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Advocates Want Bush Abortion Policies Reversed
Abortion-rights backers want quick action from the president-elect, although they may not press for sweeping changes. Obama has said he is looking to find common ground on reproductive health issues.
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Short Cuts
The life of Robert Altman, told in interviews with nearly 200 of his friends, colleagues and family members.
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She Did Go Home Again
A wonderfully intelligent and frank memoir about the Mennonite upbringing Rhoda Janzen returned to after an emotional and physical crisis.
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Master of Disaster
John Irving’s new novel follows a father and son through 50 years in “a world of accidents.”
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Joe Jackson Seeks Slice Of Son Michael's Millions
Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The entertainer's 2002 will made no reference to his father, with whom he had an often strained relationship.
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Children’s Books: Poached, Then Coddled
A duck discovers a huge speckled egg in “The Odd Egg”; readers free a frog by opening the pop-up book “Big Frog Can’t Fit In.”
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Children’s Books: Family Circle
A journey in pictures and verse from an unexplored beach to a busy music-filled family room and into a tranquil, moonlit night.
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Children’s Books: The Art of Sound
A pop-up romp through cubism and futurism, and a lesson in early-20th-century modernist formalism.
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Children’s Books: GRRRR!!! Oops!
This beautifully illustrated retelling of the classic fable has only seven words, all sound effects.
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Children’s Books: Color Schemes
An illustrated poem about the seasons; a story about a penguin searching for new colors; and a collection of classic fairy tales with vivid pictures.
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Children’s Books: When Bulldozers Roamed the Earth
A book imagining trucks as dinosaurs, and other explorations of the primal place of machines in the lives of small children.
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Children’s Books: Snow Zone
Books about a squirrel waiting for winter; a bunny having a snow day; and Santa getting ready for Christmas.
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Children’s Books: Everyday Weirdness
This illustrated collection of surreal tales features water buffalo, stick figures and rivers of unread poetry.
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Children’s Books: Blowin’ in the Wind
Two young adult histories and a graphic novel about the worst ecological disaster in American history.
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Children’s Books: Boys at War
A young adult novel about an 18-year-old American soldier struggling under the weight of his experience in Iraq.
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Children’s Books: Foreign Aid
This lovely picture book tells a true story about Masai villagers who bestow a heartfelt gift after 9/11.
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Children’s Books: Whale Riders
A tightly paced young adult novel set in a steampunk version of the First World War.
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Children’s Books: Field Guides to Fairies
A recent crop of fairy-themed novels and reworked fairy tales is proving the resilience of an age-old genre.
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Hasan's Story Won't Be Easy To Sort Out
After a mass shooting, people who knew the gunman find themselves wondering what warning signs they might have missed. So it is in the case of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man authorities say opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.
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Karzai Must Kick Out 'Cronies' To Succeed, Kerry Says
When the main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai dropped out of a planned runoff, it did more than end two months of election disputes. According to Sen. John Kerry, it also gives Karzai a chance to prove his legitimacy — and to become a stronger ally to America.
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