her modest immigrant upbringing in New York to her appointment as the first Hispanic to serve on the nation's highest court, said publisher Alfred A. Knopf on Monday.

Hotdoggin’ it: Ex-champ crashes NYC eating contest (AP)

Yahoo! News: Sports News — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 22:26:48 +0000

AP - A Japanese eating champion who sat out this year's Coney Island Fourth of July hot dog contest apparently couldn't resist the temptation to hotdog afterward.

Cameron, Merkel watch key World Cup match (AP)

Yahoo! News: Sports News — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:33:55 +0000

AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron and his German Chancellor Angela Merkel have far bigger concerns than the world economy at the Toronto G-20 summit of world leaders.

Ky. con man gets 2 life sentences for 1980 deaths (AP)

Yahoo! News: Entertainment News — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:24:09 +0000

AP - An aging con man who confessed to killing at least five people over 18 years and wrote an autobiography detailing his life of crime was sentenced to two life terms in prison Monday — his second such sentence in as many weeks.