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Muskogee native creates Christmas ornament for White House (Muskogee Phoenix)
Mike Wimmer still likes to play with crayons or read a good fiction book to get his creative juices flowing. And it works. Wimmer, originally from Muskogee, was asked to design an official Oklahoma-themed ornament for this year’s White House Christmas tree.
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Survivalist business booms as economy flails (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Armchair Survivalist believes the nation is falling into chaos, and he wants to help. He offers practical advice for dealing with riots, wars, natural disasters and food shortages, which he says are imminent because of the worldwide economic meltdown and the incoming Obama administration.
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Book Talk: Writer finds inspiration from mob boss grandfather (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
As the grandson of mob boss Vito "Don Vito" Genovese, author Phil Genovese grew up with a surname in which he took little pride, but he has turned his childhood experiences into fiction as he breaks into writing.
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Critics and public figures on the books they just couldn't put down (Guardian Unlimited)
You don't have to be a novelist to love good writing. For our Christmas special, we asked a mix of public figures, Observer critics and people on the street to tell us which books thrilled them most this year
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Americans turning to survivalists for advice (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- The Armchair Survivalist believes the nation is falling into chaos, and he wants to help.
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In Garrard, murky history as tourist lure (Lexington Herald-Leader)
LANCASTER . Add Garrard County to the list of places in Kentucky and the nation seeking to capitalize on its connection to Uncle Tom's Cabin, the 1852 novel that stirred anti-slavery sentiment before the Civil War. Garrard officials hope to build a replica of a slave cabin on the grounds of Pleasant Retreat, the Lancaster home of Kentucky's 16th governor, William Owsley. The cabin would ...
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Economic skid sending more in state to libraries (NWAnews.com)
RUSSELLVILLE — Phyllis Holt, her arms full of books, said she probably would finish reading the six novels in about a week and be ready for more. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
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Armchair Survivalist offers advice (The Salt Lake Tribune)
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho » The Armchair Survivalist believes the nation is falling into chaos, and he wants to help. He offers practical advice for dealing with riots, wars, natural disasters and food shortages, which he says are imminent because of the worldwide economic meltdown and the
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Changeling, Clint Eastwood, 142 mins, 15 Four Christmases, Seth Gordon, 88 mins, 12A (Independent)
Clint Eastwood's new film is based on a true story, but it's the definition of "stranger than fiction". Set in Los Angeles in 1928, Changeling stars Angelina Jolie as Christine Collins, a lone mother whose nine-year-old son, Walter, vanishes from home one afternoon while she's at work.
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THE PERFECT STORM (Kitco.com)
The indiscriminate printing of paper money coupled with the crippling of the World’s financial system is the “perfect storm” setting for gold and silver investors.
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