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+14Alice Brock, Who Helped Inspire 'Alice's Restaurant,' Dead at 83
Alice Brock, the woman who helped inspired Alro Guthrie's 1967 song 'Alice's Restaurant' died in November 2024.
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+56Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
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+38Why Was Baking The Most Deadly Job In The Victorian Era? | Victorian Bakers | Absolute History
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+48The Simpsons Is Good Again
After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the beloved show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance.
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+48Editorial: Huntington Beach will let neighbors censor neighbors' reading choices. That's wrong.
Giving residents censorship rights over librarians and the public crosses a clear line that should never be breached.
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+37Netflix is going to take away its cheapest ad-free plan
Netflix’s ad-free plans will start at $15.49 per month instead.
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+46Spotify's new royalty payment update hurts indie musicians even more than before
Every sub-1,000 stream will still generate revenue for the company — but now, that revenue will not be shared.
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+41How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day
Evidence suggests that writing was probably invented in southern Iraq sometime before 3000BC. But what happened next?
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+42Nine months after scandal, publishers are still sorting out a plagiarism mess
Ghostwriter Kristin Loberg and many of her clients have apologized for misusing authors’ words without attribution. But publishing firms have been largely quiet.
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+50Thousands of Android devices come with unkillable backdoor preinstalled
Somehow, advanced Triada malware was added to devices before reaching resellers.
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+36Peter Schickele Dies: “P.D.Q. Bach” Parodist & Film/Broadway Composer Was 88
Peter Schickele, whose comedic parodies of classical music overshadowed his own strengths as a serious composer, died Tuesday at his home in Bearsville, N.Y. at 88. His daughter confirmed the death…
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+34Nicki Minaj, 21 Savage, Cardi B & More Support Bill Regulating AI Voice Cloning Via Open Letter
The ad bears the names of nearly 300 artists, songwriters and other creators who support the No AI FRAUD Act introduced in the U.S. House on Jan. 10.
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+30I've published 60 novels - and these 5 free writing tools helped make it possible
From drafting manuscripts to tracking edits and creating book covers, I get the job done with the help of these indispensable - and free - apps.
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+46Ice hockey player Johnson dies after neck cut
Nottingham Panthers' Adam Johnson dies after suffering a cut to his neck from a skate in a Challenge Cup match against the Sheffield Steelers.
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+46Everything I Know About the Tech Industry I Learned From Baseball
We find wisdom wherever we encounter it. And since I’m at the ballpark a lot of the time, that’s where I get my tech business lessons.
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+435 takeaways from Dolly Parton's "Rockstar," her glorious tribute to rock 'n' roll
From Beatles to Blondie, Dolly reimagines iconic songs, delivers original barn burners and has a blast doing it
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+43On collaborating with your spouse
Authors Chris Bachelder and Jennifer Habel discuss what they learned from writing a book together as a married couple.
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+26How Ben Franklin Invented the Library as We Know It
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea
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+23Gideon Levy: Going Against The Grain (2013)
Gideon Levy is someone who evokes strong emotions from fellow Israelis. His columns for the Tel Aviv-based Haaretz newspaper documents the lives of regular Palestinians which have made him one of the most hated men in Israel. "Going Against the Grain" follows controversial Israeli journalist Gideon Levy on one of his assignments in Hebron, to describe lives of ordinary Palestinians living there.
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+43Why the Dying DVD Business Could Be Headed for a Resurrection
Netflix and Best Buy said adieu to discs — but with streamers deleting titles to cut costs, could DVDs and Blu-rays mimic the revival of vinyl and CDs?




















