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McCarthy, Donoghue top bets for Booker Prize
September 8th, 2010 | 
Author: Australian writer Peter Carey moved closer to a literary hat trick Tuesday when he was named a finalist for fiction’s prestigious Man Booker Prize, an award he has already won twice. Carey’s “Parrot and Olivier in America” – a U.S. odyssey inspired by…
Peter Carey – Man Booker Prize – Parrot and Olivier in America – United States – Olivier in America
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HOROSCOPE for Tuesday, 09/07/2010
ARIES (March 20-April 18): A supervisor who’s always made a point of being neutral suddenly takes your side today with a vengeance. It’s nice to know you’ve got backup when you need it. TAURUS (April 19-May 19): You’ve been very demanding lately and an…
Low Earth orbit – Mercury – List of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing mobile weapons – Communication – Real estate
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I am trying to figure out this Kabul Bank situation so you don’t have to. The…
I am trying to figure out this Kabul Bank situation so you don’t have to. The bank is in trouble because it lent money to people who could not repay it and because it had invested in real estate properties in Dubai that turned out to be seriously risky. Now…
Dubai – Real estate – Afghanistan – Kabul Bank – United Arab Emirates
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Bernadette Peters does more Sondheim
Everything’s coming up Sondheim again for Bernadette Peters. In the past 26 years, the Broadway vet has headlined three popular Stephen Sondheim musicals – “Sunday in the Park With George,” “Into the Woods” and the 2003 revival of “Gypsy,” in which she…
Stephen Sondheim – Sunday In The Park With George – Bernadette Peters – Into the Woods – Theatre
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Boy howdy, do people like to talk about Monopoly. I got many e-mails this week…
Boy howdy, do people like to talk about Monopoly. I got many e-mails this week about my Monopoly column, mostly concerning variants of the game as played in individual households and on particular rainy days. Here’s one from Margaret Pye: “Just had to tell…
Monopoly – Board game – Games – Economy and Trading – Variants
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Showbiz combines plague and PR
Press release of the month (and the month has only begun) comes from New York. Its headline: “Bed Bugs Attack Singer Lauren Hildebrandt at NYC Luxury Hotel”: “Pop dance songstress Lauren Hildebrandt is speaking out about one of the biggest current fears NYC…
New York City – New York – Dance-pop – Press release – United States
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How cats Disaster and Annie made friends
The first time Joanne Tanner and her husband, Charles Ernest, saw Annie was in the summer of 2000, when they heard faint rustles from underneath their house. Peering through a hole in a vent screen, they saw several pairs of glowing eyes peeking back in the…
Annie – Recreation – StoryCorps – Animation – Cancer
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Joint compound will smooth textured walls
Q: My husband and I just bought a house that has a “skip-trough” finish on the interior walls. We would like to make the walls smooth and then repaint them. One friend advised us to apply joint compound with a 12-inch taping knife. Another said we should…
Joint compound – Business – Consumer Goods and Services – Recreation – Construction and Maintenance
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Don’t flush cat feces down the toilet
Q: A recent column mentioned flushing dog feces down the toilet. Is it a good idea for cat feces too (without the kitty litter)? We live in a retirement community and currently put the cat feces and clumped litter into a plastic bag and then into the garbage….
Cat – Feces – Litter box – Toilet – Plastic bag
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