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Banned in Bel Air
When a book flies off the shelves by the millions within a month of publication and zooms to the top of the New York Times best-seller list, it's safe to assume that whatever its literary merit (or lack thereof), it probably is not a good candidate for...
Tags: Fiction, Vladimir Nabokov, Literature, Libraries, French Literature
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'Real Housewives of New York City': Cast revamp for Season 5
With Season 5 of "The Real Housewives of New York City" approaching on June 4, viewers should be prepared for new faces and, inevitably, new drama.
Here is a glimpse at the three new ladies appearing on Bravo this season:
Aviva Drescher: Aviva...Tags: The Real Housewives of New York City (tv program), Jennifer Lopez, Bravo (tv network), Beyonce, Sean John
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Harford County library won't stock 'Fifty Shades of Grey' and sequels
Three of the most popular books in America are being kept off the shelves of the Harford County Public Library system because administrators consider them to be pornographic. British author E.L. James' erotic trilogy about a steamy affair between an...
Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Baltimore County, Libraries, Harford County, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Writer Dudley Clendinen dies of ALS at age 67
Dudley Clendinen relished nothing more than telling a great story — even the story of his impending death. A journalist and author who wrote for The New York Times and had once served as an editor for The Baltimore Sun, Mr. Clendinen died Wednesday...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Gays and Lesbians, Radio, Tampa, Obituaries
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Commentary: Library in a "Grey" area
Several years ago as Harford County's public libraries were becoming centers where people could access the Internet, the issue of using library terminals to access the array of smut available online came to the forefront. Just as the libraries don't...
Tags: Pornography, Romance (genre), Literature, Libraries
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Harford library stands behind decision not to carry 'Fifty Shades' trilogy
Harford County Public Library has been under fire since it was discovered the system opted not to purchase copies of the popular and steamy trilogy "Fifty Shades of Grey," a decision the library director stands behind. "It's one of these tricky issues,"...
Tags: Pornography, Romance (genre), USA Today, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Apple iPad
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More than 1,000 county residents on library waiting list for 'Fifty Shades'
While Harford County residents can't get a copy of the best-seller "Fifty Shades of Grey" by E. L. James because their public library won't carry it, more than 1,000 Baltimore County residents are in the same boat because all 396 copies of the sexually-...
Tags: Libraries
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County library has long waiting list for controversial '50 Shades' books
While a nearby library system has refused to carry the immensely popular book, "Fifty Shades of Grey," and its two sequels, readers in Howard County are still able to check the books out from their local libraries. As long as they don't mind waiting. As...
Tags: Literature, Book, Libraries, Brevard County
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President to president
"You will be our president when you read this note," George Herbert Walker Bush wrote to Bill Clinton, the man who defeated him in the 1992 campaign, denying Mr. Bush the provisional vindication that reelection provides until history has its chance to...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton, George Bush, Camp David
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Anthony Bourdain to join CNN in 2013 as host of prime-time weekend show
Anthony Bourdain will join CNN in 2013, the network announced today. The chef, author, actor will host a weekend show focused on food, travel and 'cultures'. CNN has been under much corporate pressure to do something about its ratings, and the news of...
Tags: Vegetarian Diet, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, Television, Travel Channel (tv network)
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John Waters hitchhiking journey ends -- book chronicling it to be called 'Carsick'
After eight days, 15 rides and who knows how much peculiarity, John Waters has wrapped his cross-country, "Zen-like," hitchhiking journey and plans to recount his adventures in a book he'd like to call "Carsick." The New York Times just spoke to Waters,...
Tags: Here We Go Magic (music group), Book, John Waters
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'We still have to fight. So for God's sake, fight.'
The greatest commencement address ever is now more than three decades old. And it's safe to say it will never be surpassed or even equaled. It belongs to the ages. In 1979, its author summed up the condition of modern man by noting that, quote, more than...
Tags: Woody Guthrie, World War II (1939-1945), Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), David Simon, Colleges and Universities
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