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Carrie Fisher dies at 60

NEW YORK – No one could make us laugh through the pain like Carrie Fisher. The daughter of Hollywood stars Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, and a survivor of early fame, drug add...

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Magazine prints never-before-published H.G. Wells ghost story

NEW YORK – Here’s an odd story, from long ago: A man by the name of Meredith has converted a room in his house to a cluttered, dirty study. Meredith has a taste for Scotch whisky, and one da...

DATE: Nov 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Books

Divergent author to tour in January/February for new book

NEW YORK – Veronica Roth wants the tour for her sci-fi/fantasy novel Carve the Mark to be a little like the book itself, a “sojourn” defined by “exploration and curiosity.” “(W)it...

DATE: Oct 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Books

Fiction authors imagine Trump presidency

NEW YORK – Imagine it’s 2017 and Donald Trump is president. He’s been informed by national security adviser Sean Hannity that Russia has launched a nuclear missile to Canada and war may be u...

DATE: Jul 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bernie Sanders has book deal; will reflect on campaign

NEW YORK – Just days after ending his campaign and endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing to take his message to the printed page. Thomas Dunne ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Books

Gay Talese will promote new book, backs off earlier comments

NEW YORK – Gay Talese has disavowed his disavowal. A day after saying the credibility of his upcoming book, The Voyeur’s Motel, was “down the toilet” because he felt he had been d...

DATE: Jul 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Books

Bernie Worrell, masterful P-Funk keyboardist, dead at 72

NEW YORK – Bernie Worrell, the ingenious “Wizard of Woo” whose amazing array of keyboard sounds and textures helped define the Parliament-Funkadelic musical empire and influenced performers ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Music

Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey dead at 67

NEW YORK – Glenn Frey, a rock ‘n’ roll rebel from Detroit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley formed one of history’s most successful songwriting teams with such hi...

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Andy White, played drums on Beatles’ first hit, dead at 85

NEW YORK – Andy White, a top session drummer in England during the 1960s who played on songs by Tom Jones and Herman’s Hermits among others and stepped in for newcomer Ringo Starr as the Bea...

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Music

Harper Lee’s attorney recalls finding ‘Watchman’ manuscript

NEW YORK (AP) – Harper Lee’s attorney has provided her fullest accounting yet of how she came upon the manuscript for “Go Set a Watchman,” which comes out Tuesday. She is also rai...

DATE: Jul 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books

Who’s John Jay? Forgotten founder may surprise you

Overshadowed by Hamilton, Jefferson, but no less important

DATE: Jul 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Franzen talks around his new novel, Purity

Book will be released this fall

DATE: May 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Books