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Pastor, rabbi and sheikh write Interfaith book

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 3:38pm

OGDEN -- Many who participated in the book discussion as part of Interfaith Week left the main branch of Weber County Library feeling uplifted and renewed. A panel of religious leaders and about 30 others participated in the annual event as part of the community's interfaith celebration last week.

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2010 file photo, Tim Shriver, right, stands with Vice President Joe Biden third from right, Biden's wife Jill Biden, second from left, and family members, during a reception in honor of the inaugural Eunice Kennedy Shriver Challenge at the official Vice President's residence on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in Washington. Shriver, CEO of the Special Olympics, told the Associated Press Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 he is taking time off to write a book of inspiring stories about athletes he says have changed his life. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Shriver plans Special Olympics book

Denise Lavoie The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 3:02pm

BOSTON -- Tim Shriver, Kennedy family scion and CEO of the Special Olympics, said Tuesday he is taking some time off to write a book about the athletes he says have changed his life.

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(MOHAMMAD ZUBAIR/The Associated Press) a photo taken by a local resident, shows the wreckage of a helicopter next to the wall of the compound where according to officials, Osama bin Laden was shot and killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The U.S. military is denouncing a former Navy SEAL’s book that claims to describe the “real” version of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, taken from alleged eyewitness accounts. Laden with conspiracy theories and attacks on the White House, Chuck Pfarrer’s “SEAL Target Geronimo” claims the SEAL team shot bin Laden within 90 seconds of arriving at his Pakistan hideout.

Spec-Ops Command: SEAL raid book ‘a lie’

Kimberly Dozier The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 8:36am

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is denouncing a former Navy SEAL’s book that claims to describe the “real” version of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

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'Zone One' probes survival in a world rife with zombies

Michael D. Schaffer The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 11:56am

PHILADELPHIA -- Zombies walked through Colson Whitehead's sleep a long time before he put them to work.

To be specific, Whitehead had what he calls "zombie anxiety dreams."

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Ogden High School senior Anail Martinon reads to students at Dee Elementary School in Ogden as part of the Read for the Record Day Jumpstart on Thursday. The goal of the program was to have 2 million people read “Llama Llama Red Pajama” by Anna Dewdney to students in elementary schools.

'Llama Llama Red Pajama' reading helps with world record

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 11:36pm

OGDEN -- Three thousand students in Ogden and Weber school districts did their part to set a world record Thursday, and all they had to do was listen.

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Patricia Cottrell poses Tuesday for a portrait in her Kaysville home with her daughter, Cami Cannon, and grandson Gabe, via Skype. Cottrell was inspired to write the book “Cecil Celiac is Sleeping in Gabe’s Gut” after her grandson, 5, was diagnosed with celiac disease and had trouble understanding why he has to be careful to avoid foods and drinks containing gluten. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease in which gluten can damage the small intestine.

Grandson's celiac disease motivates woman to write book

Dana Rimmington Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, October 7, 2011 - 7:02am

KAYSVILLE -- When her 3-year-old grandson was diagnosed with celiac disease two years ago, Patricia Cottrell responded by entering the publishing world.

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New book examines history of Relief Society

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 5:32pm

Three local women of differing age groups each have found a new book distributed by the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be inspiring.

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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2011 file photo, former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves to supporters before addressing a Tea Partly Express Rally in Manchester, N.H. Palin's husband Todd, released a statement on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, responding to Joe McGinniss' "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin," as "disgusting lies, innuendo and smears" as the former Alaska governor's camp sought to discredit a racy biography that includes allegations of infidelity and drug use. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, file)

As Sarah Palin threatens to sue, publisher stands by 'The Rogue'

Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 10:55am

LOS ANGELES -- The publisher of an unfavorable biography of Sarah Palin is standing by the book in the face of a lawsuit threat by the former governor of Alaska and possible presidential candidate.

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Total Recall: Arnold Schwarzenegger to publish new memoir

Carolyn Kellogg Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 1:54pm

LOS ANGELES -- Former California governor, four-time Mr. Universe and big box-office draw Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to publish a memoir with Simon and Schuster, the publisher announced Thursday. The book is tentatively titled "Total Recall" -- and despite the double-entendre on one of his best films, "I'll Be Back" might be even more appropriate.

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Book: Sarah Palin, hoops star had 1-night tryst in 1987

Staff The Miami Herald

Last updated Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 6:58am

MIAMI -- A new book about "tea party" darling Sarah Palin has a salacious revelation about her sex life involving a well-known Miami sports star.

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Book: Kennedy scorned idea of Johnson as president

Beth Fouhy The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 9, 2011 - 12:05pm

NEW YORK -- President John F. Kennedy openly scorned the notion of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson succeeding him in office, according to a book of newly released interviews with his widow, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

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