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Ashley Judd: Actress, Novelist, Advocate for the Abused? [VIDEO]

Trump Claims Obama's 'Dreams of My Father' Ghost Written by Bill Ayers

Apparently, the birth certificate was just the beginning. Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and reality TV star recently turned birther, now says that liberal activist Bill Ayers wrote President Barack Obama's signature book, "Dreams of My Father." "'Dreams of My Father' was genius, and they give him full credit,"...

Rape Victim Forgave Attacker, Then Pressed Charges

Liz Seccuro says forgiveness is one thing, justice another. So when the man who raped her when she was a college freshman at the University of Virginia wrote her a letter of apology nearly 20 years later, Seccuro heard him out. And then, she pressed charges. "Forgiveness is a journey you must take," Seccuro, 43, said in...

Rumsfeld Files Reveal Pre-9/11 Focus on Iraq

Thousands of documents made available by Donald Rumsfeld to coincide with the publication of his memoir today reveal an early focus on Iraq, even before 9/11, and his willingness to consider a variety of options that critics might consider hypocritical but that the former defense secretary regarded as thoroughly...

Rumsfeld Memoir Highlights VIP Access to Government Files

Two days after WikiLeaks began publishing classified diplomatic cables, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped forward to condemn the massive leak, declaring on his Twitter feed, "I was a co-sponsor of [the Freedom of Information Act] in 1966. There is an appropriate, lawful process for declassifying material....

Background on memoir

A memoir (from French: mémoire: memoria, meaning memory, or reminiscence), is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost interchangeable.

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