Nobel prize

NEW YORK - Mario Vargas Llosa, the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, has never found much honor in boundaries.

Herta Mueller is the 10th German to win the Nobel Prize in literature.

A partial list of books by Herta Mueller, winner Thursday of the 2009 Nobel Prize for literature: Works in English, translated from German: "The Passport" (1989) "The Land of Green Plums" (1996) "Traveling on One Leg" (1998) "The Appointment" (2001) Works in German: "Niederungen" (1984) "Drueckender Tango" (1996) "Der Mensch ist ein grosser Fasan auf der Welt" (1986) "Barfuessiger Februar" (1987) "Reisende auf einem Bein" (1989) "Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel" (1991) "Der Fuchs war damals schon der Jaeger" (1992) "Eine warme Kartoffel ist ein warmes Bett" (1992) "Im Haarknoten wohnt eine Dame" (2000) "Heimat ist das, was gesprochen wird" (2001) "Der Koenig verneigt sich und toetet" (2003) "Die blassen Herren mit den Mokkatassen" (2005) "Atemschaukel" (2009)

STOCKHOLM - Herta Mueller, a member of Romania's ethnic German minority who was persecuted for her critical depictions of life behind the Iron Curtain, won the 2009 Nobel Prize in literature Thursday in an award seen as a nod to the 20th anniversary of communism's collapse.

Actor JAMES MARSDEN donned his trainers to participate in the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon on Sunday (03Oct10) in Venice Beach.