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Utah judge to decide if author of children's book on grief will face trial in her husband's death

Utah judge to decide if author of children's book on grief will face trial in her husband's death

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband then published a children’s book about coping with grief is set to appear in court Monday for the start of a multiday hearing that will determine whether prosecutors
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Utah judge to decide if author of children's book on grief will face trial in her husband's death

Utah judge to decide if author of children's book on grief will face trial in her husband's death

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband then published a children’s book about coping with grief is set to appear in court Monday for the start of a multiday hearing that will determine whether prosecutors
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Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest

Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest

Oklahoma's education board has revoked the license of a former teacher who drew national attention during surging book-ban efforts across the U.S.
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Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest

Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest

Oklahoma's education board has revoked the license of a former teacher who drew national attention during surging book-ban efforts across the U.S.
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Japanese Canadian paper, pillar for community during war, saved from digital oblivion

Japanese Canadian paper, pillar for community during war, saved from digital oblivion

VANCOUVER — More than eighty years ago, Japanese Canadians came together to sustain The New Canadian, the only newspaper specifically for the community that was allowed to be published through the Second World War.
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Book Review: Former Pentagon insider says U.S. unwilling to release all its UFO info

Book Review: Former Pentagon insider says U.S. unwilling to release all its UFO info

A procession of books in recent years have explored the UFO phenomenon but few perhaps with the authority Luis Elizondo brings as a Defense Department insider, laboring for decades to learn who the visitors are, where they are from and what they want
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Kenzie Allen's debut poetry collection a treasure trove of pop culture references

Kenzie Allen's debut poetry collection a treasure trove of pop culture references

TORONTO — Scattered throughout Kenzie Allen's debut poetry collection are familiar names: Indiana Jones, Pocahontas, Yoko Ono.
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Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List): 1. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 2. Born of Blood and Ash: A Flesh and Fire Novel by Jennifer L. Armentrout (Blue Box Press) 3. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria Books) 4.
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Book Review: A retired small-town cop searches for missing girls in William Kent Krueger’s mystery

Book Review: A retired small-town cop searches for missing girls in William Kent Krueger’s mystery

Cork O’Connor, whose wife is a full-blooded Ojibwe and who is half Native American himself, retired from his job as Aurora, Minnesota, police chief a while back.
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Book Review: Moon Unit Zappa memoir rides messy legacy of father's genius on journey to self-love

Book Review: Moon Unit Zappa memoir rides messy legacy of father's genius on journey to self-love

Moon Unit Zappa got the question a lot, particularly during the “Valley Girl” years: “What was it like growing up with Frank Zappa for a dad?” The eldest daughter of the quirky and unconventional musical visionary, who died at 52 in 1993, gives the w
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