Trackers find the trail of US poet who went missing on remote Japanese islandTOKYO — A team of American trackers found the footprints Wednesday of an award-winning U.S. poet who went missing on a remote Japanese island while hiking up a volcano. USA TODAY BEST-SELLERSKey: F-Fiction; NF-Nonfiction; H-Hardcover; P-Paperback Mickey Carroll, a Munchkin from the 1939 classic film ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ dies at 89ST. LOUIS — Mickey Carroll, one of the last surviving Munchkins from the 1939 beloved film “The Wizard of Oz,” died Thursday. He was 89. Google CEO Schmidt confident his job on Apple board will withstand government scrutinyMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is taking a government inquiry into his role on Apple Inc.’s board in stride, expressing confidence that the probe won’t find any evidence that the ties between the two companies throttle competition in mobile phones and other technology fields. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST-SELLERSHARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Dead and Gone” by Charlaine Harris (Ace) Amazon unveils $489 Kindle with large screen, considered better for textbooks, newspapersNEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. hopes a bigger version of its Kindle electronic reading device can be a hit, even if it’s more expensive, and the company is aiming it in part at college students who are eager to save money on their textbooks. Obituaries in the newsSusan Atkins LOS ANGELES (AP) — Susan Atkins, a member of the Charles Manson “family” who admitted ruthlessly stabbing pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death in the cult’s 1969 murder spree, has died in prison less than a month after a parole board turned down a bid for compassionate release. She was 61 and had brain cancer. Woman who lived 61 years in iron lung, yet graduated from college and wrote book, dies in NCRALEIGH, N.C. — A woman who spent 61 years in an iron lung yet graduated from college and wrote a book about her life has died at her North Carolina home. A larger Kindle book reader could alter the economics of textbooks and periodicalsNEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc. is widely expected to unveil a new Kindle electronic book device with a larger screen Wednesday, which would be geared for textbooks, magazines and newspapers and possibly shake up the economics of multiple industries at once. Book: Kennedy ended US Senate bid when kids, husband said she was becoming a different personALBANY, N.Y. — A new book paints a picture of an intense, angry Caroline Kennedy bent on extending her family’s legacy in the U.S. Senate only to end her quest when her kids no longer recognized their cool, composed mother. Marilyn French, pioneering feminist and novelist, dies at 79; was accused of being ‘anti-male’NEW YORK — Marilyn French, the writer and feminist whose novel “The Women’s Room” sold more than 20 million copies and transformed her into a leading figure in the women’s movement, has died at 79. An Obama bump for lucky novelist, Joseph O’NeillNEW YORK — The Obama book bump has struck again. Search for missing US poet on remote Japan island to be scaled downTOKYO — A team of American trackers picked up the trail of an award-winning U.S. poet who went missing on a remote Japanese island while hiking up a volcano, his sister-in-law said Wednesday. Borders Group superstore chain looks to “make” best-sellersNEW YORK — The Borders Group chain, which has been struggling to stay in business, is seeking renewal through the timeless art of “hand-selling” books. Japanese authorities make final search for US poet missing on remote islandTOKYO — The weeklong search for an award-winning U.S. poet who disappeared while hiking up a volcano on a remote Japanese island has yielded no clues and will end after a final day of searching, a police official said Tuesday. Farm-to-table pioneer Dan Barber named the nation’s top chef at Beard Foundation food “Oscars”NEW YORK — Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation. Cormac McCarthy receives PEN award for lifetime achievementNEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy has received another literary honor. A-Rod homers, plays 7 innings in field, but he’s not talking on day his biography is releasedCLEARWATER, Fla. — Alex Rodriguez hit a long homer, played seven innings in the field and drew a walk off Philadelphia’s J.C. Romero on Monday in his latest extended spring training game. Relative of poet missing on Japanese island says search will continue at least one more dayCHEYENNE, Wyo. — A week has passed since a well-regarded poet disappeared on a Japanese island and his sister-in-law says the search will go on for at least one more day. NY, VT mark Samuel de Champlain’s 1609 explorations; lakeside communities hosting eventsCROWN POINT, N.Y. — The sculpture of Samuel de Champlain gazes up the lake he explored 400 years ago this summer, opening the way for Europeans who made extensive use of the waterway during their 200-year struggle for control of North America. Beck is Back _ 3 books planned for 2009NEW YORK — Glenn Beck loves the publishing game. AP Interview: Author Roberts views Rodriguez as insecure, needing stardom to pleaseNEW YORK — Journalist Selena Roberts makes the case that Alex Rodriguez likely used steroids in high school and may have taken HGH while with the Yankees in her new biography of the MVP, a portrait of a deeply insecure man trying to cope with being abandoned by his father and obsessed with becoming a superstar. Yankees manager Joe Girardi criticizes A-Rod book on eve of releaseNEW YORK — Yankees manager Joe Girardi lashed out Sunday at a potentially damaging biography of Alex Rodriguez, questioning why the book was written and its accelerated release date. Yankees manager Joe Girardi criticizes A-Rod book on eve of releaseNEW YORK — Yankees manager Joe Girardi lashed out Sunday at a potentially damaging biography of Alex Rodriguez, questioning why the book was written and its accelerated release date. Yankees manager Joe Girardi lashes out at A-Rod book on eve of releaseNEW YORK — Joe Girardi is already sick of an unflattering biography of Alex Rodriguez, and the book isn’t even out yet. |
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