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Trump Bashes Obama, Questions Qualifications for Ivy League

NEW YORK -- Real estate mogul Donald Trump suggested in an interview Monday that President Barack Obama had been a poor student who did not deserve to be admitted to the Ivy League universities he attended. Trump, who is mulling a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, offered no proof for his claim but said he...

Calif. Debates Place of Gay History in Textbooks

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- California conservatives were outraged in 1966 when the state Board of Education adopted a new junior high school history textbook. The book's inclusive treatment of the civil rights movement and influential black Americans would indoctrinate students, undermine religious values and politicize the...

Former Principal's Nonprofit Promotes Education in Ethiopia

In a world of nearly 7 billion human beings, a former elementary school principal on Long Island proved once again that a single person can make a big difference. In this case, she helped tens of thousands a world away. Helen Boxwill's nonprofit organization, H² Empower, which aims to empower people through education and...

Official Steve Jobs Biography Set for Release in 2012 [VIDEO]

11-Year-Old Bird Artist Olivia Bouler Releases Book

Things 11-year-old Olivia Bouler has done in the last 12 months: Cleaned up a Gulf Coast beach with the Jonas Brothers Appeared on the "Today" show Wrote her first book, "Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf," released this week Received a glowing review for said book in Publisher's Weekly Raised more than...

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Marshall Fine: Movie review: Wallander: The Revenge

The first Wallander novels by Henning Mankell were published in Sweden in the early 1990s.

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Parting Shot: Neil Gaiman's Inspirational 'Make Good Art' Graduation Speech as a Comic

Neil Gaiman recently gave a rather inspirational graduation speech at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia about the important of making art, particularly as a way to cope with and respond to the painful and difficult experiences we all face in life.

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DeepComix Aims to Enhance Reading Digital Comics With New App [Video]

Okay, don't actually do that last one, but bear with me for a second.

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Cannon Comic Creators Set to Fire Digital 'Double Barrel' [Interview]

This first question is where I would usually ask why you decided on the format you did for this, because it's something unusual, but you guys kind of anticipated that with the intro comic, "It Takes Two." It does a lot of explaining in a funny, entertaining way.

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James Robinson Confirms: Original Green Lantern Alan Scott is Gay

In interviews for The Advocate , Entertainment Weekly and multiple other outlets, Earth 2 writer James Robinson has gone on the record that Alan Scott , the original Green Lantern created by Bill Finger and Martin Nodell, is indeed the previously straight DC character now coming out as gay.

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06/02/12 OCEANSIDE: Author appearing at library Tuesday Source: North County Times Author Laurel Corona will discuss her book, "Finding Emilie" at 5:30 p.m.
06/02/12 ENT books: Learn to camp from books Source: The Sudbury Star - Sudbury ON - Canada Recently, the library hosted a community session in partnership with Ontario Parks, to help the public learn to camp.
06/02/12 EXCLUSIVE: Interview With PROMETHEUS' Logan... Source: ComicBookMovie.com Logan Marshall-Green has primarily worked on stage, tv and has had roles in the likes of Brooklyn's Finest and Devil.
06/02/12 When Is It Okay For Comics To Be Late? Source: Comic Book Resources The Middle Ground #105 | How long has this been going on?
06/02/12 Lake Effect Comic Book Convention Returns this Sunday... Source: Mentor Patch - Mentor OH The Lake Effect Comic Book Convention returns to Mentor from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Sunday and it's bringing with it contests, prizes and high-profile industry professionals.

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A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side.

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