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Winchell meets record books in NCMC volleyball opener
Petoskey News-Review - Michigan
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ROCKFORD, Ill. — The North Central Michigan College women’s volleyball team opened the 2025 season over the weekend in Rockford, Ill., coming away with a 2-2 start to the season. The Timberwolves are coming off a 20-win campaign from the year...
Signing event with author Darcy Coates set Aug. 30
Cape Gazette - Delaware
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Author Darcy Coates will sign copies of her latest thriller, “How Bad Things Can Get,” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 30, at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach. A content creator millionaire and more than 100 of his fans land on the beach...
Third annual book fair in Ardgay Hall attended by 18 authors
Northern Times
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August 25, 2025
As part of the area’s gala weekend, the third Kyle of Sutherland Book fair was hosted by Ardgay Public Hall on Friday, August 15. A total of eighteen authors attended the event, three of whom travelled from further afield to the Highlands....
Leesville woman admits to shooting, killing DeRidder man, authorities say
KPLC - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
LEESVILLE, La. (KPLC) - A Leesville woman is accused of shooting and killing a man who was visiting her home. Destini Leon(Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office)Destini Leon, 31, faces a count of second-degree murder. The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office...
'The Roses' Review: Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman's Black Comedy Needs More Thorns
Collider
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August 25, 2025
The Roses, the new black comedy directed by Jay Roach, begins with a moment that undercuts its entire premise. We meet married couple Theo Rose (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Ivy Rose (Olivia Colman) in counseling, where they have been given an...
Schuler Books Hosts “Historical Mystery Night”
Current Magazine - Michigan
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August 25, 2025
Bestselling author Sarah Zettel’s pseudonym Darcie Wilde started out as a joke. “In my career, I’ve run through a lot of pen names, mostly because they’ve gotten attached to a series that didn’t really take off. For a while, every time I started a...
Bill McKibben's Latest Book Argues for Seizing Solar Power's Big Moment
Newsweek
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August 25, 2025
Solar power has been growing with astonishing speed over the last decade, both in the U.S. and around the world. U.S. solar capacity has grown more than 180 percent over the past five years, and it has accounted for most of the new generating...
Boulder Best-Selling Author Explores World of Martians With New Book
Westword - Colorado
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August 25, 2025
Best-selling Boulder author David Baron readily admits that he didn't consider himself a writer for a long time. That might be surprising to fans of his books — his debut, The Beast in the Garden, won a Colorado Book Award; his 2017 book American...
Authorities in Lafayette Parish Searching for ‘Lumber Thief’
Classic Rock 105.1 - Louisiana
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August 25, 2025
(Lafayette Parish) - Lafayette Crime Stoppers needs your help in identifying the person who allegedly stole a trailer and lumber. According to their social media post, the person whom the authorities are looking for was seen driving a white pickup...
Rama Devi University Launches Book Celebrating Women in India and Greece
Pragativadi
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August 25, 2025
Rama Devi Women’s University (RDWU) marked a historic moment with the launch of the book “Women of Power: A Tale of Two Civilizations (India & Greece)”, co-authored by Professor Sucheta Priyabadini and Dr. Lopamudra Priyadarshini. Sponsored by the...
Authors of book on Delphi murders believe jurors got the case right
WXIN - Indiana
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August 24, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS — Murder Sheet podcasters Kevin Greenlee, an attorney, and Aine Cain, a journalist, attended every court proceeding and read every legal filing in the case against Richard Allen, the man arrested in 2022 for the murders a half-decade...
Deborah bags top picture book prize
Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly
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August 25, 2025
As a picture book author with a new title about to be released, Newport’s Deborah Frenkel could hardly have asked for better promotion. Just weeks before the release of her new picture book, Boldilocks, on September 3, one of Frenkel’s earlier...
Book Review: ‘The Body Farm’ by Abby Geni
Little Village Magazine - Iowa
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August 25, 2025
The Body Farm by Abby Geni is a collection of stories rooted deeply in the physical. Although the collection derives its title from the final short story of the book, it is an aptly chosen one; each story focuses on the disastrous effects of life...
Back to school is upon us. Time for a technology check in with kids, author says
WUWM 89.7 FM - Wisconsin
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August 25, 2025
As Milwaukee-area students prepare to head back to school next month, author Devorah Heitner suggests that now is the time to do a technology check-in with kids to set boundaries and kick bad habits. Heitner is the author of the book Growing Up in...
EXCLUSIVE: Vladimir Putin 'Puts Authors of New Biography on Kill List' After Book 'Unmasked' Despot's 'Teen Pin-Up Girlfriend' — And Branded his Dad Even More Insane Than Him
RadarOnline
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August 25, 2025
Vladimir Putin "has added two investigative journalists to a Kremlin kill list" after their explosive new biography alleged the Russian president groomed a teenage model and that his late father was even more unhinged than him, security sources...
Bringing down dropout rates, book in Braille for music: 3 teachers from Mumbai get National Award
The Indian Express
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August 25, 2025
Bringing down dropout rates, authoring a book in Braille for visually challenged students to learn music, encouraging group learning — these were among the various initiatives by three teachers from Maharashtra who have been selected for the...
Class 9 student booked for brandishing knife at classmate, threatening him in Bhavnagar: Police
The Indian Express
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August 25, 2025
A Class 9 student was booked after he allegedly threatened a classmate with a knife, prompting the police to deploy a security cordon around the school in Bhavnagar district, according to police. This is the third such incident in recent times...
The Roses review: Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch face off in white-hot divorce comedy
Mashable
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August 25, 2025
It needs to be said: Danny DeVito is underrated as a comedy director. The movie star turned It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia savior is certainly best known for a long list of film and television appearances (including Taxi) that are outrageously,...
Day in Review (August 25–28)
Association of Research Libraries
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August 25, 2025
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John Grisham, Amy Coney Barrett, David Grann and More to Headline C-Span's America's Book Club By Rachel Raposas
People - New York
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NEED TO KNOW C-SPAN is launching America's Book Club, a television series exploring the nation's past, present and future through major U.S. figureheads The show's guests will include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, bestselling crime...